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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING OF TIME COUNCIL
OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
June 2, 1981
A Workshon Meeting was held by the Council of the Village of
Tequesta , at - 7:30 P.M. ,Tuesday, June 2, 1981 in the Village
Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive , Tequesta , Florida. Councilmembers
present were: Brown, Cook, Little, Mapes and Stoddard. Also
present were Robert Harp, Village Manager and Cyrese Colbert,
Village Clerk.
Mayor Mapes announced that this Workshop Meeting had
been called because Gee & Jenson Consulting Engineers for the
Village has been advised by DER their intent to issue an
intent to deny letter on the Village 's application for the
Intracoastal Waterway Water Main Crossing. This meeting
was called to see what other alternatives the Village has
and what it wants to do about them.
Mr. Dallas H. Durrance, P.E. , Gee & Jenson was present
and advised Council of several options that are available
to the Village. Mr. Durrance told Council the Village could file
an appropriate petition for a formal. hearing, withdraw
application and install larger treater main at existing crossing
to replace existing water main, install additional water main
crossing in the area of the bridge or the -Village could use
Ryan 's crossing (Jupiter Island Water Company) at Rolling Hills.
Vice-Mayor Stoddard told Council that "Doc" Meyers wants
the Village to make a report to him on the outcome of this
meeting.
The cast-estimate for the construction at the site being
rejected by the DER is $554,000. The cost-estimate for the
installation of additional water main crossing in the vicinity
of the bridge is $576,000. The cost-estimate for the Ryan 's
crossing is $1,000,000.
Mr. Roy Duke , head of the DER permitting department , was
present to present DER 's side to Council because of a
telephone call received from "Doc" Meyers office. Mr. Duke
told Council that the Village 's request is being denied because
there are alternative sites and that the aquatic :grasses in the
area were determined too valuable and too vulnerable for such
a project.
Mr. Duke told Council that although the Health Department
would like to see the system looped to the Island the alternative
which .could be a "pseudo-loop" could accomplish getting the
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second line across and at the same time preserve the aquatic
grasses as there are no grasses in the area of the bridge.
Mr. Duke told Council the means by which the Village
could petition for a formal hearing. He also told Council that
even if the Village went over the heads of the local DER, the
Tallahassee office would just phone the local office for
their opinion on the application.
The Council reminded Mr. Duke that the Village had
increased the cost of the project by adding the cost of the
replanting of the turtle grass and by using a barge on which
to put the soil onto as to prevent over damaging of the area.
Mr. Duke told Council that mitigation could not be allowed to
enter into their consideration of the plans. I-Ir. Duke did
tell Council that he had no question that the DER would
permit the laying of the line just north or south of the bridge
and that his office would help the Village in acquiring the
necessary permits.
Gee & Jenson were authorized by Council to check into the
filing of an appeal. Council also wanted a cost and time comparison
between the two sites for the line and to have it ready for the
next Council Meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
C ese Colbert