MEMORANDUM

TO: Town Council and Local Planning Agency

FROM: Bill Spikowski and Carol Cunningham

DATE: October 13, 1997

SUBJECT: Joint Workshop on October 21, 1997

Attached for your review are the three elements we will be discussing at your joint workshop on October 21 at 6:30 P.M. These are fairly complete drafts of the Recreation, Coastal Management, and Conservation Elements; a table of contents for each is attached.

All three elements have been reviewed by the Local Planning Agency. For the convenience of LPA members, I am attaching a summary of changes made to these elements since their prior review of each.

The purpose of this meeting is for the Town Council to discuss their reactions to these elements with the LPA, and for the LPA to comment on the revisions made to these elements since their previous meetings.

Synopsis of changes to comprehensive plan elements since previous LPA review:

Recreation Element (discussed on September 16, 1997)

• modified the Goal to add "active recreation areas"
• modified Policy 2-B regarding alternate means of transportation to Bowditch Point
• modified Policy 3-B regarding the existing pier below the Matanzas Pass Bridge (also discussed on page 9)
• added Policy 9-C regarding cost-sharing mechanisms for tourism impacts
• modified discussions on page 8 concerning parking and public dockage at Bowditch Point and potential replacement of some parking at Lynn Hall Park
• added paragraph on page 21 concerning Lee County's responsibility for cost-sharing on tourist-related improvements
• [Dan Parker has agreed to verify beach access points, as requested by the LPA]
• [Lee Tran is trying to locate data on usage of the trolley that used to loop from the Main Street parking lot to Bowditch Point, as requested by the LPA]

Coastal Management Element (discussed on September 2 and October 7, 1997)

• revised text on page 20 and Policy 4-A(ii) about vehicles on the beach; created Policy 4-A(iii) that refers to the substance of the new policy, which is located in a significantly revised Conservation Policy 5-D(iii); renumbered the remainder of Policy 4-A
• modified Policy 4-A(vi) (now vii) to explain the phrase "terminal groin"
• revised Policy 5-C and created a new Policy 5-D committing the town to remove encroachments from water access points; renumbered the remaining policies under Objective 5

Conservation Element (last discussed on October 7, 1997)

• revised page 17 on factors affecting sea turtle nesting, to reflect LPA direction on October 7
• modified Policy 1-B for grammatical consistency
• modified Policy 1-D to suggest additional roles for the marine task force
• modified Policy 2-A to add resource protection as a priority
• modified Policies 4-B and 4-C to reflect current rule numbers and permit names
• modified Policy 4-D(ii) to add an additional permitted activity
• modified Policy 4-D(iv) for clarity and to avoid any inference that it overrides the previous subsections
• modified Objective 5 to reflect LPA's direction on the transition to a natural beach
• modified Policy 5-D to reflect LPA's direction on vehicles on the beach