Boat U.S. - January 2008 - (Page 12) Manatee Plan To Allow More Slips and regulators, environAfter years of negotiamental groups and boating tion over where to put new industry representatives boating facilities while still actually reached agreeallowing for manatee proment on the facilities plan tection measures, all sides last July. But the amount reached an agreement in of the slip fees remained November that will allow at issue until the county 4,372 new boat slips to be found ways to cut costs built in Broward County, FL. associated with the plan, The agreement cenaccording to Eric Meyer, ters on a $400 county fee the county’s chief of biofor each new slip, plus a logical resources. $20 annual tariff on existMeyer noted that ing slips. The funds are the slip fee will not apply to be used for increased Photo by Michel Fortier/Naples Daily News on-water law enforcement, Boaters protest the dock building to docks at single-family homes. The fee applies manatee population surrestrictions at a 2003 meeting. only to facilities with five veys and the installation of slips or more but it does include dry stack four flashing caution lights to alert boaters storage slips as well as wet slips. when manatees are in the area. In addition to wet slips, dry-stack In 1989 the state ordered Broward and storage slots and even boat ramp parking 12 other Florida counties to develop threespaces will be counted against the 4,372 part manatee protection plans that would slip allotment, according to Frank Herhold, strengthen law enforcement, increase pubexecutive director of the Marine Industries lic education and govern the location and Association of South Florida. But the agreesize of any new marinas through a Boating Facilities Siting Plan to be approved by state ment effectively will lift a moratorium on and federal agencies. 11/20/2007 8:20 marine construction that has been in place SeaKing_mini.qxp AM Page 1 in Broward County for more than three years, The law enforcement and education Herhold added. components had already been completed Enjoy Yachting for a Lifetime with the World’s Best! Rated #1 by Cruising World Magazine Ask for your BoatUS suscriber discount of 5% for a limited time* • Largest Selection in the Pacific Northwest • Bareboat & Skippered • Power and Sail 28’-66’ • Charter Yacht Ownership • Yachting & ASA Sailing Schools www.ayc.com 12 800.233.3004 *Use Code BUS12 BoatU.S. Magazine January 2008 http://www.midlakesnav.com http://www.midlakesnav.com http://www.ayc.com http://www.ayc.com
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