Waiver of Rule Highlights GRDA Meeting
Much of the monthly GRDA board meeting Wednesday was spent discussing a request by Joe Neill for Waiver of the One-Third-of-the-Cove Rule for a private three-slip dock at Beacon Hill on Monkey Island.
Chairman Jim Fraser said the issue was "troubling," in that it is the first time that a waiver for the one-third rule has been sought for a new dock. The board was shown a media presentation on what the new dock would look like, and its adjacency to a present dock which houses a number of boats and PWC's, including several sailboats. Some members of the board felt that not enough space would be available for the sailboats to maneuver.
The new dock would be 14 feet wider on each side than the present swim dock. David Chernicky said the granting is "clearly justified" but Steve Spears said "it concerns me to vary the one-third rule." Charley Floyd, compliance officer for GRDA, recommended the application be denied as it will become a navigation hazard for the sailboats at the nearby dock.
The application request failed 3-2 with Chernicky and Brent LaGere voting in favor.
Absent was Terry Frost and Mike Cantrell. The board agreed to reconsider the issue next month if Neill could get a neighbor's approval to move the dock 10 feet the opposite direction from the current multi-slip dock across the cove. The application will have to be legal noticed again.
The board also approved a number of contracts for services and the Stilwell Switching Station Expansion and viewed a video on the recent Bassmasters event in Grove produced by Brent Davis of GRDA, and viewed through the lens of the new infrared camera mounted on the front of a GRDA helicopter, via a video, as to what the lake looks like with only a two degree temperature difference in the water. This device will be used to locate septic tank leakage into the lake as well as illegal boat discharges of holding tank material.
Next regular meeting of the GRDA board is Aug. 9 in Vinita.
Chairman Jim Fraser said the issue was "troubling," in that it is the first time that a waiver for the one-third rule has been sought for a new dock. The board was shown a media presentation on what the new dock would look like, and its adjacency to a present dock which houses a number of boats and PWC's, including several sailboats. Some members of the board felt that not enough space would be available for the sailboats to maneuver.
The new dock would be 14 feet wider on each side than the present swim dock. David Chernicky said the granting is "clearly justified" but Steve Spears said "it concerns me to vary the one-third rule." Charley Floyd, compliance officer for GRDA, recommended the application be denied as it will become a navigation hazard for the sailboats at the nearby dock.
The application request failed 3-2 with Chernicky and Brent LaGere voting in favor.
Absent was Terry Frost and Mike Cantrell. The board agreed to reconsider the issue next month if Neill could get a neighbor's approval to move the dock 10 feet the opposite direction from the current multi-slip dock across the cove. The application will have to be legal noticed again.
The board also approved a number of contracts for services and the Stilwell Switching Station Expansion and viewed a video on the recent Bassmasters event in Grove produced by Brent Davis of GRDA, and viewed through the lens of the new infrared camera mounted on the front of a GRDA helicopter, via a video, as to what the lake looks like with only a two degree temperature difference in the water. This device will be used to locate septic tank leakage into the lake as well as illegal boat discharges of holding tank material.
Next regular meeting of the GRDA board is Aug. 9 in Vinita.
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