02-23-2010 Council Work Session Packet

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colnmuuity. Appointments to these committees were reviewed and approved by the Board of Managers on April 5, 2007. The Rule Making Task Force is composed of 20 citizens, builders and developers and other such stakeholders. The Technical Advisory Committee (approximately 80 stakeholders) is an open committee including all 29 MCWD communities and county and state agency staff, engineers and other individual/agency stakeholders able to provide technical comments on the proposed revisions. In the three years since the actual rule revision process began in 2007, these advisory grou}�s have worked s�.iccessfiilly in collaboration with District staff and the Board of Managers to revise and adopt four of the seven rules under review by the MCWD (Rules B—Erosion Control, C—Floodplain Alteration, E —Dredging, and G—Waterbody Crossings & Structures). Input from each of these advisory groups was also relied upon to shape the draft language for Rule D and Rule F, both of which just concluded a 45 day public comment period, and Rule N which is still being developed. On February 11, 2010, The Board of Managers reviewed written comments and discussed language revisions for Rule D that would provide the level of flexibility and clarification requested by stakeholders. Areas where the Board provided direction and clarification on Rule D include: • Rule D does not apply retroactively and is triggered by development activity; • 75 foot wetland buffers will not be applied to single family homes; • Wetland buffers will not be applied to lakes or streams,only delineated wetlands; • Rule D revisions will not eliminate exemptions of the Wetland Conservation Act; • The triggers for wetland buffers have not changed from the existing rule; • Rule D will not require increased wetland mitigation ratios for off- site mitigation; • Monitoring of wetland buffers is only required where buffers are disturbed and re-vegetated. Monitoring will not otherwise be required.