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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittalPage 1 of 1 Ernest Martin From: jveber@aol.00m Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:35 AM To: emartinaatt.net Cc: jbrotonemiamiproject.med.m iarnLedu; jbrotongmiarni.edu; cmanhand@hotmail.com Subject: Fwd: To Be Read At Commission Meeting From Rick GRITZ Ernie, These are the comments that Rick would like to have read into the record. Jay Original Message From: Rkgrtz To: ]Veber Cc: jbroton@miami.edu Sent: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 7:12:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time Subject: To Be Read At Commission Meeting From Rick GRITZ Gentleman: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Richard Gritz a resident of Spring Garden for twenty five years. 111 be brief. I live at 945 N.W. 7th Street Road, my properties being on The Seybold Canal. There is no doubt In my mind that a clean up and dredging of Wagner Creek and The Seybold Canal is decades overdue, and there are three points I wish to draw your attention to. However, before I do, let me just mention that this unkept gem in the heart of Miami Is home to a dozen different types of fish, and also water fowl such as Ibis, Hawks, Eagles, Pelicans, Cormorants, Ducks, Egrets, and many others. We've had at times one to three families of Manatees, ranging in numbers from six to eighteen living In the canal, some years, all year around. Also Iguanas which range from The Miami River all the way up The Wagner Creek, and at times alligators, which If left alone, seem to fit in just fine. Now, since I've observed this waterway for 25 years I've been witness to a slow degradation of all the things I've just mentioned, which brings me to my three points: Point I Since being here I have pulled our of the canal; tires, compressors, beds, bed springs, c`omputers, begs of medical waste and filled approximately one to three 33 gallons drums with general trash per week. I dare say, over the years, I, one man, probably have collected enough trash to fi11 this building. Point II For Your mental picture: I have a boat slip that has a solid bottom. To touch the bottom you have to go through three to four feet of sediment and the way it has been deposited, at low tide one third of the slip is out of the water. 1 have thought about having ft pumped out, but that would be of no use since the canal bottom would then be higher and would simply flow back into the slip. Therefore I'm left with using it for just a row boat. Point III The Seybold Canal is home to thirty to forty small independent fisherman and marinas all that add revenue to our community. Boaters many times have to wait for the tide to move out or in, because at low tide they hit the bottom. It is not only a beautiful waterway to lire on, but has a long history of Import to the seafood business as part of the Miami River marine comununity. This gentleman is all I have to say and would just add an invite to any one or all of you to Spring Garden and my back yard for a look at what "WE" are allowing to be destioyed. The time to fix this problem Is now, and I trust that the proper funding will be found to include the historic Seybold Canal. 7/28/2005 SUBMITTED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR TEMD ON7-as-os os- oo 7r5