NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 01, 2010, the South Florida Water Management District (District), received a petition for waiver from Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department for a Modification of Permit No. 7333, Right of Way Application No.: 10-0106-1M, for utilization of Works or Lands of the District known as the C-1 and C-1W Canals for a new shared-use trail, improvements (widening and resurfacing) to an existing trail, landscaping, shelters, signage, parking area improvements, fencing, bollards, vehicular gates and guardrailing within the C-1 and C-1W Canal rights of way located as follows: Phase I “S. W. 97th Avenue to east of Water Control Structure S-21 at S. W. 244th Street, Phase II” “S. W. 137th Avenue to S. W. 127th Avenue, Phase III” “S. W. 127th Avenue to S. W. 97th Avenue, Sections (multiple), Township 56 South, Range 39 and 40 East, Miami-Dade County. The petition seeks relief from subsections 40E-6.011(4), (6) and paragraph 40E-6.221(2)(j), Florida Administrative Code, which prohibits the placement of permanent and/or semi-permanent above-ground structures within 40 feet of the top of canal bank and/or within designated equipment staging areas within Works or Lands of the District and also prohibits parking and vehicular use within Works or Lands of the District.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Juli Russell at (561)682-6268 or e-mail: jurussel@sfwmd.gov. The District will accept comments concerning the petition for 14 days from the date of publication of this notice. To be considered, comments must be received by the end of business on the 14th day at the South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, MSC 1414, West Palm Beach, FL 33406, Attention: Juli Russell, Office of Counsel.