<p>SHORE LINES Dana Shores Pelican IslanD July 2017 PUBLISHED BY IKARE PUBLISHING INC. WWW.IKAREPUBLISHING.COM - 813-991-7843 SAVE THE DATES July 4 – Enjoy Fireworks off Safety Harbor 9 p.m. July 15 – Derelict Crab Trap Removal (sign up now!) July 15 – Neighborhood Conference (write us to learn more) July 22 & 23 – Self-Defense Course (sign up now!) July 29 – Dana Shores Historical Video Production (sign up now!) Aug. 3 – DSWC Board Meeting at RPGC Clubhouse 10 – 11:30 am Aug. 18 – New Neighbor TGIF at RPGC Clubhouse 6 – 9 pm Sept. 7 – DSWC Board Meeting at RPGC Clubhouse Sept. 9– DSWC Annual Tea (& Mimosa) Brunch October 15 – Family Fun Day and Food Truck Rally at Skyway Park THE SPRING INTO SUMMER TGIF SO MUCH FUN! The Dana Shores Women’s Club (DSWC) celebrated our transition into summer with our annual TGIF on Friday, June 2. Fifty-five neighbors from Dana Shores, Pelican Island, and Sweetwater gathered at the Rocky Point Golf Course (RPGC) for drinks, dinner, dancing, and a chance to win! Even though our live entertainment canceled at the last minute, we owe a big thank you to LeAnn Anseeuw for putting together a great playlist for us. Thank you to Tina Mawn, Kim Hajaistron, and Pat Bailey for their assistance with table decorations and preparations before the party. We would like to congratulate the following winners of our 50/50 raffle and silent auction items: Allison Roberts - Dana Shores (50/50 raffle and the Yeti cooler), Michael Jordan - Sweetwater (2 Yeti Rambler Colsters and Sam Adams Summer Ale, 18 holes of golf for two at RPGC, and the hammock chair swing), Bob Saltzman – Dana Shores (18 holes of golf for 2 at RPGC), and Holly Simmons – Dana Shores (“Everything Dana Shores” garden container, 2 large Yeti tumblers with the Dana Shores logo etching, $50 gift certificate to Bahama Breeze). The DSWC would like to thank the following vendors for their generous donations to the silent auction: Jason and Nicole Gulledge from Playground King (hammock chair swing), Rocky Point Golf Course (4 rounds of golf with cart), Bahama Breeze ($50 gift certificate), Decks & Docks Lumber Co and Danny and LeAnn Anseeuw with Waterfront Engineering (YETI Cooler and Colsters), Julie Bowers (pineapple mosaic planter), and the DSWC (YETI tumblers with DS etching). The DSWC netted approximately $700 and these funds will be used toward ongoing neighborhood improvements and upcoming projects. LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER All Dana Shores residents are invited to the DSWC’s first ever “new-neighbor happy hour” on Friday, August 18, from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Rocky Point Golf Course. This is a family event. We have had many new residents, both homeowners and renters, move into our Dana Shores community in the last few years and, if we haven’t met you already, we are looking forward to that opportunity. The bar will be open and Jim and Deb at the clubhouse will have a great family friendly menu available. If you have ever wondered what the Dana Shores Civic Association (DSCA) and the Dana Shores Women’s Club (DSWC) do, this is a great opportunity to find out and meet lots of your neighbors! Please watch for more details in the July and August Shore Lines. An Evite will also be sent out in July. (If you do not yet receive e- mails or Evites from our community and would like to, please e-mail us at info@danashores.com. We can also get you signed up for lost and found, major project updates, and neighborhood watch.) PAGE 2 SHORE LINES Dana Shores Women’s Club (DSWC) President: Vice President: Treasurer: Recording Secretary: Corresponding Secretary: Past President Julie Bowers OPEN Tina Mawn Kim Hajaistron VeeAnn Mahdieh Marynell Palmer 389-2847 884-5132 882-0651 889-0445 886-3193 The Shore Lines Newsletter has been designed, published, and mailed by IKare Publishing Inc. at no cost to Dana Shores. 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It is the individual’s responsibility to check refer- ences on all advertisers. IKare Publishing is not responsible for content and as editor reserves the right to edit articles for content, length, grammar, and readability. BOATING THIS SUMMER? A FEW INSIGHTS TO HELP KEEP IT FUN! New IDLE SPEED Signs Posted Near the Courtney Campbell Boat Ramp To curtail an alarmingly high rate of boating accidents in the area, the channel is now a no- wake zone for 100 yards on each side of the ramp. Please help law enforcement and other boaters by adhering to the new speed limit. Planning for Mother Nature When mother nature raises a harsh hand, it can be tough on the water. It’s these bad experiences that likely led to the expression, “Better to be on land wishing you were on the water than being on the water wishing you were on land.” To help our resident avoid such times, we’ve listed several weather- related sites on the Dana Shores website. One of these resources is new to many people: NOAA’s Wavecast. Because we have found it so valuable, we have worked directly with NOAA to request ongoing access to this information. The site allows you to open a pdf showing wave heights 12-, 24-, 36-, and 48-hours out. Times are given in Zulu time, and a converter is also listed on our site. Although predictions are never perfect, we’ve found this to be a superior tool for planning any offshore (and even inshore) boating trip. These charts and other boating resources can be found on our website. You may log in to the Danashores.com website, follow this link (http://bit.ly/DSBoating) or scan the QR code with your smartphone. If you need help, email us at info@danashores.com. COUNTY WATER RESTRICTION HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED District hydrologists report a rainfall deficit of eleven inches since the start of the dry season last October, resulting in the driest dry season in the past 103 years. Lawn watering has been reduced to once per week and allowable watering hours are also reduced. Additionally, there are now limits on car washing. Some exceptions exist for new lawns and plants. Micro-irrigation and hand watering of non-lawn areas are still al- lowed any day. Restrictions will remain in effect through August 1, 2017. Additional details may be found at http://WaterMatters.org/restrictions PAGE 3 SHORE LINES MORE ON TAYLOR MORRISON: POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SHRINERS/A LA CARTE PROPERTY In our last newsletter, we briefly introduced our potential new neighbor, homebuilder Taylor Morrison, with an overview of the firm’s efforts to purchase and redevelop the current home to the Shriners and A La Carte Pavilion on Dana Shores Drive. Taylor Morrison’s plans remain on track to close the purchase agreement in August 2017, with a leaseback to the Shriners/A La Carte through the end of the year. At the Dana Shores Civic Association meeting in April, representatives from Taylor Morrison presented Dana Shores and Pelican Island homeowners an overview of their plans. They pointed to some recent projects in Hillsborough County (Old Memorial, Ladera, Palms at Citrus Park, Terracina, Esplanade of Tampa) to indicate the character of their developments. They shared sample elevations of what the structures might look like and highlighted plans for extensive landscaping outside the walls of their proposed gated community. Taylor Morrison’s plan calls for 24 single-family homes along the waterfront (likely to exceed $1 Million in price) and 60 three-story townhomes along Dana Shores Drive and throughout the interior of the development (averaging $400,000 - $500,000 per unit). This plan, compared to those of other builders who have bid on the land, presents a more favorable, neighborhood-friendly “high-dollar, limited-density” design (compared to a high-density, low-rent apartment complex). This is an important positive in terms of potential impact on congestion and property values. Residents asked a variety of questions to understand how the development might impact Dana Shores, Pelican Island and surrounding neighborhoods, including greenway and access aesthetics, property values, traffic patterns and congestion, resource and storm water considerations, and major community initiatives such as undergrounding electrical power lines and restoring the grandeur of the Old Memorial Highway WWI Oak Canopy. Answers were captured and can be found online as part of the packet Taylor Morrison submitted for their rezoning. (You may easily access a copy of this at http://bit.ly/TMPDMeetingSummary. Since Taylor Morrison stepped in with its bid to develop the property, our civic association began working with its team on ways to promote communication and alignment with ongoing community initiatives, aesthetics, and neighborhood priorities. These efforts remain underway. If all goes according to Taylor Morrison’s timetable, they would begin demolition in early 2018, and begin development and building of model homes by the end of that year. Full build-out would take an estimated 18- to 24-months. Since the meeting, they have received approval from Hillsborough County’s Development Services Department. Next, they will seek approval from the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. 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Even though they are easy to purchase, other consumer fireworks (e.g., projectile fireworks, M-80s, and bottle rockets) are illegal to use without a city permit and meeting other special-use criteria. Deputies from Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office have visited Dana Shores on recent holidays to address firework activity. Due to recent burn bans and fires in Hillsborough County, along with our own work throughout the year to develop a more robust law enforcement presence within and around our community, it’s reasonable to expect stronger policing of firework activity this year. Please also be aware that we have homeowners who are nursing chronically ill loved ones at home, who have babies at home, and who have pets that may be afraid of the fireworks. We suspect they would all sincerely appreciate the avoidance of local fireworks. We hope this information helps everyone remain safe and avoid any unpleasant surprises. PAGE 5 SHORE LINES CAPTURING THE RICH HISTORY OF DANA SHORES Our neighborhood associations feel fortunate to have many talented volunteers of all ages, backgrounds, and interests. Jack Wood has been working with the Dana Shores Civic Association over the last year as part of his Eagle Scout project. This is a great win-win opportunity and one we are looking forward to engaging several more residents in. Jack’s project summary is provided below. Please reach out to him directly if you would like to be involved. My Name is Jack Wood and I am a resident of Dana Shores. I am looking to obtain the rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and by doing so need to do a service project for my community. I have chosen to make a historical video documentary about our lovely Dana Shores and will be conducting video interviews of some of the neighbors to gather stories about our community. I am inviting you to be interviewed as part of this historical video. Interviews will be conducted on a time slot basis on July29, 2017, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. If you would like to be a part of this, please RSVP to patrickjacksonwood@gmail.com or call me at 813.924.9389 Thank you and I look forward to hearing your stories, Jack BETTER TIDAL FLOW AND WATER QUALITY Last year, we shared studies showing the return of Tampa Bay’s overall water quality to 1950s levels and seagrasses returning to the bay at a record pace of 660 acres per year. Improvements in Old Tampa Bay and waters surrounding Dana Shores have lagged, but that could soon change. The Dana Shores website lists several easy but highly impactful actions residents can take to help restore our water quality, keep pollutants down, and maintain boat clearance. We all make a difference, and with a little knowledge and awareness each of us can have a positive impact. We ask that all residents read about yard waste, storm drains, pet waste, fertilizers, and oil/fuel spills at http://bit.ly/WaterQualityandMarineLife Our role mostly involves restricting pollutants. Although it is critical, it is not adequate. We also have low salinity levels on the north side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway due to restricted waterflow. Many seagrasses have difficulty living in low-salinity conditions and, without adequate seagrass, it is difficult to have a healthy coastal ecosystem. Seagrass colonies reduce sediment and erosion, absorb nutrients from runoff, and provide nursery habitats. From time to time, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) partners with the Water Management District to work on stormwater treatment initiatives that will have a significant, positive impact on the environment and can provide credits FDOT can then use on future roadway projects. This essentially means they can make major enhancements in one area to help make up for deficits in another area where it may be more difficult or impossible to mitigate their environmental impact. After many years of discussion about this project, we are thrilled to learn that FDOT has planned a major stormwater project in our backyard! The proposed project will significantly improve water quality on the north side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway and will provide environmental credits that can be used from here to Anna Marie Island. Holly Simmons, our DSCA Vice President, has spoken with representatives from both the FDOT and EPC to find out more. Here are her updates: FDOT plans to invest $10.5M in constructing a 229-foot flat, free-flow bridge along the causeway just west of Ben T. Davis Beach. It will not be navigable for boat or kayaks. Instead, its purpose is to allow better tidal flushing. It currently takes about 7 days for the water to turn over in this area of Old Tampa Bay. Once the bridge is constructed, turnover time should be cut down to 2.5 days. What do we hope this will mean? First, higher and more stable salinity levels on the north side of the bridge resulting in better seagrass, better clarity, and better fishing. Second, better water movement, which will assist in flushing nutrients out of Old Tampa Bay, lowering water temperatures in the shallows, and reducing algae blooms. The project has been funded and is currently under bid. The winner of the RFP should be determined by October 2017 and, if all goes well, construction should begin in the fall/winter of 2017 and be complete by November 15, 2018. Plans include keeping the same number of lanes, their widths, and the trail open during construction. Once the project is underway, kiosks are planned at both ends of the construction area for bicyclists who want to learn more. FDOT is required to monitor the area for at least five years to ensure water quality and seagrass areas improve and other problems do not arise. Seagrass has returned to more than 200 acres in the Florida Keys after replacing a portion of their causeway with a bridge and, closer to home, 100 acres of seagrass were added after replacing part of the main causeway into Fort DeSoto Park. We have similar hopes for restoring up to 80 acres of seagrass in the Rocky Point area! The Dana Shores Civic Association has also been working with FDOT, EPC, and the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFMD) to help ensure appropriate planning around any potential concerns. Please contact Holly Simmons (info@danashores.com or (954) 464-3532) if you have questions, suggestions, or other input. Carla Jenkins Realtor® Cell: 813-508-6040 Email: carla.jenkins@floridamoves.com Owned and operated by NRT LLC. 5010 W. 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They continue to ghost fish ( f i s h i n g t h a t continues despite the inactivity of the trap) killing crabs along with several other recreationally and c o m m e r c i a l l y important species. They pose a navigational hazard to boaters and can cause damage to valuable and sensitive habitats such as seagrass. Manatees, dolphins and sea turtles can also become entangled in the trap line causing injury or death. Who: If you plan to remove traps, you must be a part of an organized effort that has been authorized by FWC. Anyone with a boat who is willing to help remove abandoned traps from the waters will be welcomed. Tampa Bay Watch will provide tarps, but your boat will get dirty. When: Saturday, July 15 from 9 a.m. to noon Where: Six different locations throughout the bay, including Upper Tampa Bay (meeting at the Courtney Campbell Causeway boat ramp) PAGE 7 SHORE LINES If you know of a location of derelict crab traps, please take a moment to proactively provide the location of the trap along with any other pertinent information on a GPS or chart so that volunteers can take care of them during the closure. You may contact Serra Herndon (sherndon@tampabaywatch.org or 727.867.8166 Ext. 227) to volunteer or provide the location of derelict traps. Also, if you choose to volunteer, please let us know at info@danashores.com. We’d love to hear about your experience. IKare Publishing Inc. www.ikarepublishing.com PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID TAMPA FL PERMIT NO. 1741 facebook.com/IKare-Publishing-Inc IKare Publishing is provided all articles in this newsletter by the BOD or residents. IKare Publishing is not responsible for content. New to the Neighborhood? Change in Your Email Address? If you do not receive regular email updates from Dana Shores community associations, please contact us with your email address. We will use these to keep you informed of time-sensitive material such as upcoming events, opportunities, and crime watch. Write to us at info@danashores.com and include your name, street address, and contact number. (You may sign up more than one email address per residence.) Baby Sitter, Dog Walker, Wash Cars Send your information to amir_veeann@yahoo.com Brock Adams, age 13, 813-480-9790 Caroline Kratz, age 16. 813– 886-1243 Garrett Adams, age 16, 813 340-4443 Devan Mahdieh, age 19, 813-889-0445 Samira Mahdieh, age 17, 813 889-0445 Bianca Baum, age 16, 813-786-7536 Trenton Baum, age 14, 813-504-8156 Classified Ad… “Free mobile to you” Notary Service– 813-399-3825 - Amanda L. Anseeuw </p>