Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association Annual Conference
September 24-26, 2014
Bonita Springs, FL
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Moderator:
Steve Boutelle, Chair of FSBPA and Lee County
1:00 p.m.
Chair’s Call to Order
1:05 p.m.
Official Welcome and
Opening Remarks
Brian
Hamman, Vice-Chair, Lee County Board of County Commissioners
Keynote Presentation: Lee County
Beach Management – Program, Projects, Partners and Perseverance
Steve Boutelle, FSBPA Chair and Operations Manager, Lee County Division of Natural
Resources
1:45 p.m.
Lee
County Tourism and the Value of Beaches
Tamara Pigott, FSBPA Director and Executive Director, Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau
2:10 p.m.
Environmental Windows: Why We Can’t, Why Can’t We, and a List of
Maybes
Danielle Irwin, PWS, LEED AP, Deputy Director,
Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Tallahassee and Bill
Hanson, Vice-President, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Oakbrook, IL
2:35 p.m.
Can
Beach Nourishment be an Adaptation Strategy for Sea Level Rise?
James Houston, Ph.D., P.E., Director
Emeritus, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development
Center, Vicksburg, MS
3:05 p.m.
Professional Exchange Break
Moderator: Diana Ferguson, FSBPA Legislative
Services, Rutledge-Ecenia
3:35
p.m.
A
Dialogue to Ensure more Emphasis and Appreciation for Beach Nourishment as a
Recognized Adaptation Strategy for Sea Level Rise
James
Murley, Executive Director, South Florida Regional Planning Council, Hollywood *
4:40 p.m.
Addressing
the Effectiveness of Beach Nourishment in Response to Sea Level Rise
Michael Walther, P.E.,
D.CE, President, Coastal Tech, Vero Beach
5:05 p.m. to Adjournment
Sea
Level Rise Q&A
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Thursday, September 25, 2014
7:30 a.m.
Professional Exchange Break
Moderator: Leanne Welch, FSBPA Secretary-Treasurer and
Palm Beach County
8:00 a.m.
Lovers Key or Bonita Beach: The Rest of the Lee County Story
Cliff Truitt, Ph.D., P.E.
D.CE, Senior Engineer, Coastal Tech, Sarasota and Michael
Poff, P.E., Vice-President of Engineering, Coastal Engineering Consultants,
Naples
8:25 a.m.
Selected Provisions of the Water Resources and Reform Development Act of
2014
Harry Glenn, Vice-President, Van
Scoyoc Associates, Washington, DC and Jacqueline Keiser, Chief, Coastal/Navigation Section, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
8:50 a.m.
Federal Shore-Protection
Program: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers 2013 Storm Damage Response, and Ongoing 2014 Program and Funding
Opportunities
Colonel Alan Dodd, District
Engineer, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
9:20
a.m.
Amendment 1: Florida’s
Water and Land “Legacy” Amendment
Eric Draper, Executive Director, Audubon Florida,
Tallahassee
9:45
a.m.
Leanne
Welch, Environmental Manager, Palm
Beach County Environmental Resources Management
10:10
a.m.
Professional Exchange Break
Moderator: Debbie Flack, President, FSBPA
10:40
a.m.
The Magic Number for Funding the Statewide Beach
Management Program Going Forward
Debbie Flack, President, FSBPA, Tallahassee and William Stronge, Ph.D., Chair Emeritus, Department of
Economics, Florida Atlantic University and Stronge Consulting, Inc., Boca Raton
11:05
a.m.
Jacqueline Keiser, Chief, Coastal/Navigation Section, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
11:30
a.m.
Celebrating
Florida’s Beach Management Efforts and Visioning Future State Funding Needs
Thomas Campbell, P.E., D.CE, President, CB&I Coastal Planning
& Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton
11:55
a.m.
Nicole Elko, Ph.D., President,Elko
Coastal Consulting, Inc., Wadmalaw Island, SC
12:10
p.m.
Adjourn
12:15 pm
FSBPA Annual General Membership Meeting
2:00 p.m.
Field Trip
6:00 p.m.
Cash Bar
6:30 p.m.
Annual Awards Banquet
Friday, September 26, 2014
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Professional
Exchange Break
Moderator: to be announced
8:15 a.m.
Breakwaters for Erosion Control and
Environmental Benefits
Kenneth Humiston, P.E., Co-Founder, Humiston & Moore Engineers,
Naples
8:40
a.m.
Charlie Hunsicker, Director, Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources
Department and Thomas Pierro, P.E., D.CE, Director, CB&I Coastal Planning & Engineering,
Inc., Boca Raton
9:05 a.m.
Beach Nourishment and Nearshore Hardbottom
Danielle
Irwin, PWS, LEED AP, Deputy Director, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
9:30 a.m.
Research and Development: What We
Can Do when We All Work Together
Bill
Hanson, Vice-President, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Oakbrook, IL
9:55 a.m.
Professional Exchange Break
Moderator:
Richard Bouchard, Vice-Chair of FSBPA and St. Lucie County
10:25 a.m.
Physical
Monitoring of Beach Erosion Control Projects: Reevaluation of Purpose and Specific Information Needs
Robert Brantly, P.E.,
Program Administrator, Engineering, Hydrology & Geology Program
and Alex Reed,
Program Administrator, Beaches and Mines Funding Assistance Program,
Division of Water
Resource Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
Tallahassee
10:50 a.m.
GIS Mapping of Beach Eligibility for State
of Florida Local Government Funding Requests
John Bishop,
Ph.D., Coastal Management Coordinator, Pinellas County Natural Resources
11:15 a.m.
Keith Laakkonen, Environmental Sciences
Coordinator, Town of Fort Myers Beach
11:35 a.m.
Unprecedented Cooperation on the Broward
County Federal Emergency Beach Fill Truck Haul Project
Cynthia Perez,
Senior Project Manager, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
12
noon
Conference Adjourns
