Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association Annual Conference
September 25-27, 2013
Delray Beach, FL
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Moderator: Charlie Hunsicker, Chair of FSBPA and
Manatee County
1:00 p.m.
Chair’s Call to Order
1:05 p.m.
Official Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mayor Steven Abrams, Chair, Palm Beach County Board of County
Commissioners
1:15 p.m.
Palm Beach County’s Beach Program: The Importance of Being
Flexible in an Ever-changing Environment
Leanne Welch, Environmental Program Supervisor, Palm
Beach County Environmental Resources Management
1:45 p.m.
It is all about the Return-on-Investment: The Economic Benefits of Palm Beach County’s Beach Management
Program
Dr. William B. Stronge, Chair Emeritus, Department of Economics,
Florida Atlantic University
2:10 p.m.
Critical Crossroads: Looking ahead to the Challenges Facing
Florida’s Beach Management Program
“Setting the Stage” - Charlie Hunsicker, Chair,
FSBPA, and Director, Natural Resources Department, Manatee County
“ Panel Identification of Issues
and Recommendations”
David Hobbie, Deputy District Engineer for
Project Management, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers * Mark Thomasson,
Director, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department of
Environmental Protection * Thomas Pierro, P.E., D.CE,
Vice-President, Coastal Planning & Engineering, a
CB&I Co. * Dan Hussin, Vice-President, Manson Construction * Don
Donaldson, P.E., Past-Chair of FSBPA and County Engineer, Martin County
3:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Recognition, Tensar
International Corporation
Jeff Fiske, Coastal & Waterway Systems Manager
3:05 p.m.
Professional Exchange Break
Moderator: Don Donaldson, FSBPA Board Member and Martin County
3:35 p.m.
Selection of Florida’s Beach Projects for State
Funding: Where Have We Been and Where
Are We Going from Here?
Michael Walther, P.E., D.CE, President, Coastal Tech
4:00 p.m.
Beach Nourishment Provides a Legacy for Future
Generations
Dr. James Houston, Director Emeritus, Engineer Research and
Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Robert Dean, FSBPA
Chair Emeritus, and Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of
Florida
4:25 p.m.
The Boca Raton Coastal Program: An Overview of Four Decades of
Jennifer Bistyga, Coastal Program Manager, City of Boca Raton and Mike
Jenkins, Ph.D., P.E., Applied
4:50 p.m.
Building a Three-Party Project in Baldwin County,
AL: A Case Study for Combining Projects
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Moderator: Steve Boutelle, Vice-Chair of FSBPA and Lee County
8:10 a.m.
Hurricane Sandy Impacts to the Northeast United
States: 2012 and Beyond
8:40 a.m.
Conference Keynote: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Response to the Storms of 2012 in
Florida
Colonel Alan Dodd, District Engineer, Jacksonville District, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
9:15 a.m.
Sharing Lessons Learned from the
Storms of 2012
Diana Ferguson, FSBPA legislative services, Rutledge & Ecenia, P.A. (Moderator) * Jacqueline J. Keiser, Chief,
Coastal/Navigation Section and Jason Engle, Chief, Coastal Design Section,
Jacksonville District, U.S Army Corps of Engineers * Danielle H. Irwin, PWS, Deputy
Director, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, * Leanne
Welch, Environmental Program Supervisor, Palm
Beach County Environmental Resources Management
9:55 a.m.
Federal Sand Resources: Shifting Perspectives, the Department of the Interior and BOEM’s
Response to Hurricane Sandy
Renee Orr, Chief, Strategic Resources Office, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management
10:20 a.m.
Exhibitor Recognition, Hyatt
Survey Services
Russell Hyatt, Vice-President
10:25 a.m.
Professional Exchange Break
Moderator: Leanne Welch,
FSBPA Board Member and Palm Beach County
10:55 a.m.
How to Improve Post-storm Damage Field Assessment
Focusing on non-federal Beach Nourishment and Dune Restoration Projects and DEP
Emergency Permitting
Bryan Koon, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management * John
King, Director of Emergency Services, Indian River County * James
Gray, Coastal Engineer, Indian River County (Moderator)
11:30 a.m.
Host Site Presentation - 40 Years of Beach
Nourishment at Delray Beach, Florida: A Quintessential Success Story
Paul Dorling, Director, Planning and Zoning Department, City of
Delray Beach and Thomas Pierro, P.E., D.CE, Vice-President, Coastal Planning
& Engineering, a CB&I Co.
12:05 p.m.
Adjourn
General Membership Meeting (5 minutes after
adjourning)
Friday, September 27, 2013
7:45 a.m.
Professional Exchange Breakfast Break
Moderator: Richard Bouchard, FSBPA Secretary-Treasurer and St. Lucie County
8:30 a.m.
Project Implementation under
FDEP Emergency Order (OGC NO 12-1641): Three Examples of Post-Sandy Dune Construction Projects
Mike Jenkins, Ph.D., P.E.,
Applied Technology & Management, Inc.
8:55 a.m.
Hollywood Truck Haul Beach
Nourishment
9:20 a.m.
Do Wider Renourished Beaches Enhance Sky-Glow Effects on Sea Turtles?
Kirt W. Rusenko, Ph.D., City of Boca Raton, Gumbo Limbo Nature
Center
9:45 a.m.
The Cultural and Natural Resources of the Marine
Environment in Delray Beach, Florida
Stacy Prekel, Lead Biologist and Leah G. Colombo, Coastal
Geologist, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., a CB&I Co.
10:10 a.m.
Professional Exchange Break
10:40 a.m.
2013 Legislative Award
Presentation: Representative
Ben Albritton, Chair, Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations
Subcommittee,
District 56, Florida House of Representatives
Moderator: Debbie Flack, President, FSBPA
10:55 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
Revisiting What is Important to Decision-makers in Annual Beach Project Ranking, Selection and
Funding
Representative Ben Albritton,
Chair, Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, District
56, Florida House of Representatives * Michael Walther, P.E., D.CE, President, Coastal Tech
* Steve
Boutelle, FSBPA Vice-Chair and Lee County * Kevin Bodge,
Ph.D., P.E., Senior Vice-President, Olsen Associates, Inc. * Deborah Flack,
FSBPA, President
12:10 p.m.
Conference Adjourns
