33rd Annual National Conference
on Beach Preservation Technology
February 5-7, 2020
Hyatt Regency, Sarasota, Florida
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Wednesday, February 5,
2020
OPENING
GENERAL SESSION
1:00
p.m. to 5:25 p.m.
1:00
p.m.
Welcome from Mayor Jen Ahearn-Koch, City of Sarasota
1:10
p.m.
Manasota
Key Beach Restoration – A True Regional Perspective
Michael Poff,
P.E., Coastal Engineering Consultants, Inc., Naples, FL
1:30 p.m.
Manasota
Key Beach Project Design and Modeling
Vadim Alymov,
Ph.D., Coastal Engineering Consultants, Inc., Naples, FL
1:50 p.m.
Lainie
Edwards, Ph.D., Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL
2:15 p.m.
Josh van Berkel, DHI Water & Environment, Inc.,
Canada
2:35 p.m.
South Atlantic Coastal Study - What’s in it for You?
Matt Schrader, P.E., U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL and Pam Castens, P.M.P., U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, NC
2:55 p.m.
South Atlantic Coastal Study - Florida Focus Areas
Ashleigh Fountain, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL
3:10 p.m.
Angela Schedel, Ph.D., P.E.
and Ken Craig, P.E., Taylor Engineering, and Clay McCoy, Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL
3:30 p.m.
Professional
Exchange Break
4:00 p.m.
A New Test for Determining Beach Fill
Sediment Quality
Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E. and Krista
Egan, P.E. and, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
4:20 p.m.
Will
Reilly, P.E., Marty Durkin, and Kevin Hodgens, P.E., U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL
4:40 p.m.
Dynamic
Modeling Approach for Mapping Coastal Flood Vulnerability in a Changing
Climate:
Kirk Bosma,
P.E. and Robert Hamilton, Jr., Woods Hole Group, Bourne, MA, and Robert Weber, Town
of Palm Beach, FL
5:00 p.m.
Andy Studt and Chris Carstens, Department
of Environmental Resources Management, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL
5:20
p.m.
Adjourn
Thursday, February 6, 2020
SESSION A
8:00 a.m.
Quantifying
Florida’s Beach and Dune Resilience Using the Coastal Resilience Index
Quin
Robertson, Ph.D., P.G., Coastal Protection Engineering, Boca Raton, FL, Zhifei
Dong, Ph.D., APTIM, Boca Raton, FL, Nicole Elko, Ph.D., American Shore and
Beach Preservation Association, Folly Beach, SC, and Julie Rosati, Ph.D., U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC
8:20 a.m.
Thinking
Outside of the Box for Storm Repairs and Resilient Beach Designs
Tara Brenner,
P.G., P.E. and Quin Robertson, Ph.D., P.G., Coastal Protection Engineering,
Boca Raton, FL
8:40 a.m.
A
Proposed Strategy for Implementing Coastal Resiliency
Jenna
Phillips, Duncan Greer, P.E., and Angela Schedel, Ph.D., P.E., Taylor
Engineering, Sarasota, Destin, and Jacksonville, FL
Monitoring
Benthic Communities to Fulfill Regulatory Requirements
Jennifer
Hinton, Ph.D. and Brendan Biggs., Ph.D., Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Tallahassee, FL
Consideration of Natural
Nearshore Hardbottom Variability for Beach Fill Design; Broward County, Florida
Chris Creed, P.E. and Zachary Bedell, Olsen
Associates, Jacksonville, FL, Cheryl Miller, Coastal Eco-Group, Deerfield Beach, FL, and
Nicole Sharp, P.E., Environmental Planning and Community
Resilience Division, Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth
Management Department, Fort Lauderdale, FL
9:40 a.m.
Professional
Exchange Break (30 Minutes)
SESSION
B
8:00 a.m.
Managing
the Threat of Sea Level Rise at Historical Waterfront Park
Jannek
Cederberg, P.E., Cummins Cederberg Coastal and Marine Engineering, Fort
Lauderdale, FL
8:20 a.m.
Shoreline
Management Challenges and Solutions in St. Johns County
Damon Douglas and Stephen Hammond, St. Johns County Public Works Department, St. Augustine, FL, and Rajesh Srinivas, Ph.D., P.E., Atkins, Jacksonville, FL
8:40 a.m.
St. Joseph Peninsula Beach Restoration
Project: "They Said it Would Never Be Built and Almost Wasn't.
Twice!"
Michael
Dombrowski, P.E. and Joseph Morrow, P.E., MRD Associates, Inc., Destin, FL
9:00 a.m.
Indian
River County’s Beach Preservation Plan Update and Beach Conditions Analysis
Matthew Starr, P.G. and Jeff Tabar,
P.E., Stantec Consulting Services, Tampa, FL and Laurel, MD
9:20 a.m.
Thomas Pierro, P.E., Coastal Protection
Engineering, Boca Raton, FL and Christopher
Paul, P.E., APTIM, Baton Rouge, LA
9:40 a.m.
Professional
Exchange Break (30 Minutes)
SESSION
C
10:10 a.m.
Successful Sand
Management at South Lake Worth Inlet (2002-2018)
Douglas
Mann, P.E., APTIM, Boca Raton, FL
10:30 a.m.
Island-Wide
Sediment Budget for Jupiter Island
David Kriebel, Ph.D., P.E., Coastal Analytics LLC,
Annapolis, MD
10:50 a.m.
Sediment
Management Study of the Northern Shell Key (Pinellas County, FL)
Morjana Signorin, João Dobrochinsk and
Zhifei Dong, Ph.D., APTIM, Boca Raton, FL; Andrew Squires, Environmental Management Division, Pinellas County,
Clearwater, FL, and Tara Brenner, P.G., P.E., Coastal Protection
Engineering, Boca Raton, FL
11:10 a.m.
Beneficial
Use: Estuarine Island Creation with Intracoastal Waterway Maintenance Dredged
Material in Lake Worth Lagoon; Palm Beach County, Florida
Yehya Siddiqui, P.E., Taylor
Engineering, Inc., Oakland Park, FL, Lori Brownell, P.E., Port of Houston,
Inc., Cypress, TX, Eric Anderson, Palm Beach County Environmental Resources
Management, West Palm Beach, FL, John Vannoy, P.M.P., Orion Marine Construction,
Inc., Tampa, FL, and Mark Crosley, Florida Inland Navigation District, Jupiter,
FL
11:30 a.m.
A Structured Decision-Making Approach
to Regional Sediment Management
P. Soupy Dalyander, Ph.D., The Water Institute
of the Gulf, New Orleans, LA
12:00 p.m.
Luncheon
SESSION D
10:10 a.m.
Toler
Place Breakwater Modification – Norfolk, VA
Yong Chen, Ph.D., P.E., Brian Joyner,
P.E. and Ira Brotman, P.E., Moffatt & Nichol, Norfolk, VA
10:30 a.m.
Shoreline Management in Chesapeake Bay:
Headland Breakwaters to Headland Control
C. Scott Hardaway, Jr., Virginia Institute of Marine
Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA and James Gunn,
Coastal Design and Construction, Inc., Gloucester, VA
10:50 a.m.
Karyn Erickson, P.E. and Christin
Perkinson, Ph.D., P.E., Erickson Consulting Engineers, Inc., Sarasota, FL, and
Gregg Strakaluse, P.E., Streets and Stormwater Department, City of Naples, FL
11:10 a.m.
The
Engineering of the Island Style Breakwater System for the Ft. Pierce Marina
Jack Cox, P.E., Edgewater Resources,
Madison, WI
SESSION E
1:15 p.m.
Historical
Analysis of the Change in Percent Fines during Beach Nourishment
Jennifer
Coor, Ph.D., P.G., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FL and
Jase Ousley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
1:35 p.m.
Time
and Cost-Efficient Post-Hurricane Emergency Sand Search for Mexico Beach
Beau Suthard, P.G. and Patrick Bryce,
P.G., APTIM, Tampa, FL, Jeff Andrews, P.S.M., APTIM, Boca Raton, FL, and Tara
Brenner, P.G., P.E., Coastal Protection Engineering, Boca Raton, FL
1:55 p.m.
Jessica
Mallindine, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, New
Orleans, LA
2:15 p.m.
Doug Jones, M.A., Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, New Orleans, LA
2:35 p.m.
Behavior,
Seasonality, and Habitat Preferences of Fishes Within a Large Sand Shoal
Complex
Jennifer
Bucatari, Ph.D., Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Sterling, VA
2:55 p.m.
Joe Wagner, P.E. and Leah DeLeon, P.E.,
Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions, Jacksonville, FL
3:15 p.m.
Professional Exchange Break (30 Minutes)
SESSION F
1:15 p.m.
Hydrodynamic
Modeling for Living Shoreline Design - Queens, NY
Todd DeMunda, P.E. and Jeff Tabar,
P.E., Stantec Consulting Services, Melbourne, FL and Laurel, MD
1:35 p.m.
Storm-Driven
Morphodynamics of a Sandy Beach in Florida
Frank Carlin and Felix Jose, Ph.D., Department of Marine & Earth Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
1:55 p.m.
Wave
Analysis for Broward County Convention Center Expansion
Aaron Chen, P.E., and Jeff Tabar, P.E.,
Stantec Consulting Services, Laurel, MD
2:15 p.m.
Future Coastal Resiliency Planning for
a Rapidly Evolving Barrier Beach/Tidal Inlet System: Use of Numerical Modeling
in the Planning Process
John Ramsey,
P.E. and Morgan Simms, P.G., Applied Coastal Research and Engineering, Inc.,
Mashpee, MA, and Theodore Keon, Town of Chatham Coastal Resources, Chatham, MA
2:35 p.m.
Indian
River County Beach Template Design and Vulnerability Analysis Using SBEACH
Paul Carroll,
P.E. and Jeff Tabar, P.E., Stantec Consulting Services, Laurel, MD
2:55 p.m.
Defining
Practical Limits for Borrow Area Effects on Wave Propagation, Currents and
Potential Sediment Transport – Mexico Beach Study Case
Morjana
Signorin, João Dobrochinski, and Kristina McCoy, P.G., APTIM, Boca Raton, FL, and Tara
Brenner, P.G., P.E., Coastal Protection Engineering, Boca Raton, FL
3:15 p.m.
Professional
Exchange Break (30 Minutes)
SESSION G
3:45 p.m.
Point
and Shoot: Enhancing Coastal Lighting Evaluations with the Use of Laser Sighted
GPS
Joseph Scarola, Ecological Associates,
Inc., Jensen Beach, FL
4:05 p.m.
Turtle
Friendly Lighting: Beneficial Technology for Coastal Communities and Wildlife
Stacey Gallagher, Sea Turtle
Conservancy, Gainesville, FL
4:25 p.m.
Charlie
Hunsicker, Parks and Natural Resources Department,
Manatee County, Bradenton, FL
4:45 p.m.
Let There Be (Turtle-Friendly) Light!
An Overview of Broward County's Beachfront Lighting Strategy
Stephanie Kedzuf, Environmental
Planning and Community Resilience Division, Broward County Environmental
Protection and Growth Management Department, Fort Lauderdale, FL
5:05
p.m.
High
Resolution Underwater Mapping of the Osborne Tire Reef, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida
Mark
Schroeder, Keith Spring and Chip Bamberger, CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., Stuart,
FL, John Morgan, P.L.S., Morgan & Eklund, Inc., Vero Beach, FL and Chris
Creed, P.E., Olsen Associates, Jacksonville, FL
5:25
p.m.
Adjourn
SESSION H
3:45 p.m.
Re-imagining
a Resort Shoreline: Half Moon, Jamaica
Kevin Bodge,
Ph.D., P.E., Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
4:05 p.m.
Hurricane
Irma Impacts to Barbuda
Mike Jenkins,
Ph.D., P.E., Applied Technology and Management, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL
4:25 p.m.
Bogue
Banks Master Beach Nourishment Plan, NC - A Case Study in Coastal Resiliency
Johnny
Martin, P.E., Moffatt & Nichol, Raleigh, NC
4:45 p.m.
Performance
Metrics: Pinellas County’s Beach Performance Index
John Bishop, Ph.D. and Andrew Squires, Environmental Management Division,
Pinellas County, Clearwater, FL
5:05
p.m.
Updated
FEMA Guidance and Methodology Impacts to Coastal LOMRs and CLOMRs
Elena Drei-Horgan, Ph.D., AECOM, Arlington, VA and Erin Benford, AECOM, North Charleston, SC
5:25
p.m.
Adjourn
Friday, February 7, 2020
CLOSING
GENERAL SESSION
8:00
a.m.
On
the Recurrent Sargassum Blooms in the Intra-Americas Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Mengqiu Wang,
Ph.D., Chuanmin Hu, Ph.D., and Brian Barnes, Ph.D., College of Marine Science,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
8:20
a.m.
On-the-Ground Challenges and Practicalities of Sargassum
Management
Margarita Kruyff, Environment & Sustainability
Department, City of Miami Beach, FL and Mark Richard, Miami-Dade County Parks,
Recreation, and Open Spaces, Key Biscayne, FL
8:40
a.m.
Florida Red Tide Panel –
Impact, Response, and Lessons Learned from Four Coastal Counties
Kelli
Levy, Public
Works Department, Pinellas County, Clearwater, FL, Charlie
Hunsicker, Parks and Natural Resources Department,
Manatee County, Bradenton, FL, Steve Boutelle, Lee County Natural Resources
Division, Ft. Myers, FL, and
Nicole Sharp, P.E., Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division, Broward County
Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department, Fort Lauderdale, FL
9:10
a.m.
Manatee
County, Nearshore Hardbottom and Artificial Reef Red Tide Impact and Recovery
Katy Brown, APTIM,
Boca Raton, FL, Lauren Floyd, Coastal Protection Engineering, Boca Raton, FL,
and Charlie Hunsicker, Parks and Natural Resources
Department, Manatee County, Bradenton, FL
9:30
a.m.
The
Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology Development Initiative
Kevin
Claridge, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Sarasota, FL
9:50 a.m.
Professional
Exchange Break (30 Minutes)
10:20
a.m.
Cheryl Hapke, Ph.D., College of Marine
Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; Rene Baumstark and
Ryan Druyor, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and
Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, Xan Fredericks, USGS St.
Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and Kim
Jackson, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL
10:40
a.m.
Dylan Davis, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division, Atlanta, GA
11:00
a.m.
Beach
Nourishment Versus Sea Level Rise on Florida Coasts
James Houston, Ph.D., U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development
Center, Vicksburg, MS
11:20
a.m.
Future
100 Year Flood Map for Coastal Resiliency in Broward County
Mark Ellard, P.E., Geosyntec
Consultants Inc., Winter Springs, FL and Carolina Maran, Ph.D., P.E.,
Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division, Broward County
Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department, Fort Lauderdale, FL
11:40
a.m.
Resilience
in Action: Connecting Engineers, Nature, and Communities
Dani Boudreau
and Brian Leslie, GHD Inc., San Diego, CA
12:00
p.m.
Coastal
Outreach Importance on Shore Protection, Navigation and Resiliency Projects
Doris Otero, APTIM, Boca Raton, FL
12:20
p.m.
Conference
Adjourns
