64th annual Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association Annual Conference
September 15-17, 2021
Opal Grand Delray Beach, Florida
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Wednesday, September 15
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Palm Beach County,
Florida
Dave Kerner, Mayor, Palm Beach County Commissioner, District 3
1:15
p.m.
Welcome to Delray Beach
Shelly Petrolia, Mayor, City of Delray Beach
1:20 p.m.
Beaches:
Why all of Our Tourists Love Them!
Maria Sachs, Palm Beach County Commissioner, District 5 and Chair, Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council
1:30 p.m.
Palm Beach County’s
Beach Management Program – Projects and Partnerships
Michael Stahl, Deputy Director, Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management and Andy Studt, Program Supervisor, Coastal Resources Management, Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management, West Palm Beach
2:00
p.m.
The Chronicles of the Delray Beach Shore Protection
Program
Missie Barletto, Director of Public Works, City of Delray Beach
2:15 p.m.
The Evolution of Sediment Management at South Lake
Worth Inlet: A Historical Perspective
Douglas W. Mann, P.E., D.CE., APTIM Environmental & Infrastructure, LLC, Boca Raton
2:35 p.m.
Professional Exchange Break
3:05 p.m.
Physical Monitoring Approaches from
around the State and Beyond
Tara Brenner, P.G., P.E., Coastal Protection
Engineering and Robert (Bob) Brantly, P.E., Program Administrator, Engineering,
Hydrology and Geology, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
3:30 p.m.
FEMA’s Public Assistance Program for
‘Engineered’ Beaches: Avoiding Problems Along the Way
Robert (Bob) Glassen, Beach Specialist, Public Assistance Branch,
FEMA Region IV
3:50 p.m.
The 2020 South
Atlantic Regional Biological Opinion: What’s New and What You Need to Know
Angela Dunn, Chief, Environmental Branch, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4:10 p.m.
Internal Corps Budgeting - How the
Sausage Is Made
Milan A. Mora, P.E.,
Chief, and Kellie Tyler, Business Line Manager, Programs & Project
Management Division, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4:30 p.m.
FDEP
Updates: Resilience, Beaches and Funding
Alex Reed,
Director, Lainie Edwards, Ph.D., Deputy Director, and Hanna Tillotson,
Environmental Administrator of the Beach Management Funding Program, Office of Resilience and Coastal
Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Thursday, September 16
Jacksonville District
Commander's Update and Supplemental Funding Celebration
James L. Booth, Commander, Jacksonville District, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
8:45 a.m.
When Governments Work Together: Perspectives on the Journey to
50 years of Lido Key Storm Protection
Milan A. Mora, P.E., Chief, Water Resources Branch and Will Reilly, P.E., Chief, Waterways Section, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers s Alex Davis-Shaw, P.E., PTOE, F.FES, Capital Projects Engineer, City of Sarasota s Thomas P. Pierro, P.E., D.CE., Coastal Protection Engineering, Boca Raton s Gregory W. Garis, Program Administrator, Beaches, Inlets, and Ports, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
9:30 a.m.
Coordination and Opportunity: The
2021 Longboat Key Beach Construction Season
Tom Harmer, ICMA-CM, Town Manager and Charles Mopps, Town
Projects Manager, Town of Longboat Key, and Al Browder, P.E., Vice President, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville
9:50 a.m.
Spencer Crowley, Esq., Akerman, LLP, Miami and Tim
Blankenship, P.E., Moffatt & Nicol, Miami
10:10 a.m.
Professional Exchange Break
10:40 a.m.
WAVES: The Rainbow in the Ocean
Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E.,
President, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville
11:05 a.m. - 12:05
p.m.
Panel - Palm Beach Island Beach Management Agreement
(BMA) Five Year Program Review
11:05 a.m.
Programmatic and Regulatory Aspects of the BMA
Lainie
Edwards, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection,
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
Local Stakeholder Perspectives on
the BMA
Robert
Weber, Coastal Program Manager, Town of Palm Beach
11:20 a.m.
Imperiled Species Management Under
the BMA
Robbin N. Trindell, Ph.D., Imperiled Species Management,
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee
11:35 a.m.
Regional Monitoring of Hardbottom
Resources Under the BMA
Cheryl
Miller, President, Coastal Eco-Group, Deerfield Beach
11:50 a.m.
Physical Monitoring and Adaptive
Management Under the BMA
Mike
Jenkins, Ph.D., P.E., Coastal Principal, Applied Technology and Management,
Inc., West Palm Beach
12:05 p.m.
Adjourn
Friday, September 17
Professional Exchange Break
8:15 a.m.
Sea Level Rise and the Florida Coast
James
R. Houston, Ph.D., Director Emeritus, U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
8:35 a.m.
Christine Angelini, Ph.D., Director, University of Florida Center for Coastal
Solutions, Gainesville
8:55
a.m.
What is a Climate Ready Estuary
Randall W. Parkinson, Ph.D., P.G., RWParkinson Consulting, Inc., Melbourne, and Sea Level Solutions Center
Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami
9:15 a.m.
Sargassum Invasion: Composting as a
Solution
Afeefa Abdool-Ghany, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Miami, Coral Gables
9:35 a.m.
Coordinating Adaptation Response through
Comprehensive Plans and Codes
Erin Deady, President, Erin L. Deady
P.A., Delray Beach
9:55
a.m.
Funding Options for Linking
Resiliency and Disaster Recovery
Julie Dennis, President, Ovid
Solutions, Tallahassee
10:15 a.m.
Professional Exchange Break
10:45 a.m.
Jenna
Phillips, E.I., M.S., Taylor Engineering and Kathleen Weeden, P.E., CFM, LEED
AP, City of Venice
11:05 a.m.
Level-up Palm Beach: Future Vision for a Resilient
Barrier Beach Community
Robert
Hamilton, Woods Hole Group, Bourne, MA
11:25 a.m.
Johnathan
Brumfield, P.E., Taylor Engineering, Inc., Jacksonville and Joe Chaison, P.E.,
Executive Director, Jupiter Inlet District, Jupiter
11:45 a.m.
Building and Managing a Man-made Dune Ecosystem, a
45-year Case Study and Policy Update
Robert H.
Barron, Coastal Management and Consulting, Delray Beach
12:05 p.m.
Conference
Adjourns