Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association Annual Conference
September 27-29, 2017
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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1:00 p.m.
Call to Order
Jim
Trifilio, FSBPA Chair and Okaloosa County
1:05
p.m.
Welcome and
Opening Remarks from Broward County
Beam Furr, Broward County
Vice-Mayor, Commissioner District 6
1:15
p.m.
Host Keynote Address: An Overview of #beautifulbrowardbeaches
Nicole
Sharp, P.E., Natural Resources Administrator, Broward County and Christopher
Creed, P.E., Senior Vice-President, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville
2:15 p.m.
A Decade of Significant Changes in Beach Management
with a Look Forward to the Next Decade – A Panel Discussion Emphasizing Coastal
Engineering and Design
Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Vice-President, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville • Jim Marino, P.E., D.CE, President, Taylor Engineering, Jacksonville • Brett Moore, P.E., President, Humiston & Moore, Naples • Tom Pierro, P.E., D.CE, Director, APTIM, Boca Raton
3:00 p.m. Professional Exchange Break
3:30 p.m.
A Decade of Significant Changes in Beach Management
with a Look Forward to the Next Decade – A Panel Discussion Emphasizing Construction and Contracting Processes and Practices
Bernie Eastman, Chief Operations Officer, Eastman Aggregate
Enterprises, LLC, Lake Worth • Bill Hanson, Vice-President, Great Lakes
Dredge & Dock, Oak Brook, IL • Tony Jettinghoff, P.E., Area Engineer, South
Florida Area Office, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District • Frederick
Paup, Chairman, Manson Construction Co., Seattle, WA
4:05 p.m.
Lessons Learned in
Beach Recovery Efforts from the 2016 Hurricane Season - A Panel Discussion with Perspectives from the Field
Kevin Hodgens, P.E.,
Chief, Coastal Design Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District • Michael McCorkle, Public
Assistance Beach and Dune Technical Specialist, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Maitland • Michael McGarry,
Program Manager, Beaches, Boating, & Waterways, Brevard County Natural
Resources • Alex
Reed, Deputy Director, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
5:00 p.m.
Dune
Recovery from Hurricane Matthew: Comparative Local Government Responses by the
City of Jacksonville and St. Johns County, Targeting the Differences and
Reasons Why
Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Vice-President, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville and Commissioner Henry Dean, St. Johns County
5:30 p.m.
Adjourn
Thursday, September 28, 2017
8:15 a.m.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jacksonville District Commander's Update
Colonel Jason A. Kirk, P.E.,
Commander, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
8:40 a.m.
The Southeast Coastal Assessment and USACE Coastal
Developments
Jacqueline
Keiser, PG, PMP, Dredging Program Manager, Director, Regional Sediment,
Regional Center of Expertise Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
9:05 a.m.
Legal Issues
Surrounding Beach Access
Brent Spain, Esq., Theriaque & Spain, Winter Park, Doug Sale, Esq., Harrison, Sale, McCloy, Panama City,
and Diana Ferguson, Esq., FSBPA Legislative Services, Rutledge-Ecenia, Tallahassee
9:40 a.m.
Federal funding
for “Coastal Infrastructure”
Derek Brockbank,
Executive Director, ASBPA, Washington, DC
9:55 a.m. Professional Exchange Break
10:25 a.m.
Sea Level Rise
Adaptation – Technical Assistance Pilot Project Vulnerability and Planning
Support
Chris Zambito, Project Manager, Dewberry, Tampa
10:50 a.m.
A Decade of Significant Changes in Beach Management
with a Look Forward to the Next Decade – A Panel Discussion Emphasizing Environmental
Coastal Monitoring
Lainie Edwards, Ph.D., Program Administrator, Beaches, Inlets and Ports, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee • Erin Hodel, Director, Ports, Harbors & Beaches, CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., Stuart • Cheryl Miller, President, Coastal Eco-Group, Deerfield Beach • Fritz Wettstein, Program Administrator, Office of Conservation Planning Services, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee (Invited)
11:35 a.m.
Mother Nature is
Not Responsible for Most Shoreline Erosion on the Florida Southeast Coast
James
R. Houston, Ph.D., Director Emeritus, U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
12 noon Adjourn
Friday, September 29, 2017
8:30 a.m.
Setting the Stage:
The “Beaches 2017 and Beyond Initiative”
FSBPA
8:45 a.m.
Keynote Address: Florida’s
Beach Management Program, Part II – Sustaining 2017 Advancements and Revisiting
the Unfinished Agenda
Senator Jack Latvala, Senate Appropriations Chair, 2017-2018, Florida
Senate
9:00 a.m.
The Important Role of Local Elected Officials
in Beach Preservation Efforts
Chip LaMarca, Broward County Commissioner, District 4
9:15 a.m.
Jacqueline Keiser, PG, PMP, Dredging Program Manager, Director,
Regional Sediment, Regional Center of Expertise Jacksonville District, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
Q&A
9:40 a.m.
View from Tallahassee: The Beach Management Program
– Status, Update, and Direction
Drew Bartlett, Deputy Secretary, Ecosystem Restoration, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
10:00 a.m.
Miami Beach –
Lessons Learned from Free Sand
Tim
Blankenship, P.E., Moffatt & Nichol, Miami and Elizabeth Wheaton, AICP,
LEED AP+C, Office of the Mayor and City Commission, City of Miami Beach
10:25 a.m. Professional Exchange Break
10:55 a.m.
The Keys to
Planning, Designing and Permitting Resilient Coastal Restoration Projects
Jeffrey Tabar, P.E., D.CE, Senior Associate, Stantec,
Naples
11:20 a.m.
How to Successfully
Engage the Community in Restoring Dunes
Lee Gottlieb, Director of Community Outreach, Youth Environmental Alliance, Inc., Broward County
11:35 a.m.
Technology &
Coastal Management
Naeem Rahman, Field Operations Manager, Coastal
Systems International, Inc., Coral Gables and Segismundo Witkowski, Manager-Partner at INTELI4 3D Scanning
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn
