Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association Annual Conference
September 14-16, 2016
Naples, FL
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1:05 p.m.
Opening Remarks
Leanne Welch, FSBPA Chair and
Palm Beach County
1:15 p.m.
Welcome
Commissioner
Donna Fiala, Chair, Collier County Board of County
Commissioners
1:25 p.m.
Host Keynote Address: The Collier County Beach Management Program
Over Two Decades
Gary
McAlpin, P.E., Coastal Zone Management Director, Collier County • Thomas Pierro, P.E., D.CE, Director, CB&I,
Boca Raton • Brett Moore, P.E., Co-Founder, Humiston & Moore Engineers, Naples
2:10 p.m.
“Ask
the Department” – Project Contracting and the Annual Beach Project Application,
Ranking and Selection Process
Alex Reed, Program
Administrator, Beach Management
Funding Assistance Program, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
2:50 p.m.
Collier
County Tourism and the Value of Beaches
Jack
Wert, Executive Director, Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention &
Visitors Bureau, Naples
3:40 p.m.
Fireside Chat Series, Age before Beauty: Lessons Learned and Now Shared regarding
Beach Nourishment Projects - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Erik Olsen, P.E.,
President, Olsen Associates, Jacksonville • R. Harvey Sasso, P.E., Coastal Systems International, Coral
Gables • Thomas Pierro, P.E., D.CE,
Director, CB&I, Boca Raton • Michael Poff, P.E.,
Vice-President of Engineering, Coastal Engineering Consultants, Naples
4:25 p.m.
Sea Level Rise:
Legal and Policy Issues for Local Governments
4:50 p.m.
Beach
Nourishment as a Management Tool to Adapt to Sea Level Rise
James Houston,
Ph.D., Director Emeritus, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
Vicksburg, MS
5:15 p.m.
Questions
and Answers for late-afternoon session presentations
5:30 p.m.
Adjourn
Thursday, September 15, 2016
8:30 a.m.
Jacksonville
District Commander’s Update
Colonel Jason A. Kirk, P.E., Commander,
Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
9:00 a.m.
Regional Approaches to National Concerns
Jacqueline
J. Keiser, PG, PMP, Dredging Program Manager, Director, Regional Sediment
Management Regional Center of Expertise Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers
9:30 a.m.
Policy Address: Using the Port
Everglades Inlet Project to Examine and Challenge the
State’s Efforts to Manage Florida’s Inlets
10:15 a.m.
Questions and
Answers for morning presentations
10:50 a.m.
A Panel Discussion: The Hidden Costs of Building Beaches
Jason Engle, P.E., Chief, Coastal Design Section, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District • Steve Boutelle, Operations Manager, Lee County Division of Natural Resources • Cliff Truitt, D.Eng.,
P.E., Taylor
Engineering, Jacksonville •
Chuck Broussard, Vice-President,
Weeks Marine, Inc., Covington, LA • Bernie Eastman, Operations
Manager, Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC, Lake
Worth
11:40 a.m.
WRDA Update
Derek Brockbank, Executive Director, ASBPA, Washington, DC
11:50 a.m.
Adjourn
11:55 a.m.
FSBPA Annual
General Membership Meeting
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Inlets
101: Introduction to Beaches &
Coastal Inlets
Kevin
Bodge, Ph.D., P.E., Vice-President, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
Friday, September 16, 2016
8:30 a.m. REVISITING FLORIDA’S BEACH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
· Introduction
and Opening Comments
Senator Dennis Jones
2016 Keynote Address: “Beaches
2017”—A Legislative Initiative
Senator Jack Latvala (Senate
Appropriations Chair, 2017-2018) Florida Senate
·
State
Perspective: Historical Funding and Economic Benefits
FSBPA
·
The
Federal Partnership and Funding Contribution
Jacqueline J. Keiser,
PG, PMP, Dredging Program Manager, Director, Regional Sediment Management
Regional Center of Expertise Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
· Recognizing
the “Coalition of Beach Interests”
BEACHES 2017:
FSBPA MEMBER QUESTIONS AND INPUT
9:40 a.m.
Santa Rosa
County’s Navarre Beach Nourishment Project: From Perceived Victim of the
Process to Success Story
Commissioner Rob
Williamson, Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners • Michael Walther, P.E., D.CE,
Vice-President, Coastal Tech - G.E.C., Inc., Vero Beach • Chuck Broussard, Vice-President, Weeks Marine, Inc., Covington, LA
10:45 a.m.
Sharing the Experience: Local Government Considerations in
determining Sand Sources for Beach Projects
Dave Bullock, Town Manager, Town of Longboat Key
11:10 a.m.
Clam Pass: Working
with Nature to Maintain a Tidal Inlet in a Natural Resource Protection Area
Mohamed Dabees, Ph.D., P.E., Humiston & Moore
Engineers, Naples
11:35 a.m.
South Siesta Key Beach Renourishment: Finished just in Time to Weather the First Tropical
Storm of the Season
Laird Wreford, Coastal Initiatives Manager, Sarasota County
12 noon
Conference Adjourns
