Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association Annual Conference
September 19-21, 2018
Clearwater, Florida
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Call to Order
Don
Donaldson, FSBPA Chair and Deputy County Administrator, Martin County
1:20
p.m.
Welcome and
Opening Remarks from Pinellas County
Karen Williams Seel, Vice Chair, Pinellas County Commissioner, District
5
1:30
p.m.
Host Keynote
Address: Pinellas County’s Beach Management Program and History
John Bishop, Ph.D., Coastal Management Coordinator and Andy Squires, MS, CPM, Section Manager, Coastal Resources, Environmental Management Division, Pinellas County Public Works, Clearwater
2:05 p.m.
Pinellas’s Tourism Trends and the Contribution of the Beaches
David Downing, President and CEO, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater
2:25 p.m.
The Penny Effect - Expanding Uses of the
Tourist Development Tax
Tamara Pigott, Executive Director, The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel, Fort Myers
2:40 p.m.
The Economic Value of Florida’s Beaches
James
R. Houston, Ph.D., Director Emeritus, U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
3:05 p.m.
Exhibitor
Recognition
Fred Kaub, CEO, American Vibracore Services, Inc., Delray Beach
3:10 p.m. Professional
Exchange Break
3:40 p.m.
How Coastal
Resiliency is Shaping Federal, State and Local Programs
Moderator - Alec Bogdanoff, President & Co-Founder, Brizaga, Inc., Fort Lauderdale
An Overview of the USGS Coastal-Change
Hazards Program
Nathaniel
Plant, Ph.D., St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, St.
Petersburg
Florida’s Resilient Coastline Initiative - What’s New and What’s Worth Repeating
Whitney Gray, Resiliency Officer, Florida Coastal Office, Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
Tallahassee
Kelli Hammer Levy, Division Director, Environmental Management Division, Pinellas County Public Works, Clearwater
4:40
p.m. Discussion
and Q&A
4:50 p.m.
Rise
of the Drones – The Growing Proliferation of Unmanned Aircraft in the National
Airspace System
Michael Corso, Attorney, Henderson,
Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., Fort Myers
additional files
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Jacksonville District Commander's Update
Colonel
Andrew D. Kelly, Commander, Jacksonville
District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
8:30 a.m.
Response, Recovery, and What the 2018 Supplemental Bill Means
for Florida's Coastlines
Jacqueline Keiser, PG, PMP, Supplemental Program Manager, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
9:00 a.m.
Regional
Sediment Management: Supporting Coastal Resiliency in the South Atlantic
Clay McCoy, Ph.D., Acting Director, Regional Sediment Management, Regional Center of Expertise, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
9:20 a.m.
Partnering with the Federal Government? Why Easements are Necessary
Jacqueline Keiser, PG, PMP, Supplemental Program Manager and Timothy McQuillen, Chief, Real Estate Division, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — Andy Squires, MS, CPM, Section Manager, Coastal Resources, Environmental Management Division, Pinellas County Public Works, Clearwater
9:35
a.m.
Exhibitor
Recognition
Charles Kocur, Senior
Advisor, EarthBalance, North
Port
9:40 a.m. Professional Exchange Break
10:10 a.m.
Hurricane
Impacts to Florida's Beaches - Is There a Better Way to Recover?
Moderator - Don
Donaldson, FSBPA Chair and Deputy County Administrator, Martin County
10:15 a.m.
Navigating FEMA’s Requirements for
Reimbursement of Damages to Engineered Beaches
Bob Glassen, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Beach Task Force Leader, Hurricane Irma
10:40 a.m.
Hurricane Irma Shared Observations
and How Local Governments are Responding
Tom Pierro, P.E., Director of
Operations and Tara Brenner, P.E., Senior Coastal Engineer, APTIM, Boca
Raton — J. Gary McAlpin, P.E., Coastal Zone Manager,
Collier County, Naples — Mike McGarry,
Beaches Program Manager, Brevard County, Viera
11:15
a.m. Q&A
11:20 a.m.
Florida
Department of Environmental Protection Round
Table: Post Hurricane Recovery and Planning
Alex Reed, Director; Bob Brantly, Program Administrator, Engineering, Hydrology
and Geology Program; and Rob Buda, Program Administrator, Beaches Funding
Assistance Program, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department
of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
11:55
p.m. Q&A
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
12:05 p.m. FSBPA Annual General Membership Meeting
Friday, September 21, 2018
Professional
Exchange Break
8:15 a.m.
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection – The Future of the Beach Program and Other Agency Updates
Noah Valenstein, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Tallahassee
8:35 a.m.
Shelli Freeland Eddie,
Commissioner, District 3, City of Sarasota
8:55 a.m.
Customary
Use Doctrine: Recent Legal and Legislative Developments
Thomas Ankersen, Levin College of Law, University of
Florida, Gainesville — David Theriaque, Esquire, Theriaque
& Spain, Tallahassee — Holly Parker, Florida Regional
Manager, Surfrider Foundation, Tallahassee — Brenna Malouf Durden, Shareholder, Lewis,
Longman & Walker, Jacksonville
10:10 a.m.
Keynote
Address – 2018 Legislative
Wrap-up and a Look Forward to 2019: Beach Policy and Funding and the Bigger
Legislative Picture
Senator Kathleen Passidomo, District 28, Consists of Collier, Hendry counties and part of Lee County
10:30 a.m.
Professional
Exchange Break
11:00 a.m.
Coastal
Case Law Update: Recent Administrative
and Judicial Decisions Relating to Florida Beaches
Deborah A. Getzoff, Partner, Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Tampa
11:20 a.m.
Aging Infrastructure
in the Era of Coastal Resiliency - A Case Study on Reality vs. Policy
Jenna
Phillips, MS, Taylor Engineering, Inc., Sarasota
11:45 a.m.
Advanced Engineering
Methods – Coastal Protection through Living Shorelines
Jeff Tabar, P.E., Stantec Consulting Services, Coastal Engineering Practice, Tampa
12:10 p.m.
Adjourn
