62nd annual Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association Annual Conference
September 18-20, 2019
Hutchinson Island, Florida
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Call to Order
Gary
McAlpin, FSBPA Chair and Collier County
1:10
p.m.
Welcome and
Opening Remarks from Martin County
Doug Smith, Martin County Commissioner,
District 1, Stuart
1:20
p.m.
Martin County Keynote: Opportunities for Diverse Partnerships
Martin County’s Tourism Trends
and the Contribution of the Beaches
Nerissa
Okiye, Tourism & Marketing Manager, Martin County Office of Tourism &
Marketing
FDEP Hurricane Michael Recovery Plan for Florida’s Beach and
Dune System and Funding Needs
Alex Reed, Director, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL
Hurricane Michael, a Storm not to be Forgotten
·
2:40 p.m.
Panama City Beaches Shore Protection Project
Tara Brenner, P.G., P.E. Senior Coastal Engineer, APTIM, Boca Raton
·
2:55 p.m.
Mexico Beach and St. Joseph Peninsula Recovery
Projects
Michael
Dombrowski, P.E., President, MRD Associates, Inc., Destin
FEMA Engineered Beaches – Tips for Post-Storm
Reimbursement Process
Supporting
Resilient Shorelines through RSM
A Comprehensive History of Erosion Control
Measures in and Regional Sediment Budget for Palm Beach County, Florida
R. Harvey Sasso, P.E., President, Coastal Systems International, Miami
4:50 p.m.
The Florida Beach Nourishment Program: A Review of
Magnitudes and Trends over the Past 75 years of Beach Nourishment Activity
Lindino Benedet, Ph.D., Managing Partner, Coastal Protection Engineering, Boca Raton
5:10 p.m.
Exhibitor
Recognition
Niki Desjardin & Jimmy Sellers,
Ecological Associates, Inc., Jensen Beach
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Jacksonville District Commander's Update
Colonel Andrew D. Kelly, Commander, Jacksonville
District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., P.E., President, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville
10:05 a.m. Professional
Exchange Break
10:35 a.m.
Adapting to Rising
Sea Levels in Miami-Dade County
Katherine
Hagemann, CFM, Resilience Program Manager for Adaptation, Miami-Dade County
Office of Resilience, Miami
10:55 a.m.
Intensifying Coastal
Storms & Extreme Weather Events: What Does Tomorrow’s Forecast Have in
Store for Florida
John
Morales, CBM, CCM, AMS Fellow Chief Meteorologist, WTVJ NBC 6, Miami
Sea Level Rise
Adaptation: Where to Start?
Angela Schedel, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Community
Resiliency, Taylor Engineering, Jacksonville
South Atlantic
Coastal Study (SACS) Update
Ashleigh H. Fountain, Project Manager, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
12:05 p.m. Adjourn
Friday, September 20, 2019
8:15 a.m.
Cheryl Stopnick, Senior Vice President of
Public Relations, Sachs
Media, Tallahassee
8:40 a.m.
Local Governmental
Panel – Successes and Misses of the “Trade” Regarding the Communication Tools
or Strategies used for Beach Projects
Steve Boutelle, Operations Manager, Lee County Natural
Resources, Fort Myers ¨ Mike McGarry, Beaches Program Manager,
Brevard County, Viera ¨ Nicole Sharp, P.E., Natural Resources
Administrator, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale
Amendment 1 Litigation Update: The Beach
Program’s Statutory Funding Source
Hala Sandridge, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
PC, Tampa
9:35 a.m.
Legislative
Keynote Address: 2019 Coastal Management & Other Priority Environmental
Bills with a Look toward the 2020 Session
Senator Debbie Mayfield, District 17 (Indian River County and
parts of Brevard County)
10:00 a.m.
Going Coastal? Join the Co-Chairs in Kicking off the Florida
Coastal Caucus
Representative
Chip LaMarca, District 93 (part of Broward County) and Senator
Debbie Mayfield, District 17 (Indian River County and parts of Brevard County)
10:15 a.m.
Q&A with Sen. Mayfield
and Rep. LaMarca
10:25 a.m. Professional
Exchange Break
10:55 a.m.
Coastal Law Update: Case
& Final Orders Concerning Florida Beaches
Deborah
Getzoff, Partner, Shutts & Bowen LLC, Tampa
11:10 a.m.
Economic Impact of Nude Beaches to Florida,
“More than Meets the Eye”
Ramon Maury,
Managing Partner, Maury Rawlins & Brown, Tallahassee
11:25 a.m.
Why the Feds Can’t Get the Beach Sand from
CBRS, but You Can; and How This Policy Impacts Florida
Derek Brockbank, Executive
Director, ASBPA, Washington, DC
11:40 a.m.
Community Conversations to Encourage
Resilience
Michelle
Vieira, Coastal Engineer, Taylor Engineering, Jacksonville
Accelerating Dune Habitat Succession: A Final Word from Hutchinson Island
Rob Barron,
President, Coastal Management and Consulting, Boynton Beach
12:15 p.m. Conference Adjourns
