Agenda 10 Feb 2016
Agenda
10 February 2016, 4:00 PM
New Hanover County (NHC), Government Center
Finance Conference Room #500
4:00 Call to Order
Welcome/Introductions
Request approval of the January meeting minutes (emailed 20 January 2016). Port, Waterway & Beach
Commission (PWBC) fund balance is ~$1631.98.
Guest Speaker: Tom Fetzer, Fetzer Strategic Partners
Current Efforts:
NHC’s Wrightsville Beach (WB) Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR) Project
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is reviewing the Biological Assessment.
USFWS’s Biological Opinion is anticipated in the April/May timeframe.
Mason Inlet Relocation Project (MIRP)
The maintenance event is underway with an estimated project completion of 20%.
Shallow Draft Inlet (SDI-5) Permitting
The Biological Assessment is under formal consultation by the USFWS with a Biological
Opinion anticipated in the March/April timeframe.
Draft reasonable and prudent measures/terms and conditions have been evaluated by the
SDI-5 contractor.
Carolina Beach CSDR Project, Beach Renourishment Evaluation Report (BRER).
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A stakeholders meeting was held on January 25.
The USACE awaits BRER funding from either the President’s FY17 Budget or the
USACE’s FY16 workplan.
Risk Reduction (non-federal BRER requirement) and Refined Modeling
Both projects are underway.
WB CSDR Economic Update
The Wilmington District continues efforts on the economic assessment.
FY16 CB/KB CSDR Maintenance Events
Project is underway.
Carolina Beach Inlet
Maintenance dredging by the Merritt to begin 6 February 2016.
Public Comment:
Adjourn