April 13 2016 Agenda
Agenda
13 April 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 March meeting minutes (emailed 11 March 2016). Reminder of the NC Beach
Inlet & Waterway (NCBIWA) local governments meeting is scheduled Wednesday & Thursday, April
20 & 21 at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores NC (
http://www.ncbiwa.org/events).
Current Efforts:
NHC’s Wrightsville Beach (WB) Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR) Project
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has requested formal consultation by the US Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
USFWS’s Biological Opinion is anticipated in the July timeframe.
Mason Inlet Relocation Project (MIRP)
The maintenance project was completed on 7 March.
500,635 cubic yards (cy) were removed from the relocated inlet system including 59,534
cy from the USACE’s AIWW crossing.
Shallow Draft Inlet (SDI-5) Permitting
The USACE’s legal staff and the NC Division of Coastal Management (NCDCM) are
reviewing DRAFT permit conditions.
Carolina Beach CSDR Project, Beach Renourishment Evaluation Report (BRER).
NHC is exploring the potential for reallocation of unencumbered General Investigation
funds from the USACE’s FY16 Workplan.
Potential options within the anticipated Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of
2016 are being considered.
Risk Reduction (non-federal BRER requirement) and Refined Modeling (all CSDRs)
Risk Reduction DRAFT Final Report anticipated in late summer 2016.
Refined Modeling Report for WB anticipated in late fall 2016.
WB CSDR Economic Update
USACE’s certified cost statement is anticipated by late April followed by a finalized
benefit cost ratio determination.
FY16 CB/KB CSDR Maintenance Events
Project is underway.
Carolina Beach Inlet
The next maintenance event is tentatively scheduled for late April by the Merritt.
Outreach: R. Smith
Public Comment:
Adjourn