May 11 2016 Agenda
Agenda
11 May 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 April meeting minutes (emailed 18 April 2016).
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)
2016 Spring Report is being drafted.
Shallow Draft Inlet (SDI-5) Permitting
Permits issued.
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 Report anticipated in mid-summer 2016.
Refined Modeling Report for WB anticipated in late fall 2016.
WB CSDR Economic Update
USACE’s stakeholder meeting to review new WB benefit cost ratio, scheduling of KB
Level II economic assessment and general FY18 questions has been moved to the week
of May 16.
FY16 CB/KB CSDR Maintenance Events
Project completed in terms of sand placement.
Carolina Beach Inlet
The next maintenance event is tentatively scheduled for mid-May by the Merritt.
NHC is initiating potential alternative dredge material management discussions.
Outreach: R. Smith
Public Comment:
Adjourn