July 13 2016 Meeting Minutes
13 July2016
Meeting Minutes
ThePort,Waterway & Beach Commission (PWBC)meetingwas calledto order at ~4:00and
introductions were made by each;the meeting’sattendance sheetisattached.The PWBC
welcomed Regional Representative Austen Shearer of Senator Tillis’staff.The PWBC also
welcomed new members Jim Hundley (City of Wilmington) and Dick Blouse (Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce).
The Junemeeting minutes were approved.
Staff presented the Inshore Dredge Material Management Site(IDMMS)power point
presentation. A discussion was held with questions ranging frompotential effects on Carolina
Beach Inlet (CBI),anticipated IDMMS volumes, source of permitting funds, potentialAtlantic
Intracoastal Waterway(AIWW)effects, dredge plant scheduling/availability and potential
environmental/engineering/economicefficiencies.The presentation was originally sharedat the
NC Division of Coastal Management’s(NCDCM)pre-application meeting on 24 June 2016.
Current Efforts:
New Hanover County’s (NHC)Wrightsville Beach (WB) Coastal Storm Damage Reduction
(CSDR)Project Permitting
Staff hasbeenprovided Draft Finalcomments from theUS Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
regardingthe US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Biological Opinion (BO).Federal and
state permitting efforts will resume following theFINALBO’s release with permitscurrently
anticipated in late 2016.
Mason Inlet Relocation Project (MIRP)
The2016 Spring Survey Report is near completion.USACE Navigation provided Staff the latest
USACE surveys of the Mason Creekand AIWWcrossing. A USACE Regulatory notice to
dredge isimminent. Initial steps are underway assessing the crossing’s shoaled volumesand
preliminary permittingefforts.
Shallow Draft Inlet (SDI-5) Permitting
NHC has initiated aCBIpermitmodification incorporating an IDMMS.TheCBI permit
modification would allow additional dredge material management optionswithin the inlet
complex.CB Manager Cramerre-confirmed the proposed modification does not eliminatethe
currentbeneficial reuseoptionwithin unincorporated Freeman Park. Staff concurred; please
reference the map provided in the May meeting package for the USACE’sauthorized beneficial
reuse areas.
Carolina Beach CSDR Project, Beach Renourishment Evaluation Report (BRER)
Congresshas initiated aWater Resource Development Act (WRDA) 2016Billand NHC
anticipates Congress taking up the Bill in the fall.
Risk Reduction (non-federal BRER requirement) and RefinedCoastalModeling
Staff has editedtheDRAFT Risk Reduction Plannarrative. ThecurrentDRAFT ispolicy and
management focused. Once theanalytical and basicCB shoreline modelingeffortsarecomplete,
the Final Report will be developed. The Finalis anticipated in late summer/early fall.
The refinedcoastalmodeling for WB is currently being calibrated and verified. Thesemodeling
efforts will re-enforce ourprojects’designsand influence our optimal templatedeterminations.
WB’sRefined Coastal Modeling Report is expectedin the fallfollowedbyCB and KBmodeling
efforts.
WB Economic Update
The USACE’s economic stakeholders’ meeting will focus onthe status of WB’s Level II
Economic Assessment and the scheduling of Kure Beach’seconomic assessment.The USACE’s
scheduling of the meeting is anticipated shortly.
FY16 CB/KB CSDR Maintenance
The maintenance event is complete; final surveys and quantities are being calculated. Once
confirmed, the USACE will provide the projects’final accountings.
Carolina Beach Inlet
The USACE’s sidecast dredge plant Merrittbegan afive-day maintenance dredging event on
th
SundayJuly10.The USACE’spre-dredge condition survey can be accessedat theUSACE’s
websitebelow.
http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/HydrographicSurveys/InletsCrossings.aspx
There areMerritteventstentatively scheduled for October and December.
Shoreline Mapping
The 2016 field surveys have been completed and the data provided to the engineers for analysis
and reporting.Staff anticipates the 2016 Shoreline Mapping Report and presentation this fall.
Outreach:
R. Smith provided anupdateofthe continued support by ourDC delegationandstaff.NHC
anticipates additional DC visits andcontinuedopencommunication and coordination.
T. Fetzer provided anoverviewofthe NC General Assembly’s(NCGA)FY17 CSDR associated
directives.The NCGA approved three study efforts to be included as appendices to the NC
Beach Inlet and Management Plan(BIMP) 2016 update. These studies may supplement our
efforts toward astatewide approach ofCSDR fiscal support.
Public Comment:
Kure Beach Mayor Swearingen notedtheLeague of Municipalities’recentsupportofourfiscal
coast-wide approach.
The meeting was adjourned at ~5:00.
Agenda
13 July2016,4:00PM
New Hanover County(NHC), Government Center
Finance Conference Room #500
4:00 Call to Order
Welcome/Introductions
Request approval of the Junemeeting minutes (emailed 10June2016).
Staff will present the pre-application power point presentation of the Inshore Dredge Material
Management Site (IDMMS)permitting effort.
Current Efforts:
NHC’sWrightsville Beach (WB) Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR)Project
NHC provided Biological Opinion (BO) comments to theUS Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE)awaiting USACE and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)finalnarratives.
Mason Inlet Relocation Project(MIRP)
2016 Spring Report is being drafted.
Inlet crossing maintenance event being initiated.
Shallow DraftInlet(SDI-5)Permitting
Initiatingthepermit modification(IDMMS).
Carolina Beach CSDR Project, Beach Renourishment Evaluation Report (BRER).
Potential options within theanticipatedWaterResources Development Act(WRDA)of
2016 are being considered.
Fall is the timeline anticipated for WRDA16.
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.
WBCSDREconomic Update
USACE’sstakeholder meeting to review economic assessmentsto be scheduled.
FY16 CB/KB CSDR Maintenance Events
Final accountingisongoing.
Carolina Beach Inlet
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AMerrittfive-daymaintenance event istentatively scheduled to startJuly10or 11.
The USACE is to award anAIWW crossingcontractin late summer.
Shoreline Mapping
The 2016 field data collection is complete; data reduction is in process.
Outreach: R. Smith
Public Comment:
Adjourn