Minutes 8 jan 2014
8January2014
Meeting Minutes
New Hanover County’s(NHC) Port, Waterway & Beach Commission (PWBC)meeting
participants: (attendance sheetattached).
Chairman Weaver called the meeting to order at 4:00. The Chairman welcomed the attendees
and each introduced themselves.
Captain Schoonmaker, Carolina Beach Inlet Association(CBIA)president, requested and was
granted brief opening remarks regarding an updated Carolina Beach Inlet (CBI)economic effects
study.Dr. Dumas of UNCW introduced/outlinedthe study effort;he will usenew 2012 dataand
will becompletedbymid-March. Funding (~$7,000.00) is from Carolina and Kure Beach.
Carolina Beach councilman Shuttleworth expanded on a potential second,year-long effort
incorporating on-site surveys and including other inlet areas of the county. This year-long
economic assessment is estimated at $20,000.00 and each jurisdictional area wouldbe requested
to contribute.
The December2013 meeting minutes were approved and the PWBC fund balance was noted at
~$7,131.98.The balance will soon be reduced by a total of $750.00 for sponsorships by
Wrightsville, Carolina and Kure Beaches($250.00 each) at the spring North Carolina Beach
Inlet and Waterway Assoc. (NCBIWA)Coastal Local Government Meeting.
Current Business
Wrightsville Beach (WB) FY14 Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR)
Project
The USACEawarded the WB CSDR to Weeks Marine Inc.
The estimated total cost based on a 700,000 cubic yard placed template is
$8.38M.
The USACE has scheduled a pre-construction (contract review) meeting
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for Friday the 10.
Weeks Marine is to provide a schedule of work and all contract obligation
documentations (safety….) at that meeting.
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The USACE is to issue a Notice to Proceed (NTP) on Friday the 10.
NHC’s Kure Beach (KB) CSDR Project Authorization
The project continues to progress with geotechnical efforts both offshore
and onshore.
Shallow Draft Inlet(SDI)Reconnaissance
The Reconnaissance (Recon) phase is complete.
Timeline and cost estimates were discussed for both the General and
Individual Permit options.
The PWBC recommended moving forward with the General Permitting
approach if the cost share included all five shallow draft inlets that
participated in the ReconReport.
Based onReconprovided estimates, the NHC ROT would be charged ~
$35K.
If all five Recon participants do no move forward with the General Permit
effort, Staff will revisit the issue with the PWBC.
Shoreline Transects
USACE dataacquisitiondialoguecontinues.
Once the quality and quantity of the USACE data is known, hard scoping
fees and schedules can be developed.
Carolina Beach Reauthorization
Efforts arecontinuingduringtheWater Resources and Reform
Development Act 2013 (WRRDA)Congressional Conference.
Marlowe’s group continues to reach out to WRRDA Conference
Committee members.
Carolina Beach Inlet(CBI)Funding
The CBI maintenance dredging funding source and jurisdictional
participation discussions continued.
Staff shared with the group NHC’s Finance Department efforts to develop
a dedicated funding source; once vetted by upper management,
alternatives would be sharedwith the PWBC.
Staff further shared that thenextscheduledUSACE CBI maintenance
dredging is 14 days in February(attached).The PWBC requested staff to
ask the USACE if the February schedule could be moved closer to the
March/April timeframe.
CB councilman Shuttleworth requested each jurisdiction set aside another
budget placeholder for CBI maintenancedredging.
Discussion continued focusingon the various spreadsheet participation
scenarios(attached).
City of Wilmington (CoW) councilman Anderson noted the city
participation from 2.2% to ~25%is a non-starter; further noting the CoW
is paying twice and the unincorporated NHCispaying once.
Kure Beach councilman Bloszinsky supported the fee per boatalternative.
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Mr. Barbour noted NC raised the stateshare on the boat licenses and
registrations and now the local share would also come from the boat
owner subset of the population; that is not fair.
Colonel Woodbury pointed out the cost to administer theboattax would
likely costmore than the total generated.
Councilman Shuttleworth concurred with Mr. Barbour and suggested a
broader population segment should share the local cost.
Vice-chairman Andrew suggested as an interim placeholder and
considering the KB percentage of participation; would the CoW and KB
exchange percentages of participation?
The PWBC moved to take the revisedpercentages back to their respective
boards forbudgetingconsideration.
Revised Participation
% $
NHC 75.7 $170,325.00
CoW 6.6 $14,850.00
WB 2.2 $4,950.00
CB 13.3 $29,925.00
KB 2.2 $4,950.00
Total 100 $225,000.00
The PWBC moved to support the NHC Finance Department’s dedicated
funding efforts and to target $300K annually to be matched by the
NCDWR totaling $600K annually applied to CBI maintenance dredging.
New Business
Shallow DraftInletMeeting
The NC Division of Water Resources and the USACE have called a
meeting on 10 January 2014 at theNC History Center inNew Bern.
The meeting is to describe the long term (5-year) memorandum of
agreement (MOA) between the USACE and the NCDWR for maintaining
federal navigation features (shallow draft inlets, ferry channels…).
2014 NCBeach Inlet and Waterway Association(NCBIWA), Coastal Local
Governments Annual Meeting
NCBIWA has announced the spring meeting for coastal local governments
on17-18March 2014, at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head.
Bronze sponsorships (Carolina, Kure and Wrightsville totaling $750.00)
will be provided from the remaining PWBC membership fund.
Further municipal or individual participation can be researched at
http://www.ncbiwa.org/14LocGovtSponsReg.pdf.
The meeting was adjourned at approx. 5:40pm.
Agenda
8January2014,4:00–5:00 PM
New Hanover County, Government Center
Finance Conference Room #500
4:00Call to Order
Welcome/Introductions
Approval of DecemberMeeting Minutes (emailed 13Dec2013)
PWBCFund Balance ~$7,131.98
CurrentBusiness
Wrightsville Beach (WB) FY14 Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR)
Project
18 Dec 2013,US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)awardedthe WB/Ocean
Isle Beach (OIB)CSDRproject to Weeks MarineInc.
Shared mobilization costs$2.15M/$1.98M respectively
USACE’stemplate of 700K cubic yards (cy) placed was proposed at $8.75/cy
USACE’sinitialsharebreakdown
$4.00M federal mitigation(navigation)
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$2.87M federal cost share(CSDR)
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$1.51Mnon-federal cost share(CSDR)
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$8.38M projecttotal
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NHC’s Kure Beach (KB) CSDR Project Authorization
Offshore geophysicalefforts completed
Native beachonshoresampling for both KB and WB completed
Native beach offshore sampling for bothis scheduled
Shallow DraftInlet(SDI)Reconnaissance
Recon. Report finalized
Option OneEstimates:
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USACE General Permit, NC Division of Coastal Management
(NCDCM) Major Permit (current USACE dimensions/locations)
6 month permit timeline @~$320K for all 5 SDI participants
$320K cost shared 50/50 with the NC Division of Water Resources
(NCDWR)
$160K cost shared betweenpotentially5 SDI
~$32K cost to NHC’s ROTforaCarolina Beach Inlet (CBI)
maintenancedredgingauthorization
Option TwoEstimates:
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USACE Individual Permit, NCDCM Major Permit (inlet specific
modeled dimensions/locations)
12 month permit timeline @~$270K/inlet
Shoreline Transects
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)request has been submitted to the USACE
USACE time and cost estimatesarebeing developed
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Carolina Beach Reauthorization
EffortsarecontinuingduringCongressionalConference
Carolina Beach Inlet Funding
Budgeting place holders
New Business
Shallow DraftInletMeeting
10 January 2014, NC History Center in New Bern
2014 NCBeach Inlet and Waterway Association(NCBIWA), Coastal Local
Governments Annual Meeting
17-18March 2014, Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head
Bronze Sponsorships (Carolina, Kure and Wrightsvilletotaling $750.00)
http://www.ncbiwa.org/14LocGovtSponsReg.pdf
Public Comment
Adjourn