September 25-27, 2013 September 25-27, 2013 •• Delray Beach Marriott Delray Beach Marriott Delray Beach, FloridaDelray Beach, Florida

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013• Offi cial Welcome and Opening RemarksMayor Steven Abrams, Chair, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners

• Palm Beach County’s Beach Program: The Importance of Being Flexible in an Ever-changing Environment Leanne Welch, Environmental Program Supervisor, Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management

• It is all about the Return-on-Investment: The Economic Benefi ts of Palm Beach County’s Beach Management ProgramDr. William B. Stronge, Chair Emeritus, Department of Economics, Florida Atlantic University

• Critical Crossroads: Looking ahead to the Challenges Facing Florida’s Beach Management Program “Setting the Stage” - Charlie Hunsicker, Chair, FSBPA, and Director, Natural Resources Department, Manatee County“Panel Identifi cation of Issues and Recommendations” Jeff Littlejohn, Deputy Secretary, Regulatory Programs, Florida Department of Environmental Protection • David Hobbie, Deputy District Engineer for Project Management, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Thomas Pierro, P.E., D.CE, Vice-President, Coastal Planning & Engineering, a CB&I Co. • Dan Hussin, Vice-President, Manson Construction • Don Donaldson, Past-Chair of FSBPA, and County Engineer, Martin County

• Selection of Florida’s Beach Projects for State Funding: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going from Here?Michael Walther, P.E., D.CE, President, Coastal Tech

• Beach Nourishment Provides a Legacy for Future GenerationsDr. James Houston, Director Emeritus, Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Robert Dean, FSBPA Chair Emeritus, and Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida

• The Boca Raton Coastal Program: An Overview of Four Decades of Proactive Beach Management Jennifer Bistyga, Coastal Program Manager, City of Boca Raton and Mike Jenkins, Ph.D., P.E., Applied Technology & Management, Inc.

• Building a Three-Party Project in Baldwin County, AL: A Case Study for Combining ProjectsAlbert E. Browder, Ph.D., P.E., Vice-President and Erik J. Olsen, P.E., President, Olsen Associates, Inc.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013• Hurricane Sandy Impacts to the Northeast United States: 2012 and Beyond Donald Cresitello, Coastal Regional Technical Specialist, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Conference Keynote: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Response to the Storms of 2012 in FloridaColonel Alan Dodd, District Engineer, Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Sharing Lessons Learned from the Storms of 2012Diana Ferguson, FSBPA legislative services, Rutledge & Ecenia, P.A. (Moderator) • Jacqueline J. Keiser, Chief, Coastal/Navigation Section and Jason Engle, Chief, Coastal Design Section, Jacksonville District, U.S Army Corps of Engineers • Danielle H. Irwin, PWS, Deputy Director, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection • Leanne Welch, Environmental Program Supervisor, Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management

• Federal Sand Resources: Shifting Perspectives, the Department of the Interior and BOEM’s Response to Hurricane SandyRene Orr, Chief, Strategic Resources Offi ce, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

• How to Improve Post-storm Damage Field Assessment Focusing on non-federal Beach Nourishment and Dune Restoration Projects and DEP Emergency PermittingParticipation from invited representatives of FEMA, Florida Division of Emergency Management, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Florida Department of Environmental Protection

• Host Site Presentation - 40 Years of Beach Nourishment at Delray Beach, Florida: A Quintessential Success StoryPaul Dorling, Director, Planning and Zoning Department, City of Delray Beach and Thomas Pierro, P.E., D.CE, Vice-President, Coastal Planning & Engineering, a CB&I Co.

• Field Trip: The Delray Beach Renourishment Project

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013• The Value of Florida BeachesDr. James Houston, Director Emeritus, Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Robert Dean, FSBPA Chair Emeritus, and Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida

• A Pre-panel Short Course: Statutory Criteria to be considered in the Annual Exercise to Rank Beach Projects for Legislative Funding, and how the Department Interprets and Implements this intent in recently-revised Administrative RuleLisa Armbruster, FSBPA Governmental Aff airs

• Revisiting What is Important to Decision-makers in Annual Beach Project Ranking, Selection and FundingRepresentative Ben Albritton, Chair, Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, District 56, Florida House of Representatives • Michael Walther, P.E., D.CE, President, Coastal Tech • Steve Boutelle, FSBPA Vice-Chair and Lee County • Kevin Bodge, Ph.D., Senior Vice-President, Olsen Associates, Inc. • Deborah Flack, FSBPA, President (Moderator) • Project Implementation under FDEP Emergency Order (OGC NO 12-1641): Three Examples of Post-Sandy Dune Construction ProjectsMike Jenkins, Ph.D., P.E., Applied Technology & Management, Inc.

• Hollywood Truck Haul Beach Nourishment Tim Blankenship, P.E., Director, Coastal Systems International, Inc., and Susan Goldberg, City of Hollywood Beach

• Do Wider Renourished Beaches Enhance Sky-Glow Eff ects on Sea Turtles?Kirt W. Rusenko, Ph.D., City of Boca Raton, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

• The Cultural and Natural Resources of the Marine Environment in Delray Beach, Florida Stacy Prekel, Lead Biologist and Leah G. Colombo, Coastal Geologist, Coastal Planning & Engineering, a CB&I Co.

Our exhibitors, Tensar International and Hyatt Survey Services,will be featured as part of the program presentations.

Subject to change, actual program with specifi c times will be available online and

updated as necessary

Field Trip – Thursday, September 26The Delray Beach Renourishment Project

This fi eld trip will be a tour of the recently constructed Delray Beach Renourishment Project. The trip will be approximately 90 minutes long beginning at 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Details are on the website. We will start with a walking tour of the public beach from the conference hotel with an “on the beach” presentation discussing the project’s 30 year history though completion of the most recent renourishment event in 2013. Participants will be interested to learn that the robust beach and dunes that exist today were once the site of a failing revetment along A1A, just across the street from the conference hotel. The City of Delray Beach will also provide van transport down A1A to Atlantic Dunes Park at the south end of the project area for a look at a diff erent section of the beach. This is an area where the constructed beach is the widest, and the two diff erent locations will provide participants a good perspective on how the beach design varies to account for erosion patterns along the project area.

Pre-Conference Field Trip Wednesday morning, September 25

South Lake Worth Inlet Sand Transfer Plant

Optional Wednesday morning fi eld trip to visit the South Lake Worth Inlet Sand Transfer Plant. Leave the Delray Marriott at 10:00 and return by 11:30 a.m. Details are on the website.

Built in 1937, the fi rst fi xed sand transfer plant in the world was designed to compensate for inlet impacts on the shoreline downdrift of the South Lake Worth Inlet and to reduce shoaling inside the inlet. Since its original construction, the plant has been rebuilt twice; once in 1967, and again in 2010. The entire plant in the latest design was engineered not just to move sand across the inlet in the most effi cient manner, but also to withstand a harsh marine environment. This fi eld trip will give the participants the chance to see the upgraded plant up close and inspect the inner workings of this fi rst of its kind structure. Bring your cameras and your questions! Located just a few minutes north of the Delray Beach Marriott, free and abundant parking is available at adjacent Ocean Inlet Park (6990 N. Ocean Boulevard, Ocean Ridge, Florida 33435), and transportation can be arranged if necessary.

THREE WAYS TO REGISTERONLINE: www.fsbpa.com/annual.htmFAX: 850-201-6782MAIL: FSBPA, PO Box 13146, Tallahassee, FL 32317

To fax or mail, download the registration form from the link above

REGISTRATION

HOTEL RESERVATIONSDelray Beach Marriott | Delray Beach, Florida

Room Rate: $135 single/double plus taxes

For reservations online, visit www.fsbpa.com/hotel.htmlFor reservations by phone, call 1.888.236.2427

TO RECEIVE THE GROUP RATE, MENTION FSBPA

To ensure that a room is available, reservations should be made by August 28, 2013.

After this date, rooms may not be available.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTSDelray Beach is a new conference destination for FSBPA. It provides us the opportunity to celebrate one of Florida’s legacy beaches with a long and storied history of eff ective management. It is a great host site, a little less formal than many of our fall venues, but oh so enjoyable, as the Rand-McNally/USA Today designation “the Most Fun Small Town in the USA” suggests.

The program emphasizes the response to the storms of 2012 with a special appreciation for the role of our local coastal governments and the Corps of Engineers as well as the unprecedented response of the Florida Legislature— they got it—the role of tourism and beaches in the state’s economic recovery and their critical function of providing upland storm protection. The result is a potential $200 million intergovernmental response to repair the storm damages. Not to rest on our laurels, this conference is the appropriate time to look at the regulatory and funding problems facing the statewide beach program, and to revisit expressed concerns and recommendations regarding project selection and funding, important to decision-makers in Tallahassee and Florida’s coastal cities and counties, and even D.C, whose mutual support is vital to the program’s well-being and ultimately its survival. Hope you agree it is a worthy conference program that captures the unique challenges and opportunities presented to us over the past year.

Please plan to join us in September 25-27 in Delray Beach!

The cancellation policy is listed on the website.

Early Registration Through August 28, 2013 Member Registration $325 Non-Member Registration $375Spouse $125 Full Time Students $125

Regular RegistrationAfter August 28, 2013Member Registration $375Non-Member Registration $425Spouse $125 Full Time Students $125

NONPROFIT ORG.US POSTAGE PAID

Tallahassee FLPERMIT #350

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?Members of the Legislature and Committee or Member Staff

State Environmental Resource Protection AgenciesCity and County Commissioners

City and County Environmental Resource Managers and Beach Management CoordinatorsTourist Development Councils and Convention & Visitors Bureaus

Coastal Engineers and Coastal Industry InterestsU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Inlet Districts and other Special Interest DistrictsOther General Government and Coastal/Ocean Associations

Environmental Groups and AlliancesCoastal Geologists and Biologists

Community Associations and Citizen Beach Advisory CommitteesCoastal Residents and other Interested Citizens

EXHIBITORS/SPONSORSThe FSBPA Annual Conference off ers an excellent opportunity for exhibitors to meet and demonstrate their services and products. For detailed information, please contact Teri Besse, Conference Manager, FSBPA, 850-906-9227 or teri@fsbpa.com

Florida Shore & Beach Preservation AssociationPO Box 13146Tallahassee, FL 32317www.fsbpa.com

Delray BeachPhoto courtesy of Coastal Planning & Engineering