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County Administrator's Report 12. 8.
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| BCC Regular Meeting |
Technical/Public Service Consent |
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| RECOMMENDATION: |
Recommendation Concerning the Resolution Supporting an Application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the 2018-2019 Florida Beach Erosion Control Program Budget for Pensacola Pass Inlet Management Study and Inlet Management Plan Development - J. Taylor "Chips" Kirschenfeld, Director, Department of Natural Resources Management
That the Board adopt and authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution supporting an application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for State funds under Section 161.091, Florida Statutes, for the 2018-2019 Florida Beach Erosion Control Program Budget for an Inlet Management Study of Pensacola Pass, the development of an Inlet Management Plan, and implementation of a funding application.
[This Resolution ensures Escambia County is included in the Florida Beach Erosion Control Program Budget (2018-2019) and does not have an immediate budgetary impact. However, a local match ($103,750) will be required if the project is selected for funding by the State. The local funding source has not yet been identified.] |
| BACKGROUND: |
Pensacola Pass is a large tidal inlet in Escambia County, FL, that connects the Gulf of Mexico with Pensacola Bay. The Pass hosts a Federally-authorized deepwater navigation channel that provides safe passage from the Gulf to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP), Pensacola Harbor, and other points in the Pensacola Bay area. The maintained deepwater navigation channel disrupts the natural drift of sand in and across the tidal inlet between Santa Rosa Island and Perdido Key. Periodic maintenance dredging places some portion of the impounded sand back into the littoral system, however, the trapping of sand by the navigation channel does alter the adjacent shorelines for several miles in both directions, inducing erosion due to sand starvation in some areas.
This request proposes to update the sediment budget and evaluate the success of the recent dredging and disposal values. Since 2011, approximately 750,000 cy have been dredged from the channel via USACE channel maintenance, with sand placed along the beach, in the nearshore, and within the swash zone of Perdido Key within Gulf Islands National Seashore. It is necessary to document the translocation of these sands to evaluate the effectiveness of this strategy to increase coastal resiliency and minimize the volume of material returning into the channel. |
| BUDGETARY IMPACT: |
| This Resolution ensures Escambia County is included in the Florida Beach Erosion Control Program budget (2018-2019) and does not have an immediate budgetary impact. However, a local match ($103,750) will be required if the project is selected for funding by the State. The local funding source has not yet been identified. |
| LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF: |
| The Resolution was reviewed and approved as to form and legal sufficiency by Stephen G. West, Senior Assistant County Attorney. |
| PERSONNEL: |
| No impact to personnel associated with the recommendation. |
| POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION: |
| Board Policy Section I, A (6) |
| IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION: |
| Department of Natural Resources Management Staff will coordinate with applicable entities. |
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