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Home My Public Portal About2009416BTFMinutes.pdfTybee Island Beach Task Force Minutes: April 16, 2009 Prepared: 4/23/2009 slv Page 1 of 2 Members Present: Amy Lanier, Bert Adams, Cecil DeLorme, Dan Parrott, Freda Rutherford, Harvey Ferrelle, Helen Downing, Henry Levy, Jimmy Burke, John Wylly, Lou Off, Mary McCracken, Shirley Sessions, Wick Searcy, William Sprague Members Absent: Greg Stoeffler, Harry Spirides, Mark Smith Visitors / Ex-Officios Present: Paul Wolff, Diane Schleicher CALL TO ORDER (Agenda Item 1): Amy Lanier called the meeting to order. ATTENDANCE AND GUESTS (Agenda Item 2): APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Agenda Item 3): Henry Levy stated that the March minutes should be amended due to the fact that the previous minutes did not contain his motion to accept Dan Parrott as a member. This amendment was found to be incorrect after review of previous meeting minutes. Henry Levy did make a motion to accept Dan Parrott as a member. However, this motion was not carried forward due the pending motion by Freda Rutherford (seconded by Mary McCracken) to have Paul Wolff ask the City Council to propose Dan Parrott as a member. *Refer to the February 19th minutes. The minutes from the March 19th meeting have not been approved because the original approval was based on the incorrect amendment. SEA WALL REMOVAL (Agenda Item 4): 1) Review of Mayor’s Letter to Col. Kertis a. Henry Levy made a motion to ask the Mayor to write a letter of appeal to Federal officials (Representatives and Senators) about the non-cooperation of the COE in removing the derelict structure and moving the baseline and ask that the personnel be replaced with someone that is willing to cooperate. Shirley Sessions seconded. Five opposed with nine in favor. Motion was carried forward. Amy asked that Henry draft out a letter for the Mayor on this topic. 2) Lou recommended that the Sea Wall removal be encouraged with legal action and treated as a separate issue. 3) Diane Schleicher reviewed the results of the portion of the derelict structure that was removed. Ashridge Company came in the middle of March and worked a full eight hours for $2500 on removing a piece of the Sea Wall which ran perpendicular to the beach. They were able to remove about 150 feet of metal which equaled close to 20 tons. The bottom was never reached. The structure did come apart easily and was able to be recycled. Permits require a survey of the area every time an activity such as this is done on the beach, but the nature of the survey (i.e. a surveyor or just digital pictures) is under question at this time. 4) Diane Schleicher also reported on a federal grant that was submitted by the City for removal of the Sea Wall called Habitat Restoration Grant through NOAA for 1.2 million. Because this is a grant for stimulus money hundreds of people will be applying but the City is confident because 1) permits have already been obtained for the work to be done, 2) studies by Mark Dodd (who is partnering with the City for the Grant) have shown that the Sea Wall is preventing turtle nesting, 3) the Marine Science Center wrote a letter of support and 4) there is a high number of employment opportunities due to the amount of work involved. Tybee Island Beach Task Force Minutes: April 16, 2009 Prepared: 4/23/2009 slv Page 2 of 2 BEACH MANAGEMENT PLAN COMMITTEE UPDATE (Agenda Item 5): 1) Sand Fencing of First and Second Streets – Henry Levy motioned to recommend to Staff that Sand Fencing be placed on First and Second Streets after consulting with DNR in response to possible property owner’s objections. Motion amended by Berta Adams to include “as needed” instead of “First and Second Streets”. Henry seconded amendment and all approved. Shirley Sessions seconded the motion and all approved. Dan Parrott offered to advise in the placement of fencing. 2) Visit to Sea Island – Discussion was made about paying for Mr. George Oertel, the engineer for the beach maintenance on Sea Island, to come and speak with members. It was unanimously decided that the better alternative would be to have Mr. Bill Edenfield, the Grounds and Maintenance director for Sea Island, speak with members instead of Mr. Oertel. Date is pending. OLD BUSINESS (Agenda Item 6): 1) 2008 Nourishment Requirements (Nourishment and Funding Committee Update) 2) Flyover Pictures Update – Cost Share with COE was discussed with Hampton Spradley and pictures were shown. NEW BUSINESS (Agenda Item 7): MEETING ADJOURNED (Agenda Item 8):