Agenda 03/24/2015 Item #16A 9 3/24/2015 16.A.9.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a funding assistance letter to
the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for shoreline protection within Collier
County.
OBJECTIVE: For the BCC to approve and authorize the Chairman of the BCC to execute a
letter to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for shoreline protection.
CONSIDERATIONS: Collier County does not currently receive any federal funding through
the USACE for shoreline protection. Most coastal communities throughout the state participate
in a 50-year federal grant program for shoreline protection with the USACE. The USACE
conducted a reconnaissance report in 1992 and indicated that favorable conditions exist for
federal participation for shoreline protection within Collier County. Collier County however,
elected not to move forward with this program.
In 2007, the Water Resources Development Act authorized a Collier County feasibility study to
determine the feasibility of carrying out a hurricane and flood damage reduction project in the
vicinity of the Vanderbilt, Park Shore and Naples beaches. However, no funding was
appropriated to undertake this project.
The attached letter requests that the USACE budget sufficient funding to conduct a feasibility
cost share agreement, project management plan and a subsequent feasibility study in the
upcoming Civil Works Investigations Work Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no impact to the Growth Management Plan
related to this action.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been approved as to form and legality and
requires majority vote for approval. —CMG
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners approves and authorizes
the Chairman to execute a funding assistance letter to the United States Army Corps of
Engineers for shoreline protection within Collier County.
Prepared By: J. Gary McAlpin, P.E., Coastal Zone Management, Capital Project Planning,
Impact Fees &Program Management
Attachment: Army Corps of Engineers Cost Share letter
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 16.16.A.16.A.9.
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a
funding assistance letter to the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for shoreline
protection within Collier County.
Meeting Date: 3/24/2015
Prepared By
Name: HambrightGail
Title: Accountant, Coastal Zone Management
2/24/2015 4:11:04 PM
Submitted by
Title: Accountant, Coastal Zone Management
Name: HambrightGail
2/24/2015 4:11:06 PM
Approved By
Name: McAlpinGary
Title: Manager-Coastal Management Programs, Coastal Zone Management
Date: 2/25/2015 4:49:37 PM
Name: Tara Castillo
Title: Management/Budget Analyst,Road Maintenance
Date: 2/26/2015 3:57:47 PM
Name: PuigJudy
Title: Operations Analyst, Community Development&Environmental Services
Date: 2/27/2015 4:08:20 PM
Name: KearnsAllison
Title: Manager Financial &Operational Support, Transportation Administration
Date: 3/3/2015 1:34:03 PM
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Name: PattersonAmy
Title: Manager-Impact Fees &EDC,Business Management&Budget Office
Date: 3/3/2015 5:10:07 PM
Name: GreeneColleen
Title: Assistant County Attorney, CAO General Services
Date: 3/4/2015 10:56:38 AM
Name: OberrathKaren
Title: Accountant, Senior, Grants Management Office
Date: 3/5/2015 8:37:00 AM
Name: MarcellaJeanne
Title: Executive Secretary, Transportation Planning
Date: 3/11/2015 1:18:33 PM
Name: StanleyTherese
Title: Manager-Grants Compliance, Grants Management Office
Date: 3/11/2015 4:59:54 PM
Name: KlatzkowJeff
Title: County Attorney,
Date: 3/12/2015 4:17:35 PM
Name: OchsLeo
Title: County Manager, County Managers Office
Date: 3/12/2015 5:49:27 PM
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Board of Collier County Commissioners
Donna Fiala Georgia A. Hiller, Esq. Tom Henning Penny Taylor Tim Nance
District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5
March 24,2015
Stacey E.Brown
South Atlantic Division
Regional Integration Team
U.S.Army Corps of Engineers
441 G Street,N.W.
Washington,D.C.20314
Dear Ms.Brown:
The U.S.Army Corps of Engineers prepared a"Collier County,Florida Shore Protection Study Reconnaissance Report"for
Collier County,Florida in response to a Congressional resolution adopted on April 30, 1992,by the Committee on Public
Works and Transportation of the United States House of Representatives. This investigation included a reconnaissance of
the 32 miles of shoreline in Collier County from the north county line south to Cape Romano. The reconnaissance study
efforts however focused on 9 miles of heavily-developed and eroded shoreline of the Vanderbilt, Park Shore and Naples
beaches.This area includes most of the shoreline from Wiggins Pass to Gordon Pass in Collier County.
The reconnaissance study was approved and concluded that the Vanderbilt,Park Shore and Naples beaches are low and
flat.The beach widths are extremely narrow at high tide,providing little protection to upland development and very little
recreational beach. Long-term erosion coupled with the potential impacts from sea level rise place seawalls,bulkheads,
buildings and other structures in danger of severe damage from storms.Economic analysis of the erosion problems and
possible solutions to those problems indicated that justification clearly exists for federal participation for shore
protection within Collier County.
In 2007 the following language was included in the Water Resources Development Act authorizing a Collier County
Beaches feasibility study:
Collier County Beaches,Florida
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for hurricane storm
damage reduction and flood damage reduction in the vicinity of Vanderbilt, Park Shore, and Naples beaches,
Collier County,Florida.
The Collier County Board of County Commissioners is very eager to see movement on beach renourishment and as such I
respectfully request that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budgets full funding for a Collier County Shore Protection
Feasibility cost share agreement,a project management plan and subsequent feasibility study in its upcoming Civil Works
FY15/16 Investigations Work Plan.
Thank you for your attention to this request. Please feel free to contact Coastal Zone Manager Gary McAlpin at 239-252-
5342 or GaryMcAlpin@colliergov.net if you need additional information.
Sincerely,
Tim Nance,Chair
Collier County Board of County Commissioners
C:Board of County Commissioners
Collier County Manager Leo E.Ochs,Jr.
Rep.Curtis"Curt"Clawson-Florida 19th Congressional District
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