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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee - 02/04/2016 WATERSHORE AND BEACH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Regular Called Meeting, Thursday, February 4, 2016 5:30 p.m. Staff Conference Room, City Hall 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Cameron Perry Carrie Robertson-Meyer Stacie Talbert Cliff Schlabach Russell Armstrong Joseph DePalma Martha Lawhon Jay Gardner Paulette Kluge Jennifer Pollack Mukesh Subedee I. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 5:30 p.m. II. ROLL CALL The roll was called and a quorum was present. I. ADOPTION OF MINUTES Minutes from the January 7, 2016 meeting were distributed for review and approval. Cliff noted that Deidre's name was misspelled in the January minutes. He also noted that the Surfriders Foundation ad campaign runs for six months not one day; One Day is the name of organization. Jay made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected, Paulette seconded, unanimously approved. Motion passed. IV. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC -None V. BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION 1 Presentations a. City Solid Waste Update Lawrence Mikolajczyk, the director of Solid Waste and Celina Pulcher, also from Solid Waste provided an update on on-going coordination with beach and waterfront cleanup efforts: • Lawrence relayed that he had worked with Stacie to obtain 200 carts for the trash operation on the beach and that they should be here March 3rd. • Solid Waste has received new roll offs with covers to be used at the beach. • Solid Waste is involved with the Adopt-a-Beach program and other cleanup programs, like at McGee Beach and the Marina. • Solid Waste is involved with the distribution of the "onion" bags. Celina relayed that many groups use these bags for cleanup projects. Russel reported that the plan is to have onion bag dispensers at the trash corrals so the visitors would not have to go back to the entrances to get them. Lawrence said that the bags are also being used at the boat ramps for boaters. Stacie reported that it took about 5 years to educate the public on the proper use of the "onion" bags. Beach operations now carry the bags in their vehicles to give out as they see a need. Education is the biggest challenge, a sign education program is being looked at. • A new project that Solid Waste is working on is a new process for street sweeping that prevents floatables from getting into the bay. • They have also installed new trash cans in various location in the city and they are emptied regularly. • Celina told the committee that Solid Waste also had additional equipment available for groups doing cleanup projects. • Solid Waste has also expanded their services to haul waste water sludge away and utilize it in the landfills. • Another project that Solid Waste is working on is wrapping their truck with messages. 2 2 New Business a. Set dates for Deidre Williams' Workshop Cameron suggested that Deidre attend our committee meeting to talk about sediment transport and separate from that have a beach maintenance practices workshop. It was decided that the workshop would be April 28th at noon at the Holiday Inn on the island. 3 Old Business a. Review comments from City Secretary's Office on changes to committee position Stacie reported that an "At Large" position does not become available until December of 2017. Jay made a motion to table the issue until the next meeting, Cliff seconded. b. Review comments on changes to Fire Ordinance Table this discussion until the next meeting because the City has not heard back from the Fire Marshall. Jay made a conditional motion to forward to Council if the Fire Marshall has no significant changes, Cliff second. Jay amended his original motion:WBAC Fire Ordinance Sub Committee will move forward with submission to Council pending any significant changes from Fire Marshall are reviewed and approved by the WBAC Fire Ordinance Sub Committee. Jay approved the changes to his motion, Cliff seconded. All were in favor. c. ISAC Update Jay Ellington updated the committee on the beach. The Route 22 Bridge was discussed and it is 3.5 million dollars short. d. CEPRA Grant for North Beach Erosion Table this discussion for a later date, there is really nothing to do until 2017. e. North Beach Community Association (NBCA)and "Light UP CC" Updates Table this discussion; North Beach board member is not in attendance. VI. STAFF LIASON REPORT 1. New Trash System Russell reported that the Parkans units are in but we are still waiting for the trucks. The 7 yard trash buckets are in and ready to go. The new dumpsters are ready and the trash cans will be here March 3rd. All the corrals are installed from Packery Channel and south. The north side of Packery Channel will have corrals installed after Spring Break. Spring Break is March 11th to March 20th; 11 schools are on break at that time. Port A is working on passing an ordinance which would prohibit drinking on the beach after midnight. Russell is working on getting a meeting with the Police department and then a general meeting to discuss Spring Break. 2. Beach Operation Update The seawall area was cleaned by the owner of the 2 vacant areas around the Windward Parking Lot. The Holiday Inn did not clean their area and the sand blew back onto the seawall. Beach Operations cleaned it as a onetime only so there would be a clean start and that now it was the property owner's responsibility. EI Constantine is doing their part. 3. North Beach Update Jay reported that North Beach probably has some of the best looking parks. Some of the parking areas do have pot holes. North Beach has some improvements. North Beach is getting a lot of attention. 4. Additional Staff Items The GLO has award the project (moving sand at North Beach), the legal team at GLO is still preparing the contract, but the selected Contractor is ready to go as soon as they get the contract. This is out of the City's hands;just waiting on GLO. VII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA 1. Review comments from City Secretary's Office on changes to committee position 2. North Beach Community Association (NBCA) and "Light UP CC" Updates 3. Spring Break 4. Beach Maintenance Practice Workshop VIII. ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business, Jay made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Cliff seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 7:01 p.m. Martha Lawhon, Management Assistant C:\Users\Tam era rWppdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\ZQFLP32G\020416 Minutes CP Final.Doc