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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee - 12/06/2018 WATERSHORE AND BEACH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Regular Called Meeting, Thursday, December 6, 2018 5:30 pm Staff Conference Room, City Hall 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Cliff Schlabach Jyoti Patel Keith Selman Philippe Tissot Becky Perrin Meredith Darden Josh Wentworth Carrie Robertson Meyer Darren Gurley Jennifer Pollack Martha Lawhon Terry Palmer Daniel Mazoch Mukesh Subedee I. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 5:30 pm. II. EXCUSED ABSENCES: Philippe Tissot, Mukesh Subedee & Daniel Mazoch Jennifer made a motion to excuse last month's absences and Terry seconded, unanimously approved. III. ROLL CALL The roll was called and a quorum was present. IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES Minutes from the November 1, 2018 meeting were distributed for review. Terry made a motion to accept the minutes, Meredith seconded, unanimously approved. Motion passed. V. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC There was no one from the public in attendance. VI. BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION 1 New Business a. Keith Selman, Interim City Manager Keith stated that he knew that WBAC had some questions about the Packery Channel repairs. He had a presentation (handout)with the latest information, from the engineering side, for the committee members. Keith went on to talk about needing (this being the most pressing need)to move sand from the jetties areas to other areas that need it; the hope being that this program would save the City some money on dredging. He briefly went through the handout. The first part discussed how Harvey came into Corpus Christi Bay and left by way of the Packery Channel. Basically the rest of the handout shows the dynamics of that outflow damage and what it might look like over time. Keith spoke about repair alternatives. FEMA is interested in repairs to get it back to its pre-storm status but in this case it is looking at mitigation ("bigger, stronger, faster"). Cliff had asked about drains pipes being installed and if they were still in the "plan" but Keith didn't know. Lastly he spoke of the dollars needed and the recommendations. The plan is to go forward once FEMA gives the City the green light and then permits have to be gotten. Keith did say that procurement processes will need to be followed for future reimbursements from FEMA. Cliff asked Keith for an update on the monitoring program. After soliciting bids, the Blucher Institute was selected. The negations are still ongoing but the City did agree to a small contract (less than $50K)so the Deidre could "finish her work". Philippe wanted the committee to know that when ISAC states the Packery Channel is fine and doesn't need monitoring that that is clearly incorrect! Keith solution is to take the argument/concerns to City Council. Keith went on to explain ISAC's role versus WBAC's and there is some overlapping but they both are advisory boards to City Council. 2 Darren explained that he was working with the USACE to amend/change the permit to allow the sand to be moved to wherever it is needed. Lastly there was a discussion about the bollards. b. Daniel Mazoch: Update on the new construction off Zahn Road Steve Berkus gave the group a presentation on the new construction at"lively beach". Steve has been pioneering complete concrete home building for many years. Steve explained that what is making this project work is that they(the builder) has their own insurance; this has been a stumbling block for the previous builder. Also this building process will withstand hurricane force winds. Steve showed the committee drawings of what the grounds will look like. The units will be short term rentals, none will be owned. All the units will be contemporary and energy efficient. The plan is to have about 66 units ready for renting in February 2020. 2 Old Business a. Update: Beach Cameras Darren reported that the City has to redo the IPs for these cameras, the work order has been done and he should know more next week. Meredith requested to be told when all this happens so that the visitor's bureau can update their site. b. Update: City Legal's responses to does "heads and beds" apply to State HOT? Darren reported that Legal had not found anything regarding "heads and beds"within the SHOT funds. Legal looked over the list of items needed and says that the bath houses & boardwalk fit but the benches and parking lots do not. Carrie wanted to know when the City started working on the budgets and Darren told her"March or April, for the 2020 budgets". She also requested to see the SHOT budget for North Beach and Josh said he would bring it. c. Update: County Beach Interlock Agreement Darren report that this is on hold. d. Update: Packery Channel This was pretty much covered in Keith's presentation. e. Update: North Beach Infrastructure Task Force Carolyn Vaughan told Carrie that the reason that there is not a North Beach person on this panel is because that could make a conflict of interest. Carolyn also said that she plans to form a small group of North Beach stakeholders to provide input to the Task Force. VII. PARK AND RECREATION ACTION COMMITTEE—Jerry Plemons Bond 2018 is finished so PRAC is now focusing on selling parks. Jerry will try to bring the list of parks being considered to the next WBAC meeting. Jerry did say that PRAC was checking their bylaws to see if they could have a liaison from the County on their committee. VIII. ISAC Report Cliff reported that ISAC had elections and Jay Gardner is the chair and Brud Jones is the vice chair. IX. STAFF LIAISON REPORT Darren reported on the six pack projects: 1 ADA ramp is installed on the South Packery; the North side will be soon. The pavilion is 30% complete design. We are still waiting on the water line for the beach showers. And there is still a question of whether there will be a water line on Zahn Road; Beach Operations might do it themselves. Josh reported that the bond for$1.2 million passed for both Cole Park and Dimmit piers. The City is also applying for a couple of$1 million grants. The plan is to rebuild Cole Park pier, as it was except wider. Dimmit pier is wooden and the cost is much less to rebuild, but as of now there are no funds for that. Cliff is concerned about Lake Zahn; it is starting to form again. Darren explained that it is going to fill up every time it rains but the Beach Operations will be there to attempt to drain it, they are working on this. Darren reported that we are in our new building and would like to have the February WBAC meeting there. Cliff also mentioned that he would like WBAC to make a field trip to North Beach in the spring. Cliff also wanted to thank Jennifer for her service on the WBAC board. X. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA C:AUsers\NormaD2\AppData\Local\Temp\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee-12_06_2018_4283892\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee-12_06 2018.doc 3 1. Dolphin Park Rebuild 2. North Beach Nourishment 3. Dates for the Field Trips XI. ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business the meeting adjourned at 7:10 pm. Martha Lawhon, Management Assistant C:AUsers\NormaD2\AppData\Local\Temp\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee-12_06_2018_4283892\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee-12_06 2018.doc