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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee - 08/13/2020 - Special WATERSHORE AND BEACH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Special Called Meeting Thursday, August 13, 2020 5:30 pm WEBEX – Meeting Number: 146 746 1758 | Password;32Jgi23k3wP Join by phone: 1/408/418/9388 Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Terry Palmer Meredith Darden Philippe Tissot Larisa Ford Harrison McNeil Daniel Mazoch Mukesh Subedee Lauren Williams Jyoti Patel Darren Gurley Martha Lawhon I. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 5:30 pm. ll. ROLL CALL The roll was called, and a quorum was present III. EXCUSED ABSENCES: Jyoti Patel, Lauren Williams Philippe made a motion to excuse last month’s absences, Meredith seconded, unanimously approved. Motion passed. IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES Minutes from the March 5, 2020 meeting were distributed for review. Daniel made a motion to accept the minutes, Philippe seconded, unanimously approved. Motion passed. V. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC One person was in attendance and he spoke about several items; he wanted to get an update regarding the Zahn Road construction, and the beach showers. He also wanted the group to know that there is a lot of trash at the east end of the parking lot along the north jetty and if the City were to put a trash can there; he is pretty sure the surfers would pick up some of the trash. Vl. BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION 1 New Business a. Trash/Traffic Control Meredith had asked that this be put on the agenda back in March; she was working on a project that Peter Zanoni had started which included traffic and trash issues. Meredith asked Darren whether he thought the City was doing their part to combat this and his answer was “yes”. He believes that most of the pictures posted are from the County beach because the trash cans are blue. There have been several incidences of high water and trash being scattered but Beach Operations is quick to clean up the City’s beaches. It was also noted that the Seawall and Whitecap areas of the beach are crowded, more than usual and Darren did say that he was getting more trash cans out in those areas, as well as others. The County and City have switched some of their areas of management. The City is now cleaning Newport Pass and the County is doing south of 6. Meredith is meeting with some media people and will relay to us next meeting, what they think of the beaches, signs, etc. b. Fishing line in the Jetties Harrison asked if the City had ever done anything about trying to remove these lines. He did let the committee know that last year some beach users tr ied and after spending about 6 hours working, they had only collected about 50’ of jetty. He wondered if the City might pay a company to do this task; Darren didn’t think so. The Packery Channel is under the City’s jurisdiction. 2 C:\Users\NormaD2\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\18Z4XUQT\August.doc c. Hurricane Hanna Darren give the group this update: • The City reclaimed 50 to 75’ of beach in some areas (lost some of the dunes). • The County will be asking Deidre to survey (tide lines) from almost to PINS, north to the Port A jetties. • All the Cities beach access roads were inundated with sand and debris. • Beach Operations has, so far, redistributed 47000 cubic yards of sand, and removed 200 tons of debris. • North Beach did lose a bunch of sand; Beach Operations will go there next week to help. • There was one navigation aid that was lost but found in the dunes, it will be replaced. • The dunes re-nourishment is up to the property owner to do. • The dunes, on Access Road 2, are back to where they were with Hurricane Ike. • We lost a couple of lifeguard stands. 2. Old Business VlI. PARK AND RECREATION ACTION COMMITTEE – Jerry Plemons Jerry did not attend this meeting. VlII. ISAC Report Terry reported on the ISAC meeting but did note that some of the topics have already been discussed by Darren. The current head of Parks and Recreation has resigned and the City is looking for a replacement. The construction on Newport Pass access road has been completed and Zahn should be finished in September. The dredging of the Packery Channel should happen this winter. Regarding bond projects, one item talked about was stabilizing the causeway. lX. STAFF LIAISON REPORT Darren reported that he has been told that the water line is at Zahn, but he has not seen it, he will check when they have finished. Darren was told that the City is working on an emergency survey for the Packery Channel and they are still working on the contract for the yearly survey. Darren is hoping that there is enough sand in the channel to re-nourish in front of the seawall. Philippe did relay to the group that there was a clause in survey contract that allowed for emergency services after storms but ISAC had it removed a couple of years ago; unfortunately contracting takes so much time. X. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA 1. Emergency Services - Dredging 2. Drone Presentation 3. Findings: Vegetation line, Mean high tide Xl. ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:45 pm.