Okaloosa County BOCC — July 21, 2016 — II. p. Local Govt Funding Request

TOURIST DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: July 21, 2016 TO: Tourist Development Council FROM: Ed Schroeder, Tourist Development Department Director Jim Trifilio, Coastal Management Coordinator SUBJECT: FY 2017/18 Local Government Funding Request Submittal STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Advising the Council of a FY 2017/18 Local Government Funding Request application for design/permitting work associated with the construction of a sand trap for the East Pass Federal Navigation channel. BACKGROUND: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Restoration Assistance, is accepting funding requests from Florida Local Governments for the FY 2017-2018 Beach Management Funding Assistance Program. This includes funding assistance for inlet management as well. East Pass channel requires maintenance dredging approximately every 3-4 years in order to allow vessels access to the Gulf of Mexico. This dredging is very costly and is in the range of $2-$4 million per dredge event. The time between these dredging events can be lengthened with the design and construction of a sand trap. The purpose of the sand trap is to provide additional area within the channel for sand deposition without significantly decreasing the depth of the channel. Potential savings from decreased dredging requirements would be considerable. Additionally, the sand trap would provide the highest quality sand for beach restoration utilizing an in-shore, economical source. It is estimated that the cost of the design/permitting work will be approximately $500,000. Funding assistance from the State would require a 50/50 match with the local sponsor. The County’s $250,000 match would be provided by the Tourist Development Tax and is included in the Tourist Development Department's proposed budget for FY17. The application will be ranked against other projects around the State that are seeking funding. If the County’s application ranks high enough to be funded, a grant agreement will be brought back at a later date. Due to the application deadline of August 1, the application was presented to the Board for approval on July 19. OPTIONS: N/A – for informational purposes only. RECOMMENDATION TO BCC: N/A – for informational purposes only.  FY 2017/18 Local Government Funding Request Okaloosa County Inlet Management Project Project Name: East Pass Sediment Impoundment Basin – Design and Permitting Project Description: The project will develop and apply numerous numerical (MIKE) models to evaluate various sediment impoundment basin design alternatives in East Pass to facilitate bypassing of sediment to the adjacent beaches. The project scope includes the alternatives evaluation and the design and permitting (including state and federal permits) of the recommended basin alternative. The project will comply with the Department’s East Pass Inlet Management Implementation Plan (IMIP), specifically the final strategy to investigate availability and feasibility of supplemental inlet sediment excavation outside the federal navigation channels to help mitigate gulf beach erosion that exceeds the bypassing quantities obtained from maintenance of the federal navigation channels County: Okaloosa Range Monuments: NA (Immediately west of R-17) Location: East Pass is located adjacent to Destin, FL, approximately 45 miles east of Pensacola and approximately 50 miles northwest of Panama City. Separating Santa Rosa Island to the west and Moreno Point to the east, East Pass is a structured inlet that provides direct tidal link between the Gulf of Mexico and Choctawhatchee Bay. Project History: The East Pass Federal navigation channel requires frequent maintenance dredging to alleviate shoaling of sediment within the channel. The East Pass Maintenance Dredging is authorized by joint coastal per