DRAFT
BAY COUNTY RESTORE ACT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
May 12, 2015
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Jack Bishop, Chairman
Wayne Stubbs, Vice-Chairman
Adam Albritton
Kimberly Bodine
Gail Carmody
Becca Hardin
W.C. Harlow
Dr. Steve Leach
Todd Neves
ALSO PRESENT:
Jim Muller, Bay County RESTORE Act Coordinator
Kathy Jones, County Planning Staff
A.
Call to Order and Roll Call
The Chairman called the meeting to order at 1:33 p.m. and asked the clerk to call roll.
The clerk noted a quorum was present.
B.
Approval of Minutes (February 24 and March 10, 2015)
Mr. Harlow made a motion to approve the minutes from February 24 and March 10,
2015. Mr. Stubbs seconded the motion. The motion carried 9 to 0 to approve both sets
of minutes.
C.
Announcements
Mr. Muller stated that the meeting was being recorded and the video and meeting
documents may be downloaded from http://tinyurl.com/BayRESTOREdocs. There were
no other announcements.
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D.
Agenda – additions, deletions, changes and acceptance
The agenda was accepted with no additions, deletions, or changes.
E.
Public Participation
Mr. Phil Mount, 110C Alabama Avenue, stated he found out that the County was going
to bid out the same services his proposal was going to provide so he decided not to
provide the additional information to the Committee they had requested. He felt it would
give the competition an unfair advantage to know more about his proposal.
Mr. Paul Johnson, Gulf World Marine Institute Board of Directors, thanked the
Committee for their continued support and consideration of their proposal.
Mr. Norman Capra, 728 Blanchard Drive, with the Audubon Society, read a prepared
statement and then recommended several proposals to be considered that he felt were
consistent with conservation. He also stated that there was a need to develop an
educational system that will help support environmental science in Bay County.
Ms. Jessica Koelsch, National Wildlife Federation, stated that she had a graph of the
proposals showing the proportion of Gulf funds that went to the different types of
projects.
Mr. Dan Rowe, Tourist Development Council, explained that the TDC and the beach
feels that their proposal will help bring in much needed revenue that will help offset the
problems that the Beach and County are experiencing during spring break.
Mr. Doug Smith, member of the Conservancy and RMA, recommended that the
Committee prioritize environmental proposals to help improve the environment for years
to come.
F.
Update on Gulf restoration topics: Jim Muller, Bay County RESTORE Act
Coordinator
Mr. Muller gave updates to the Committee on the following:
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BP Deepwater Horizon trial – re Clean Water Act fines. The judge’s ruling is still
pending – the maximum amount Bay County will receive is about $87 million
Treasury issued new grant funding opportunities for Direct Component (Pot 1)
funds – for preparing the Multiyear Implementation Plan and projects identified in
plans
Gulf Consortium – FL Gulf Coastal counties Pot 3. The State has submitted the
Gulf Consortium’s Planning State Expenditure Plan (PSEP) to the Gulf Coast
Ecosystem Restoration Council – a step toward getting funding to prepare the
Plan. The Consortium will hold a workshop in August to set goals for the State
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G.
Expenditure Plan for the Pot 3 funds. The plan process will take about 2 years,
and will include technical advisory committees and opportunity for public input.
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council / Pot 2 – the Council released its
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures for Pot 2 funds.
NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program – the program recently released its
finalized Science Plan for Pot 4 funds.
NFWF Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund – the state is working on a strategy for
how to use the funds
NRDA Early Restoration Phase IV – the 10 proposed projects include multi-state
projects for sea turtles, longline fishing bycatch reduction
The State of Alabama economic damages trial will be the first trial of a Gulf state
against BP about DWH economic damages. The trial will start in about a year
Vote to select Bay County RESTORE Act Direct Component Proposals to
recommend to the Bay County Board of County Commissioners
The Committee voted to forward fourteen of the twenty-two proposals to the Board of
County Commission for consideration. They are as follows:
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Nine votes for Proposal Number 2014-001 - Restoring Bay County’s Recreational
Fishing Industry through Artificial Reef Construction and Monitoring
Six votes for Proposal Number 2014-006 – Bettering Bay through Environmental
Science and Policy: Postsecondary partnership between GCSC and FSU PC
Eight votes for Proposal Number 2014-011 – City of Panama City Beach and Bay
County Continuous Outfall Sediment Reduction Projects
Nine votes for Proposal Number 2014-016 – Bay County Master Plan and Capital
Improvement Strategic Plan Update
Nine votes for Proposal Number 2014-0017 – AMIkids Panama City Marine
Institute Dock Repair
Eight votes for Proposal Number 2014-022 – Bay County East Pass Project
Design and Permitting
Nine votes for Proposal Number 2014-026 – Bay Technology Initiative
Seven votes for Proposal Number 2014-027 – Gulf World Marine Institute Marine
Animal Stranding, Rehabilitation and Necropsy Facility
Nine votes for Proposal Number 2014-028 – Porter Park Improvements 2014
Eight votes for Proposal Number 2014-033 – Mid City Storm Water Project
Seven votes for Proposal Number 2014-040 – Identifying the cause of beach
swimming advisories at Carl Gray Park
Eight votes for Proposal Number 2014-041 – Carl Gray Park Boat Ramp
Eight votes for Proposal Number 2014-043 – Port Adventure
Six votes for Proposal Number 2014-044 – Economic analysis for project
prioritization, water quality and habitat
The dollar amount requested totaled $6,717,538. (The voting sheet is attached.)
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BREAK – 15 minutes
H.
Vote to rank the Bay County RESTORE Act Direct Component Proposals
selected to recommend to the Bay County Board of County Commissioners
The Committee ranked each of the fourteen selected proposals from one to fourteen;
there was a tie with two proposals receiving enough points to be ranked number nine.
Ms. Hardin made a motion to rank proposal 2014-017 number nine and 2014-040
number ten. Ms. Bodine seconded the motion and it carried 8 to 1. The rankings from
one to fourteen are as follows.
1. 2014-026 – Bay Technology Initiative
2. 2014-001 – Restoring Bay County’s Recreational Fishing Industry through
Artificial Reef Construction and Monitoring
3. 2014-041 – Carl Gray Park Boat Ramp
4. 2014-028 – Porter Park Improvements 2014
5. 2014-022 – Bay County East Pass Project Design and Permitting
6. 2014-016 – Bay County Master Plan and Capital Improvement Strategic Plan
Update
7. 2014-027 – Gulf World Marine Institute Marine Animal Stranding, Rehabilitation
and Necropsy Facility
8. 2014-011 – City of Panama City Beach and Bay County Continuous Outfall
Sediment Reduction Projects
9. 2014-017 – AMIkids Panama City Marine Institute Dock Repair
10. 2014-040 – Identifying the cause of beach swimming advisories at Carl Gray
Park
11. 2014-033 – Mid City Storm Water Project
12. 2014-006 – Bettering Bay through Environmental Science and Policy:
Postsecondary partnership between GCSC and FSU PC
13. 2014-043 – Port Adventure
14. 2014-044 – Economic analysis for project prioritization, water quality and habitat
Mr. Stubbs made a motion to accept the selection group to send to the Board of County
Commission. Mr. Harlow seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Harlow made a motion to forward the ranking to the Board of County Commission.
Ms. Bodine seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
J.
Public Participation
Ms. Patrice Couch, Friends of St. Andrews Bay, thanked the Committee for all their hard
work.
K.
Adjournment at 3:30 p.m.
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*****ACTION SUMMARY*****
1. Minutes
Motion carried unanimously to approve the minutes from February
24 and March 10, 2015.
2. Ranking
Motion carried 8 to 1 to choose proposal 2014-017 as number nine
and proposal 2014-40 as number ten in rank.
3. Vote
Motion carried unanimously to accept the selection group to send to
Board of County Commission.
4. Rank
Motion carried unanimously to send the ranking order to the Board
of County Commission for consideration.
Bay County RESTORE Act Proposals
Selected to Recommend to Board of County Commissioners
May 12, 2015
Proposal
Number
Bay PRP
2014 - 001
Bay PRP
2014 - 003
Bay PRP
2014-006
Bay PRP
2014 - 008
Bay PRP
2014-011
Bay PRP
2014-016
Bay PRP
2014-017
Bay PRP
2014-022
Bay PRP
2014-023
Bay PRP
2014-026
Bay PRP
2014-027
Bay PRP
2014-028
Bay PRP
2014-033
Bay PRP
2014-035
Bay PRP
2014-038
Bay PRP
2014-040
Bay PRP
2014-041
Bay PRP
2014-042
Bay PRP
2014-043
Proposal Name
Restoring Bay County's Recreational Fishing
Industry through Artificial Reef Construction
and Monitoring
Mexico Beach - Beach Restoration Feasibility
Study
Bettering Bay through Environmental Science
and Policy: Postsecondary partnership
between GCSC and FSU PC
Panama City Beach Sports Village - Phase 1:
The Sporting Grounds (Rectangular Athletic
Fields)
City of Panama City Beach and Bay County
Continuous Outfall Sediment Reduction
Projects
Bay County Master Plan and Capital
Improvement Strategic Plan Update
AMIkids Panama City Marine Institute Dock
Repair
Bay County East Pass Project Design and
Permitting
Updated
estimated
propo cost
Career
Bay EDA - Port PC - Source Hardin
Stubbs
Bodine
FSU PC - Dist 1 - Dist 2 Leach
Carmody Albritton
Dist 3 Neves
Dist 4 Harlow
Dist 5 Bishop
# of Yes
votes
Selected?
(6 Yes
needed)
9
369,125
519,865
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
135,000
135,000
n
y
y
y
n
n
n
y
y
234,600
356,100
y
y
y
y
y
n
n
n
y
2,000,000
6,400,000
y
y
y
y
n
n
n
n
y
1,000,000
1,100,000
y
n
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
req $
selected
propos
total est cost
propos
Yes
369,125
519,865
Yes
234,600
356,100
5
6
5
8
Yes
1,000,000
1,100,000
Yes
300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
9
250,000
250,000
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
9
Yes
250,000
250,000
Yes
1,000,000
1,000,000
Yes
1,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
y
y
y
y
n
y
y
y
y
8
Laguna Beach Sanitary Sewer Project
1,500,000
3,000,000
n
y
n
y
y
n
n
n
n
3
Bay Technology Initiative
1,000,000
1,500,000
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
9
Gulf World Marine Institute Marine Animal
Stranding, Rehabilitation and Necropsy Facility
750,000
1,250,000
y
y
y
y
y
y
n
n
y
Yes
750,000
1,250,000
Porter Park Improvements 2014
450,000
874,500
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
9
Yes
450,000
874,500
y
8
Yes
228,190
238,190
Mid City Storm Water Project
7
228,190
238,190
y
y
y
y
y
y
n
y
St. Andrew Bay Water Quality Report Card
100,000
150,000
y
y
n
y
y
y
n
n
n
5
RESTORE Jobs
Identifying the cause of beach swimming
advisories at Carl Gray Park
400,000
733,610
y
n
y
y
y
n
n
y
n
5
320,888
390,088
y
y
n
y
y
y
y
n
y
7
Yes
320,888
390,088
Carl Gray Park Boat Ramp
Restoration of St. Andrew Bay Submerged
Grassbeds
500,000
802,010
y
y
y
y
n
y
y
y
y
8
Yes
500,000
802,010
250,000
250,000
y
y
n
n
y
n
n
n
y
4
Port Adventure
274,735
274,735
y
y
y
y
y
n
y
y
y
8
Yes
274,735
274,735
40,000
40,000
n
n
n
y
y
y
y
y
y
Yes
40,000
40,000
25,000
38,600
y
n
n
n
y
n
n
n
n
629,000
984,000
y
y
y
y
y
n
n
n
n
11,756,538
20,586,698
6,717,538
8,895,488
Bay PRP
2014-044
Economic analysis for project prioritization,
water quality and habitat
Bay PRP
2014-045
Continued Development of FL Sea Grant's WebBased Emerald Coast Anchorage Guide
Fostering Business and Econmomic Growth
Through Business Incubation
Bay PRP
2014-046
Updated $
request
6
2
5
Total # Proposals selected
Cumulative total of selected proposals
14
Bay County RESTORE Act Proposals
Selected to Recommend to Board of County Commissioners
May 12, 2015
Proposal
Number2
Proposal Name2
Restoring Bay County's Recreational
Fishing Industry through Artificial Reef
Construction and Monitoring
Bay PRP 2014 - Mexico Beach - Beach Restoration
003
Feasibility Study
Bay PRP 2014 001
Bay PRP 2014006
Bay PRP 2014 008
Bay PRP 2014011
Bay PRP 2014016
Bay PRP 2014017
Bay PRP 2014022
Bay PRP 2014023
Bay PRP 2014026
Bettering Bay through Environmental
Science and Policy: Postsecondary
partnership between GCSC and FSU PC
Panama City Beach Sports Village - Phase
1: The Sporting Grounds (Rectangular
Athletic Fields)
City of Panama City Beach and Bay County
Continuous Outfall Sediment Reduction
Projects
Bay County Master Plan and Capital
Improvement Strategic Plan Update
AMIkids Panama City Marine Institute
Dock Repair
Bay County East Pass Project Design and
Permitting
Bay PRP 2014035
Bay PRP 2014038
Porter Park Improvements 2014
369,125
519,865
234,600
356,100
y
y
y
y
1,000,000
1,500,000
y
450,000
874,500
St. Andrew Bay Water Quality Report Card
Bay PRP 2014041
Carl Gray Park Boat Ramp
Bay PRP 2014- Restoration of St. Andrew Bay Submerged
042
Grassbeds
Port Adventure
Economic analysis for project
prioritization, water quality and habitat
Continued Development of FL Sea Grant's
Bay PRP 2014- Web-Based Emerald Coast Anchorage
045
Guide
Bay PRP 2014- Fostering Business and Econmomic
046
Growth Through Business Incubation
y
1,000,000
1,100,000
y
300,000
300,000
y
250,000
250,000
y
1,000,000
1,000,000
y
750,000
1,250,000
y
228,190
238,190
320,888
390,088
40,000
40,000
3,889,078
4,568,278
y
Mid City Storm Water Project
RESTORE Jobs
Bay PRP 2014- Identifying the cause of beach swimming
040
advisories in Bay County
Bay PRP 2014043
y
total est cost Primarily
requested $ this econ
environmen requested $ total est cost
econ propo propo
env propo this env propo
proposal?
Laguna Beach Sanitary Sewer Project
Bay Technology Initiative
Gulf World Marine Institute Marine Animal
Bay PRP 2014- Stranding, Rehabilitation and Necropsy
027
Facility
Bay PRP 2014028
Bay PRP 2014033
Primarily
economic
proposal?
y
y
y
y
500,000
802,010
y
y
274,735
274,735
Bay PRP 2014044
y
y
y
11
11
2,828,460
4,327,210
Bay County RESTORE Act Proposals
Ranking to Recommend to Board of County Commissioners
May 12, 2015
Proposal
Number
Bay PRP
2014-026
Bay PRP
2014 - 001
Bay PRP
2014-041
Bay PRP
2014-028
Bay PRP
2014-022
Bay PRP
2014-016
Bay PRP
2014-027
Bay PRP
2014-011
Bay PRP
2014-017
Bay PRP
2014-040
Bay PRP
2014-033
Bay PRP
2014-006
Bay PRP
2014-043
Bay PRP
2014-044
Proposal Name
Bay Technology Initiative
Restoring Bay County's Recreational Fishing
Industry through Artificial Reef Construction
and Monitoring
Carl Gray Park Boat Ramp
Porter Park Improvements 2014
Bay County East Pass Project Design and
Permitting
Bay County Master Plan and Capital
Improvement Strategic Plan Update
Gulf World Marine Institute Marine Animal
Stranding, Rehabilitation and Necropsy Facility
City of Panama City Beach and Bay County
Continuous Outfall Sediment Reduction
Projects
AMIkids Panama City Marine Institute Dock
Repair
Identifying the cause of beach swimming
advisories at Carl Gray Park
Mid City Storm Water Project
Bettering Bay through Environmental Science
and Policy: Postsecondary partnership
between GCSC and FSU PC
Port Adventure
Economic analysis for project prioritization,
water quality and habitat
Updated $
request
Updated
estimated
proposal cost
Bay
Port
Career
Dist 1 Source - FSU PC Carmod Dist 2 Dist 3 EDA - PC Hardin Stubbs Bodine - Leach y
Albritton Neves
Dist 4 - Dist 5 Harlow Bishop Total
1,000,000
1,500,000
1
1
2
1
11
1
1
1
1
369,125
519,865
2
7
4
2
12
7
2
5
9
500,000
802,010
3
8
12
3
13
5
4
4
5
20
RANK
requested $
selected
propos
cumulative
requested $
1
1,000,000
1,000,000
2
369,125
1,369,125
57
3
500,000
1,869,125
4
450,000
2,319,125
50
450,000
874,500
8
9
11
5
9
2
5
3
6
58
1,000,000
1,000,000
5
6
5
14
14
6
6
2
2
60
5
1,000,000
3,319,125
300,000
300,000
10
5
1
9
1
8
8
6
13
61
6
300,000
3,619,125
750,000
1,250,000
7
3
6
8
4
12
13
9
3
7
750,000
4,369,125
1,000,000
1,100,000
13
14
3
4
2
3
7
14
14
8
1,000,000
5,369,125
250,000
250,000
6
10
8
12
8
11
10
7
7
79
9
250,000
5,619,125
320,888
390,088
4
4
13
13
3
10
11
13
8
79
10
320,888
5,940,013
228,190
238,190
12
2
10
11
6
4
14
10
12
81
11
228,190
6,168,203
234,600
356,100
9
12
7
10
7
14
12
8
4
65
74
83
274,735
274,735
11
11
9
6
10
13
3
12
11
86
40,000
40,000
14
13
14
7
5
9
9
11
10
92
6,717,538
8,895,488
12
234,600
6,402,803
13
274,735
6,677,538
14
40,000
6,717,538
6,717,538
Bay County RESTORE Act Proposals
Ranking to Recommend to Board of County Commissioners
May 12, 2015
Proposal
Number
Bay PRP 2014026
Proposal Name
Bay Technology Initiative
Restoring Bay County's Recreational Fishing
Bay PRP 2014 - Industry through Artificial Reef Construction and
001
Monitoring
Primarily
economic
proposal?
total
estimated
cumulative
Primarily
total est
requested $ cost this econ requested $
environment requested $ cost this env
econ propo propo
primarily econ proposal?
env propo
propo
cumulative
requested $
primarily
environ
y
1,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
0
y
369,125
519,865
1,369,125
0
Carl Gray Park Boat Ramp
y
500,000
802,010
1,869,125
0
Porter Park Improvements 2014
Bay PRP 2014- Bay County East Pass Project Design and
022
Permitting
Bay PRP 2014- Bay County Master Plan and Capital
016
Improvement Strategic Plan Update
y
450,000
874,500
2,319,125
0
Bay PRP 2014041
Bay PRP 2014028
Bay PRP 2014027
Gulf World Marine Institute Marine Animal
Stranding, Rehabilitation and Necropsy Facility
City of Panama City Beach and Bay County
Continuous Outfall Sediment Reduction Projects
Bay PRP 2014- AMIkids Panama City Marine Institute Dock
017
Repair
Bay PRP 2014- Identifying the cause of beach swimming
040
advisories in Bay County
Bay PRP 2014011
Bay PRP 2014033
Mid City Storm Water Project
Bettering Bay through Environmental Science
Bay PRP 2014- and Policy: Postsecondary partnership between
006
GCSC and FSU PC
Bay PRP 2014043
Port Adventure
Bay PRP 2014- Economic analysis for project prioritization,
044
water quality and habitat
2,319,125
y
1,000,000 1,000,000
1,000,000
2,319,125
y
300,000
300,000
1,300,000
2,319,125
y
750,000 1,250,000
2,050,000
2,319,125
y
1,000,000 1,100,000
3,050,000
2,319,125
y
250,000
250,000
3,300,000
2,319,125
y
320,888
390,088
3,620,888
2,319,125
y
228,190
238,190
3,849,078
y
234,600
356,100
2,553,725
3,849,078
y
274,735
274,735
2,828,460
3,849,078
2,828,460
6
y
40,000
40,000
8
2,828,460
4,327,210
3,889,078 4,568,278
3,889,078