Item 3A
AGENDA ITEM #3A
OCTOBER 11, 2004
October 4, 2004
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim Hans
SUBJECT: Follow-up eport
Beach Renourishment; The urgent need for beach renourishment following the damage done by
Hurricane Jeanne was discussed at the last city commission meeting on September 27`". Since
that time, Congressman Crenshaw's office has been contacted and the Congressman made a brief
tour of the damage in Atlantic Beach on Monday, October 4`". Joining in that tour was top
officials from the Regional Corps of Engineers Office, Mayor Meserve, and representatives from
Jacksonville Beach. The Corp representatives explained that they had submitted a supplemental
funding request that would be taken up by the Congress within the next several days.
Congressman Crenshaw indicated his support for that measure. However, he did not feel that it
was likely that the Senate would be able to act on the supplemental funding request as quickly as
Congress could. We are planning to contact both Senator's offices in Washington to let them
know of the damage done in Duval County and solicit their support for funding at the federal
level.
Hurricane Follow-up; This will be the third (and hopefully the final) report on emergency
"~" actions taken to repair and clean up after recent hurricanes. City staff expects to have the
remaining debris from Hurricane Jeanne picked up by the end of business on October 4`"
resulting from another joint effort from our contractor and city crews. Unlike Hurricane Frances
"~ debris removal, the city expects to be able to complete this project without having to pay
additional money to our solid waste contractor.
~ The biggest damages from Hurricane Jeanne were at the beach. No only did we experience
considerable erosion of the dunes, but virtually all of the city's walkovers that extended to over
the primary dune line were also seriously damaged. Through combined efforts of the Streets and
Recreation Departments, temporary patches were put in place to reopen all of the city's
walkovers for public use by Friday, October 1 ~`.
~ Rick Carper will provide further information on the hurricane follow-up and is also expected to
make a report of his findings at the Beaches Renouishment Conference that he and
Commissioner Parsons recently attended.
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