Stannard Beach Association Board of
Directors meeting, August 11, 2013
The meeting was called to order at
9:05 by George Dallas.
DEEP – the beach court issue
was resolved as the Assn communicated with DEEP by the deadline of 8/2/2013.
Lou Florio did not sign the agreement so the Nichols and Tosto families sent a
signed letter saying ok. The Bohlen report was added to the info sent to DEEP.
Beach erosion - DEEP says they will
not ask us to tear down Groin #2 but we need to plan for beach nourishment and
a sand remediation plan by March 2014.
Sounds like DEEP would like us to
dump sand now, but the Bohlen report says to put in the T-groins first to hold
the sand in place and prevent it from washing away.
We have no approval from the
membership to spend that money at his time.
There is currently a lot of
discussion among Assn members regarding the erosion mediation proposal and
Bohlen report, so there will be a general information session next Sunday,
August 18 at 9 a.m. to explain more about the report and suggested plan of
erosion control, and to answer questions.
According to figures from Keith
Neilson, it will cost about $15,000 to:
1.
Finish the engineering survey from Bobby Katz to Water’s Edge
and include out to the sand flats
2.
Make an analysis of the sand grain size recommended and where to
put in groins
3.
Draw up plans
4.
Put together a presentation and proposal and submit to DEEP,
requesting a certificate of permission (COP)
If we do groin #1 and #3 first the
expenditure is less.
If the money for this comes out of
capital reserves it requires a vote from the full membership. May we vote
by email? Yes, according to our by-laws.
Motions for the August 25 Annual meeting
need to be clearly laid out so the intent is not muddled over the course of
discussion. A clear motion to spend up to $15,000 to complete the work
necessary to obtain a COP from DEEP is needed.
Motion by Steve Mason, 2nd
by Jeff Morris, for the Annual meeting, to request authorization of $15,000 to
complete the work necessary to try to obtain a COP from DEEP for beach
remediation work.
We do not know a total cost for doing
the work involved until DEEP approves a proposal. They may approve all of it or
a portion of it. More information sharing and explanations are needed in order
to proceed.
The DEEP has the Bohlen report and
has said it looks like a good idea.
Joe Courtney and Noel Bishop are
sending representatives to look at our beach on Friday, Aug 16 to tell us if
there are any federal funds available to help us. Any federal dollars
awarded to us would not impact our private borough status as it costs FEMA less
to provide remediation dollars than to pay out flood claims.
The new Bohlen report is an update of
the 1988 Kollmeyer reports, incorporating what scientists have learned in
the last 20 years, making the most updated suggestions at the best costs. FEMA,
the Army Corp of Engineers and DEEP all recognize these folks are the experts
in this area: R Kollmeyer, F Bohlen and Keith Neilson.
The financial aspect of the proposals
are unknown as yet; is a staged process, and first we need to know what can be
permitted. Then we will go and get cost estimates.
Informational meetings need to occur
to answer all questions and hear what everyone has to say, to better understand
the Bohlen report and address concerns.
Rosenblatt Right-of-way: based
on research by George Dallas at Westbrook Town Hall, Stannard Beach does not
own the right-of-way. It may belong to Schy, it may belong to Rosenblatt, we do
not know. Richard Rosenblatt says he has additional informational that we hope
to see to further answer all these questions of ownership of the right-of-way.
Lyman-Brown right-of-way: the
committee is working to bring it to closure. Concern was raised about adding
curbing/milling/berms at the Lyman-Brown right-of-way to keep water out
of the right-of-way, sending it dwn 2nd Ave. onto other
neighbors’ properties. The concern was over ruled due to a vote at the prior
board meeting to go ahead with the work.
Lou Brown has an agreement releasing
him from further obligations, signed by George Dallas. It is not a release, is
an agreement.
By Laws Update: Maureen Keegan has
been asked to make a digital set of our by laws. Then we will move forward with
updating them.
Motion to adjourn by Harvey Robbins,
2nd by Marty Webber. Meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
Submitted by S Bender, secretary.
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