South Ponte
Vedra-Vilano
Beach
Restoration Association, Inc.
Restoration Association, Inc.
Frequently Asked Questions Page (FAQ's)
We hope that the following questions and answers will help you understand the reason that South Ponte Vedra-Vilano Beach Restoration Association, Inc. was formed. .
Each of the categorized questions has one or more detailed questions and answers to further explain the specific process of our beach restoration. You can always click on "Main" to start back at the original categories.
What is the Emergency Sand Project?
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What is the Emergency Sand Project?
The Emergency Sand project is interim protection. For the property owners in the critically eroded area in SPVB, that is, from 2719 to 2979 SPVB, the opportunity still exists to execute the emergency dune sand placement project. In February, the County mailed to the mailing address of record for each property in that area two documents to be signed and returned to the County. A majority of the property owners have returned their signed Petitions and Permissive Use Agreement forms with a positive response, and a few have returned a negative response. Since the County would like to hear from yet more property owners, please return your forms if you have not already done so. If you don’t recall whether or not you signed the official County forms or if you need to have the forms resent, please contact the Association. If you signed an earlier petition distributed by the Association, you still must sign and return the official County forms. In the meantime, we are working with the County toward establishing an MSBU to allow for distributing the cost of this project over 2-3 years.
Similar to the Feasibility Study, the project would be funded half by the property owners, passed through the County, and then matched by the State. Since this project is an emergency measure from the DEP, only the critically eroded criterion needs to be met, not the access and parking requirement. Unlike the full restoration, the sand would be placed entirely on owners’ property, landward of the Mean High Water Line, which is the reason each owner has been asked to sign an easement granting permission for the ingress/egress. Access will be entirely from the beachside. As of this date, the project is expected to be permitted soon, and work could begin immediately following the current turtle season. Each property would receive approximately 500 CY of compatible beach sand at a cost not to exceed $12000 per property, plus the cost of any required future environmental monitoring (estimated to be $200-500 per property to cover periodic surveys, beach sampling, and possible tilling over a 3 year period).
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Is the Emergency Sand Project a substitute for the full restoration project?
The Emergency Sand project is not the same as full beach restoration and would not eliminate the need to nourish the beach, which involves a much larger amount of sand and is a more permanent solution. The table below contrasts the two projects. This emergency project should be thought of as a short-term solution for an emergency situation. It is a project that can be designed, permitted, and constructed in a much shorter amount of time than a full beach restoration project. Some or even all of the sand could wash away if we experience severe storms, but if so, it will have served its purpose and protected the dunes we still have. In addition, this emergency sand may save additional homeowners from installing armoring and buy time until a full beach restoration project becomes a reality. For homeowners who already have had to install armoring, this emergency sand provides protection for those seawalls and helps prevent further deflation (lowering) of the beach height in front of them.
Full Beach Restoration Emergency Sand Project Area to be included TBD by Feasibility Study recommendation; as few as 3 miles and as much as 10 miles from 2345 SPVD to St. Augustine Inlet R84-R94 (10.000 feet)
2719-2979 SPVDTotal Cost TBD - $1.5 to $4.0 million per mile Max. $3,000,000 half matched by State DEP Volume of Sand Millions of CY at 50-100 cu. yd./linear foot of oceanfront 65,000 CY at 6.5 cu. yd./linear foot of oceanfront Source of Sand/Transport Offshore / dredge pipe Upland / truck haul Placement of Sand Both above and below Mean High Water Line (MHWL) on private and public property Above MHWL on private property only Funding
Property Owners
State DEPFinal percentages depend on meeting cost sharing qualifications
50-100%
50-0%No additional cost sharing criteria need to be met for this emergency project
50%
50%MSBU duration Estimated 7 years 2-3 years Projected Life 6-8 years Indeterminate; provide some protection for dunes and bulkheads prior to full restoration Status Feasibility Study in progress Engineering design completed. Permitting, petitions, and MSBU in process. Estimated Start Date Earliest possible start Fall 2010 into Spring 2011 November 2008 Duration to Completion 6-8 months 2-3 months
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