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| City Manager Tom Barwin, right, met recently at the Pavilion with LSPOA members |
Beach Erosion Sub-Committee Chair Elliott Himelfarb has been actively communicating with Sarasota City leaders, and Friday thanked City Manager Tom Barwin on behalf of LSPOA for implementing the state of emergency for Lido Key including North Lido. We received Barwin's positive response reprinted below.
Now that Hurricane Season has officially begun, Elliott reports the Beach Erosion Committee will closely monitor our beach situation and will be prepared to act should tides begin to erode sand near the Pavilion footings. The city has promised to help us with a quick field permit allowing placement of sand bags. We still need to clear this with Mote (turtle nests) and are waiting on approval for the larger trap bags that Barwin mentioned in his letter.
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| Front page Herald Tribune article on North Lido beach erosion |
Elliott also reports LSPOA will remain vigilant: "In summary, if we start to see erosion around the pavilion foundation, we should consider placing sand bags to protect the posts. The permitting and Mote survey could be done quickly and the contractor will be prepared to order materials and start within a few days of the LSPOA Board’s approval. Of course, the best outcome is to have more sand accretion in the next months and not have to resort to protecting the pavilion, so let’s think positively."
~Bob Thill
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City Manager Reply
Elliott,
Good news. Last night FDEP doubled the amount of sand they will allow per permit from 300 cubic yards (from an approved, beach quality sand source) to 600 cubic yards. In addition the permit will be in place for a year, and second permits will be considered if the first permit does not do the job, or is also eroded over the course of the hurricane season.
I have also asked for FDEP to consider the much larger trap bags which are not as subject to being as easily displaced by gulf waves as we have seen earlier this week. I hope to hear from FDEP soon on that request for an option to allow areas to use the larger trap bags where warranted, which your area may be a prime candidate for.
All sand placement has to be pre-reviewed by Mote Marine to make sure no sea turtle nests are impacted negatively, however with all of the erosion the nests are getting wiped out. There is a system in place to do this in a timely fashion as Mote makes daily visits to the shoreline edge.
The local contact for FDEP is Kelly Cramer, out of Ft. Meyers. Kelly’s direct number is 239.344.5628, and her email is Kelly.Cramer@dep.state.fl.us I will copy Kelly on this email. She is very familiar with Lido as her and I walked much of it on Wednesday. I have also copied Lido Beach Residents Association President Carl Schofstall who is also working on keeping residents informed and trying to coordinate private activity with our city as much as possible.
I explained your situation at North Lido to Kelly and she has pledged to expedite permits via email. I would suggest you contact her and send a picture of the high quality and very vulnerable pavilion on North Lido at the edge of the public beach, which is about to be lost due to erosion. This area was included in the emergency declaration.
Our emergency manager Todd Kerkering will be actively managing the shoreline all summer on a day to day basis. Todd’s contact number is 941.363.5811. Please urge all North Lido Shore residents to sign up with the emergency warning notice system through the county Code Red program. That information will be coming out today in my Friday newsletter to the public.
Thanks for staying in touch and we will do our best to work with residents, and FDEP to protect our community in what will be a very challenging summer and fall.
From Sunny Sarasota,
Tom Barwin
City Manager
City of Sarasota
1565 First Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: (941)954-4102
Fax: (941)954-4129
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Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 9:17 AM
To: Thomas Barwin <Thomas.Barwin@sarasotaFL.gov>
Subject: Thank you for emergency order
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 9:17 AM
To: Thomas Barwin <Thomas.Barwin@sarasotaFL.gov>
Subject: Thank you for emergency order
Dear Tom,
On behalf of the Lido Shores Property Owners Association, thank you for endorsing the state of emergency for Lido Key. While the LSPOA board has not made a final decision on implementing an emergency sandbag plan, we have asked Florida DEP for guidelines and permitting information.
As you have seen on your walks, the association’s Gulf-front property has been dramatically impacted over the past two years, with accelerated erosion since March of this year. Our iconic beach pavilion designed by Seibert Architects is now just two feet from the water at high tide—far from the 22’ we had just 28 months ago. The pavilion is a treasured community amenity and a landmark for all those who walk the north end of the public beach. I can confidently state that preserving the pavilion at its current site is high on the list of priorities for LSPOA’s 110 member households, and the support from you as City Manager and the Commission is most appreciated.
Regards,
Elliott
Elliott Himelfarb
941.376.0616
FDEP has now authorized larger volumes of sand, up to 600 cubic yards per permitted property, to protect private property. Sandbags
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Walking with FDEP rep Kelly Cramer along south Lido Beach where the heavy, pounding surf is moving sandbags placed to protect private property.
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Property owners interested in placing sandbags on private property to help slow down the erosion still need a permit, but they will be expedited by Kelly Cramer, the FDEP official who inspected the beach and witnessed the severe erosion firsthand. For an expedited permit, please email Ms. Cramer: Kelly.Cramer@dep.state.fl.us
In the meantime, we're continuing to pursue both short-term and long-term restoration solutions and hope to have new sand on Lido to help protect the shoreline by the fall.
Hurricane Season: June 1 - Nov. 30 Hurricane season is officially underway, and with Subtropical Storm Alberto whipping by hundreds of miles offshore last weekend, it was an excellent reminder for families in Sarasota to be prepared.
Make sure your supplies are restocked now and can fit into one or two plastic travel containers. Have enough water and non-perishable food items on hand for your family and pets for at least three days. Prescription medications should be in your storm kit as well.
Other items to include:
More information about preparing an emergency kit is available on FEMA's webpage: https://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit
Also, it's important to note Sarasota County, which is responsible for opening and maintaining hurricane evacuation centers, announced recently that should it be necessary to open any centers, all of them throughout the County will open at once, and all will be pet-friendly. This decision was made following an extensive county-wide after-action review of Hurricane Irma.
While the City maintains an Emergency Operations Center to respond to situations within the Sarasota city limits, we will continue to coordinate closely with our partners at Sarasota County to ensure residents have the best information available to make decisions for their families.
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CodeRED - Register Now We encourage all residents to sign up for the County's emergency alert system, CodeRED, which is utilized in coordination with the City. Simply by providing your contact information you can receive critical local
 messages via text, phone call or email from the Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center.
In addition to weather alerts such as tornadoes, flooding and severe weather, CodeRED also sends localized notifications about boil water advisories, hazardous material incidents, and missing children.
No hurricane plan is complete without registering for CodeRED. To register for this free service visit www.SCGov.net/CodeRed.
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