CEPD gives greenlight for removing poles, ropes
During its monthly meeting, the Captiva Erosion Prevention District’s commission approved the removal of some poles and ropes recently installed after the beach renourishment project, as well as approved the first phase of a sea level rise analysis proposal and received a sea level rise update.
On May 9, the commissioners shared the lists of property addresses that had communicated their interest in having ropes and poles removed, while others wanted them installed. The ‘Tweens Waters, Gold Coast, South Seas Island Resort and Village areas were each assigned to one commissioner.
In a unanimous 5-0 vote, the commission approved a motion to remove poles and ropes for the following addresses along the ‘Tween Waters stretch: 15735-37 Captiva Drive, 15807 Captiva Drive, 15879-867 Captiva Drive, 16151 Captiva Drive, 16163 Captiva Drive and 16164 Captiva Drive.
For the Gold Coast area, the commission approved in a 5-0 vote a motion to remove them for the following addresses: 16660 Captiva Drive, 16682-84 Captiva Drive and 16464 Captiva Drive.
Meanwhile, other locations without poles and ropes requested for them to be installed. Within South Seas, the commissioners voted 5-0 to approve a motion to install poles, with one-inch sagged or wrapped ropes, at 1071 Sanddrift. They approved the same poles and ropes for 17121 Captiva Drive.
In the Village, properties asked that the historically located poles and ropes be reinstalled, along with additional ones put up at Sunset Captiva and The Mucky Duck, which was approved in a 5-0 vote.
The commission next voted 5-0 to approve up to $12,000 to remove the poles and ropes from the approved sites, as well as approved up to $7,000 to install poles and ropes where requested.
Also at the meeting, the commissioners were presented with a proposal from APTIM, its consultant. The Sea Level Rise Analysis for Grant Eligibility involved helping the CEPD to update its vulnerability analysis needed for state funding eligibility and preparatory actions to support applying for funding.
In the proposal, APTIM outlined its scope of work and seven tasks, which included: update vulnerability analysis for CEPD interests, inundation maps for various sea level rise scenarios, future conditions vulnerability presentation, funding opportunity identification, legal memo of CEPD authority, resilience criteria and standards, and preparation of grant template for 2022.
A motion to approve the proposal at a cost of $66,884 passed in a 5-0 vote.
Also during the meeting, the commission received a monthly progress report about sea level rise.
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