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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 10-F_3/5/1998 RESOLUTION NO. 16 - 97/98 3m -+ • Y - `Y A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE . OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, , FLORIDA, URGING THE 1998 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO PASS HB 3427 AND SB 882 WHICH PROVIDES A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR STATEWIDE BEACH MANAGEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Beaches are Florida's number one tourist attraction, in 1996 generating $18 . 9 billion for the State' s economy, 442, 000 jobs, and more than $500 million in State sales and use taxes; and WHEREAS, Florida' s beaches protect over $150 billion in upland coastal property against hurricane and storm waves, and healthy beaches can reduce damages to coastal development by as much as 500; and WHEREAS, The Florida Department of Environmental Protection estimates that more than 300 miles of Florida' s beaches are experiencing a state of critical erosion; and WHEREAS, when legislation authorizing the State' s Beach Management Program was enacted in 1986, the Legislature declared an intent to "appropriate at least $35 million annually" to implement this program; and WHEREAS, appropriations over the past decade have fallen far short of the amount needed to repair the State' s eroding beaches; and WHEREAS, Legislation, designated HB 3427 and SB 882, has been introduced in the 1998 Legislature, which provides for a stable, designated funding source for Florida' s Beach Management Program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF-THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: - Section 1. The Village Council supports legislative efforts to provide a stable, long-term, dedicated funding strategy to protect, restore, and enhance Florida' beaches, and urges the Legislature to pass into law HB 3427 and SB 882 as introduced. Section 2 . The Village Council authorizes and directs the Village Clerk to furnish copies of this Resolution to the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation, the President of the Florida Senate, and the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives . THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED by Councilmember , who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilmember , and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows : I FOR ADOPTION AGAINST ADOPTION 'i The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and adopted this 5th day of March, A.D. , 1998 . MAYOR OF TEQUESTA Elizabeth A. Schauer ATTEST: Joann Manganiello Village Clerk wp60\res\HB3427 1L> . FLORIDA SHORE & BEACH ' . 2952 Wellington Circle PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION Tallahassee,Florida32308 (850)906-9227 A League of Cities and Counties on Beach and Coastal Issues (850)906-9228 FAX FebruaryJS-400-1°1:" 12, 1998 y Village of Tequesta CHAIR Steve Higgins Broward County ! FEB 1 9 1998 VICE CHAIR To: Coastal City Managers/County Administrators Debbie Norton Village Manager's Office Santa Rosa Island Authority From: Stan Tait, President SECRETARY/ TREASURER Richard Davis,Jr. Re: Dedicated Beach Funding Bill (HB3427 & SB882) University of South Florida PRESIDENT Stan Tait Tallahassee I am pleased to report that bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to EXECUTIVE provide a state dedicated funding source of$30 million annuallyfor beach DIRECTOR g Tallllahassee management projects. Source of the funding is the unallocated portion of the • DIRECTORS documentary stamp tax that now goes to general revenue. Bob Clinger • Palm Beach County Enactment of this legislation is of vital concern to all of Florida's coastal cities and NicksrtL aud Grossmaerdal eY n counties. It would benefit you in two ways: • Fo Alison c ptiva * State matching money would be available for your local beach project Malcolm McLouth when you need it, avoiding long delays we have seen in the past. Canaveral Port • Authority • Jim Quinn * It would lower cost of projects by allowing DEP to schedule beach Longboat Key repairs in an orderly five-year work program, like DOT builds roads. Jon Staiger . Naples TO WIN SUPPORT IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR THIS BILL, I URGE YOUR Wiliam strange LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ENACT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE Florida Atlantic University BILL AND TO CONVEY THIS RESOLUTION•TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE Jim Terry DELEGATION: Pinellas County John Walker To more full inform •you about dedicated fundinfor beaches, I am enclosingthe Delray Beach Y g following: Michael Walther,P.E. non-governmental EX OFFICIO 1. A short summary and copy of the bill. Al Devereaux Florida DEP George Strain , 2. "Florida's Beaches In Crisis," a brief overview on the need for this bill. Corps of Engineers Tom Campbell 3. A sample resolution for your consideration. Erik Olsen CHAIR EMERITUS Allen Ten Broek Sanibel Island Robert Dean University of Florida printed on 100%recycled paper a , 5 Coastal City Managers/County Administrators February 12, 1998 Page Two Obviously, to be most effective, this resolution should be adopted prior to March 3, the opening day of the 1998 Legislature and transmitted to every member of your legislative delegation. You may also want to send a copy to the following legislators: Senator Toni Jennings Rep. Daniel Webster President of the Senate Speaker of the House 409 Capitol 420 Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Senator Donald Sullivan, Chair Rep. Ken Pruitt, Chair Senate Ways and Means Committee House General Government Comm. 336 Senate Office Building 221 Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Senator Jack Latvala, Chair Rep.Charles Sembler, Chair Senate Natural Resources Committee House Environ. Protection Comm. 302 Senate Office Building 220 House Office Building Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 • Also, please send a copy to: Stan Tait, President FSBPA 2952 Wellington Circle . Tallahassee, FL 32308 • • • HB 3427 and SB 882 Dedicated Funding for Beach Management What the Bill Does: 1. Phases in over three years an allocation of$30 million annually to fully fund the state share of Florida's Beach Management Plan. 2. The funding would come from an unallocated portion of the documentary stamp tax on real estate transactions that currently goes to general revenue. Thus,no new taxes are required. 3. The money would be transferred to DEP's Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund. 4. The bill provides that allocations to the trust fund be phases in as follows: • $10 million in FY 1998-99 • $20 million in FY 1999-2000 • $30 million in FY 2000-01 and each fiscal year thereafter (Note: This phase-in approach does not preclude the Legislature from appropriating from other sources money for the beach management program in FY 1998-99 and FY 2000-01.) 5. The bill also includes important language of a legislative"finding"that"erosion of the beaches of this state is detrimental to tourism,that state's major industry,further exposes the state's highly developed coastline to severe storm damage, and threatens beach-related jobs,which if not stopped, could significantly reduce state sales tax revenues..." Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 By Representative Jones 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to funding for beach 3 management; amending s. 161 .091, F.S. ; 4 providing for funding of the state's/ beach 5 management plan through the Ecosystem 6 Management and Restoration Trust Fund; 7 providing that designated funds be deposited in 8 the trust fund and that funds in the trust fund 9 be used to fully implement the beach management 10 plan prior to being used for any other purpose; 11 amending s. 201. 15, F.S.; providing for 12 appropriation of certain documentary stamp tax 13 revenues to the trust fund for purposes of. 14 beach preservation and repair; providing an 15 effective.date. 16 17 WHEREAS, Florida's number one tourist attraction is its 18 beaches, and . 19 WHEREAS, according to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and 20 Economic Development,, some 43 million tourists visited Florida 21 in 1996, spending $37.9 billion in taxable sales and creating 22 781, 400 travel-related jobs, and • 23 WHEREAS, more than half of all tourists coming to 24 Florida spend at least part of their vacation on its beaches, 25 and . • 26 ', WHEREAS, in a recent study over 60 percent of the beach 27 • tdurists in Broward County said they would not return if there 28 were no beaches, .and . 29 WHEREAS, Florida's beaches produce additional state 30 sales and use tax revenues in excess of $500 million in 1996, 31 and 1 CODING:Words st .ick=a are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 , 1 WHEREAS, Florida's beaches and dunes provide 2 environmentally compatible storm protection to both developed 3 and undeveloped upland property, protecting more than $150 4 billion in taxable property values in the state, and 5 WHEREAS, the Legislature in 1986, pursuant to s. 6 161.088, Florida Statutes, recognized that uncontrolled beach 7 erosion is a serious threat to the economic and general 8 welfare of the state and its people and that in many areas 9 beach erosion had already advanced to emergency proportions, . 10 and 11 WHEREAS, since this declaration over a decade ago, the 12 health of Florida's beaches has further deteriorated and • . 13 continues to deteriorate to such an extent that over one-third 14 of the state's beaches are now critically eroded or eroding, 15 are no longer providing effective upland. storm protection, and 16 as a result have lost much of their value to tourism, and 17 WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes. the urgency of the • 18' problem and.declares its intent to fund a .comprehensive, • 19 long-range beach management plan for erosion control; beach 20 preservation, restoration, and renourishment; and•storm and 21 hurricane protection, and • 22 WHEREAS, the Legislature has already allocated a 23 portion of the excise tax on documents fo.r beach acquisition 24 and land management; and 25 WHEREAS, the Legislature has determined that it is also 26 %appropriate .to fund the preservation, restoration, and 27 • management of Florida's beaches from the same revenue source, 28 NOW, THEREFORE, 29 30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: • 31 2 CODING:Words :��ri .}.cir are deletions; words underlined are additions. i • Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 • 1 Section 1. Section 161.091, Florida Statutes, ig 2 amended to read: 3 161. 091 Beach management; funding; repair and 4 maintenance strategy.-- 5 (1) Subject to such appropriations• as the Legislature 6 may make therefor from time to time, disbursements from the 7 Ecosystem Management and Restoration Florida P.zztri� Fc.t Trust 8 • Fund may be made by 9 the department in order to carry out the proper state • 10 responsibilities in a comprehensive, long-range, statewide 11 beach management 'plan for erosion control; beach preservation, 12 Leach restoration, and Leach renourishment; and storm and • • 13 hurricane protection.. ill. auai. . 14 ideuLify an addiLioLial dedicated• revenue source Lv 15 fund th= Lec. .l 16 (2) In concert with any increased fanding,The - 17 department shall develop a zml.espondrl,g multiyear repair and 18 maintenance strategy that: - 19 (a,) Ensures the geographic coordination and sequencing • 20 of prioritized projects; 21 (b) Reduces equipment mobilization and demobilization 22 costs; . 23 (c) Maximizes the infusion of beach-quality sand into .24 the system; 25 (d) Extends the life of beach nourishment projects and 26 reduces the frequency of renourishment; and 27 (e) Promotes inlet sand bypassing to replicate the 28 natural flow of sand interrupted by inlets and ports. 29 (3.) In accordance with the intent expressed in s. 30 161.088 and the legislative finding that erosion of the 31 beaches of this state is detrimental to tourism, the state's 3 CODING:Words st..ickiir are deletions; words underlined are additions. 1 Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 1 major industry, further exposes the state's highly developed 2 coastline to severe storm damage, and threatens beach-related 3 jobs, which, if not stopped, could significantly reduce state 4 sales tax revenues, funds deposited into the State Treasury to 5 the credit of the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust 6 Fund, in the annual amounts provided in s. 201.15 (8) , shall be 7 used, for a period of not less than 15 years, to fund the 8 development, implementation, and administration of the state's • 9 beach management plan, as provided in ss. 161.091-161.212, 10 prior to the use of funds in that trust fund for any other ' 11 purpose. 12 Section 2. Section 201.15, Florida Statutes, is 13 amended to read: • 14 201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.--All taxes • 15 collected under this chapter shall be subject to the service • 16 charge imposed in s. 215.20 (1) and shall be distributed as 17 follows: . 18 (1) Sixty-two and sixty-three hundredths percent of • 19 the remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used 20 for the following purposes: • 21 (a) Subject to the maximum amount limitations set 22 forth in this paragraph, an amount as shall be necessary to • 23 pay the debt service on, or fund debt service reserve funds, 24 rebate obligations, or other amounts with respect to bonds 25 issued pursuant to s. 375.051 and payable from moneys 26 •transferred to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to • 27 this Paragraph shall be paid into the State Treasury to the 28 credit of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to.be used for such 29 purposes. The amount transferred to the Land Acquisition Trust 30 Fund shall not exceed $90 million in fiscal year 1992-1993, 31 $120 million in fiscal year 1993-1994, $150 million in fiscal . 4 CODING:Words -bLLickG.r are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 1 year 1994-1995, $180 million in fiscal year 1995-1996, $210 2 million in fiscal year 1996-1997, $240 million in fiscal year 3 1997-1998, $270 million in fiscal year 1998-1999, and $300 4 million in fiscal year 1999-2000 and thereafter. No individual 5 series of bonds may be issued pursuant to this paragraph 6 unless the first year's debt service for such bonds is 7 specifically appropriated in the General Appropriations Act. 8 No moneys transferred to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund 9 pursuant to this paragraph, or earnings thereon, shall be used 10 or made available to pay debt service on the Save Our Coast 11 revenue bonds. 12 (b) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this 13 subsection, after the required payment under paragraph (a) , . 14 shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the 15 Land Acquisition Trust Fund and may be used for any purpose. 16 for which funds deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund 17 . may lawfully 'be used. Payments made under this paragraph 18 shall continue until the cumulative amount credited to the ' .19 Land Acquisition Trust Fund for the fiscal year under this 20 paragraph and paragraph (2) (b) equals 70 percent of the 21 current official forecast for distributions of taxes collected 22 under this chapter pursuant to subsection (2) . As used in 23 this paragraph, the term "current official forecast" means the 24 most recent forecast as determined by the Revenue Estimating 25 Conference. If the current official forecast for a fiscal 26 . year changes after payments under this paragraph have ended 27 duxing that fiscal year, no further payments are required 28 under this paragraph during the fiscal year. 29 (c) The remainder of the moneys distributed under this 30 subsection, after the required payments under paragraphs (a) 31 and (b) , shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit 5 CODING:Words . tLiL.ka are deletions; words underlined are additions. 4 Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 • 1 of the General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and • 2 expended for the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund 3 was created and exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management 4 and Restoration Trust Fund as provided in subsection (8) . 5 (2) Seven and fifty-six hundredths percent of the 6 remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be used for 7 the following purposes: 8 • (a) Beginning in the month following the final payment • 9. for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) (b) , available moneys 10 shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the •- 11 General Revenue Fund of the state to be used and expended for 12 the purposes for which the General Revenue Fund was created 13 and' exists by law or to the Ecosystem Management and 14 Res•toration Trust Fund as provided in subsection (8) . Payments 15 made under this paragraph shall continue until the cumulative 16 amount credited. to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal 17 year under this paragraph equals the cumulative payments made 18 under paragraph (1) (b) for the same fiscal year. 19 (b) The remainder-of the moneys distributed under this 20 subsection shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit 21 of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. Sums deposited in the 22 fund pursuant to this subsection may be used for any purpose 23 for which funds deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund 24 may lawfully be used. 25 (3) One and ninety-four hundredths percent of the 26 remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid 27 into the State Treasury to the credit of the Land Acquisition 28 Trust Fund. Moneys deposited in the trust fund pursuant to 29 this section shall be used for the following purposes: 30 31 6 CODING:Words -L4..;.cken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 1 Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 • 1 (a) Sixty percent of the moneys shall be used to 2 acquire coastal lands or to pay debt service on bonds issued 3 to acquire coastal lands; and 4 (b) Forty percent of the moneys shall be used to 5 develop .and manage lands acquired with moneys from the Land 6 Acquisition Trust Fund. 7 (4) Five and eighty-four hundredths percent of the 8 remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid 9 into the State Treasury to the credit of the Water Management. 10 Lands Trust Fund. Sums deposited in that fund may be used for 11 any purpose authorized in s. 373.59. 12 (5) Five and eighty-four hundredths percent of the 13 remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid 14 into the• State Treasury to the credit of the Conservation and 15 Recreation Lands Trust Fund to carry out the purposes set 16 forth in s. 259.032. ' 17 (6) Seven and fifty-three -hundredths percent of the 18 remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid .. 19 into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Housing 20 Trust Fund and shall be used as follows: 21 (a) Half of that amount' shall be used for the purposes 22 for which the State Housing Trust Fund was created and exists 23 by law. 24 (b) Half of that amount shall be paid into the State 25 Treasury, to the credit of the Local Government Housing Trust - 26 . Fund and shall be used for the purposes for which the Local 27 ,Government Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law. 28 (7) Eight and sixty-six hundredths percent of the 29 remaining taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid 30 into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Housing 31 Trust Fund and shall be used as follows: 7 CODING:Words are deletions; •words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 1 (a) Twelve and one-half percent of that amount shall 2 be deposited into the State Housing Trust Fund and be expended 3 by the Department of Community Affairs and by the Florida 4 Housing Finance Agency for the purposes for which the State 5 Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law. 6 (b) Eighty-seven and one-half percent of that amount 7 shall be distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust. 8 Fund and shall be used for the purposes for which the Local 9 Government Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law. 10 Funds from this category may also be used to provide for state 11 and local services to assist the homeless. 12 (8) From the moneys specified in paragraphs (1) (c) and 13 (2) (a) and •rior to de•osit of an mone s into the General 14 Revenue Fund, $10 million shall be paid •into the State 15 Treasury to the credit of the Ecosystem Management and 16 Restoration Trust Fund in fiscal year 1998-1999, $20 million 17 in fiscal year 1999-2000, and $30 million in fiscal year 18 2000-2001 .and each fiscal year thereafter, to be used for the 19 preservation and repair of the state's beaches as provided in 20 ss. 161.091-161.212. 21 (9)-01- The Department of Revenue may use the payments 22 credited to trust funds pursuant to paragraphs (1) (b) and 23 (2) (b) and subsections (3) , (4) , (5) , (6) , and (7) to pay the 24 costs of the collection and enforcement of the tax levied by 25 this chapter. The percentage of such.costs which may be 26 assessed against a trust fund is a ratio, the numerator of 27 . which•is payments credited to that trust fund under this 28 section and the denominator of which is the sum of payments 29 made under paragraphs (1) (b) and (2) (b) and subsections (3) , 30 (4) , (5) , (6) , and (7) . 31 8 CODING:Words stri..Kea are deletions; words. underlined are additions. a Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 3427 111-171-98 1 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1- of -the 2 year in which enacted. • 3 4 ***************************************** 5 HOUSE SUMMARY • 6 Provides for funding of the state's beach management plan 7 through the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund. Provides for deposit of a portion of•documentary 8 stamp tax revenues into the trust fund for such purpose and provides that funds in the trust fund be used to 9 fully implement the beach management plan prior to being used for any other purpose. See bill for details. 10 " 11 12 • 13 14 15 • • 16 • 17 . 18 • 19 . 20 21 . 22 . 23 24 25 26 27 • 28 29 • 30 31 9 CODING:Words at1.1,..k .ir are deletions.; words underlined are additions. SAMPLE DEDICATED FUNDING RESOLUTION. Resolution No. A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF , FLORIDA, URGING THE 1998 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO PASS HB 3427 AND SB 882 WHICH PROVIDES A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR STATEWIDE BEACH MANAGEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Beaches are Florida's number one tourist attraction, in 1996 generating $18:9 billion for the State' s economy, 442, 000 jobs, and more than $500 million in State sales and use taxes; and WHEREAS, Florida's beaches protect over $150 billion in upland coastal property against hurricane and storm waves, and -healthy beaches • can reduce damages to coastal development by as much as 50%; and, WHEREAS, The Florida Department of Environmental Protection estimates that more than 300 miles of Florida's beaches are experiencing a state of critical erosion; and, WHEREAS, when legislation authorizing the State' s beach management program was enacted in 1986, the Legislature declared an - . intent to "appropriate at least $35 million 'annually" to implement this program; and WHEREAS, appropriations over the past decade have fallen far short of the amount needed to repair the State's eroding beaches; and WHEREAS, Legislation, designated HB 3427, has been introduced in •the 1998 Legislature, which provides for a stable, designated funding source for Florida's Beach Management Program; NOW, THEREFORE, ' r ' BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF • FLORIDA: r, w • FSBPA `r ;. jxr F. MEMBERn o Florida's Beaches In Crisis Y ,ib THE PROBLEM ... s't � •The Department of Environmental Protection estimates that ' over 300 miles of Florida's 787 miles.of sandy beach are in a v p state of critical erosion. One-third of the remaining miles ; LEE.r 3`% are experiencing erosion to a lesser degree. M.,': ,,4 • 0 • Only 105 miles of Florida's beachfront are part of a ">ny;~> :H;3 Ar restoration/nourishment or other del r� 3 z�� '•��.�,,,- � type of beach erosion ,CI `O �a control project. �,• ;;x,,,<:,, .; .,,,•5 • Florida's beaches are virtually starving to death because of caused the loss of ov >'0.4' 40.0k-''A intervention d.natural forces. Hurricane Opal alone PF's Tg , ... er 10 million cubic.yards of sand along •MANAL AN' the Panhandle shoreline. Navigation interests---specifically 41 sn'n?� ae�i Ap ati�s ; ' ?e• inlets and ports,---have interrupted the natural flow of sand sT k4TEiss'R3Ro *tc. ., along Florida's coasts,starving downdrift beaches. ►ORO E a . r. • Inlets may account for up to 80%of the erosion on Florida's xcr; sci�u sB�e� .��. nUDERttALEByVy.��THESE East Coast. A 1985 University of Florida study calculated a uY61:$1 49.04 :.- • cumulative loss of approximately 110 million cubic yards of t ISLAN ::. sand from Florida's beach system as. a result of inlet SOUTH PAL K . •er.044.GTONU Aci .s navigation structures and channel dredging. That is enough REDINGT02�'SII a. DyDIAN E's . sand to create a 50-foot wide beach along Florida's entire q, > 400-mile East Coast. Dt0D 0 j . sia�lnt g4,4A� ` •To reverse the effects of erosion requires a natural remedy HicHiLANDBrA — the massive infusion of sand. To maintain our beaches • 3_E ; ; thereafter will require ongoing inlet sand by-passing and less RPJ JNoiiiia. mil- frequent renourishment.y C'AP ANA.VE • . �.NEWSMYRNA BEAC## ,. '. • ;;Fh>A>fav4,1#o�. coh> •As part of the 1986 Beach Management Act,the Legislature ..FERNANDINABEAG,H% '` expressed it's intent to appropriate at least $35 million i►rnnE,MC 6 '4 annuallyto manage Florida's beaches. The DEP feels that KEYB4.K4 this is still the amount needed to address the problem. The BIA �1:, average state appropriation since passage of the Beach FORT pI,4ct x :- Management Act over a decade ago has been less than $10 0 �� million, making it impossible to reverse the critical condition sOCA ICATo ,I • of Florida's beaches. ;z Ar14 ' 'i .... AND SOLUTION 'ATLA 'IC$EACH: MY $BEACH S I'ANA CLTY. EAcfl • Beach nourishment and inlet by-passing.can solve 90% of ,5 F the critical erosion problems in Florida. A surgical use of sM m xos rs 4'1 structures &innovative erosion control methods can address .. 7,I� the rest. We have the technology and the know how to • GREATER'WJCA,1r*;7Ca restore 'and preserve Florida's beaches. We need an TAX DISTRI@T, ` aggressive management strategy and adequate fundingto bu w'. ya z3y �' '' .b.P,I ER IN DI j5e. make it happen. DISTRICT •The only solution is a long-term state commitment, in -' <INLA ;^ <: partnership with local government, to save Florida's IVAVIGAi'FIQ11zD1S'l'R1:C>Tm beaches. To insure a coordinated and effective statewide .cAt�?A .RA4rottr,; .. beach management program will require- a DEDICATED AUTBOR1TY` FUNDING SOURCE which produces, at a minimum, $30 million annually. • Every state dollar spent preserving Florida's beaches is equally matched by local government (the 1996 Legislature increased the local cost-share from 25%to 50%). For the vast majority of beach restoration projects, the federal government currently pays between 50-60% of the total project cost,thus providing a$2 match for every state dollar spent. However,with the current budget climate in Washington, it is no longer reasonable to assume that the federal government will indefinitely continue to pay over half of the cost of beach nourishment in Florida. Without increased and consistent state funding, the health of our beaches will only further deteriorate. FLORIDA'S BEACHES MUST SURVIVE • Beaches remain Florida's number 1 tourist attraction. According to Florida's tourism agency, some 43 million tourists visited Florida in 1996. Over 1/2 of these tourists spent at least part of their vacation at the beach. • The estimated economic impact (spending & ripple effect) of beach- oriented tourists in 1996 was $18.9 billion; creating over 442,000 beach- related jobs. • Florida's beaches produced state sales tax revenues in excess of $500 million in 1996. • There is no better example of the economic benefits of beach nourishment than the restoration of Miami Beach. Beach attendance before restoration was 8 million(1978)but increased to 21 million by 1983,after nourishment. The capitalized cost of the beach project just over its current life is about $3 million a year (federal/state/local dollars). Just in terms of foreign revenue of$2 billion a year, every dollar invested to nourish Miami Beach returns$700 annually in foreign exchange(1995,Houston). • A recently completed year-long economic survey of beach-oriented tourists in Broward County found that 61% of these tourists said they'would not return if there were no beaches, while another 12% said they would not come as often. • (The Miami Herald, 10/14/1997) More Sand in Our Shoes "Our shores are a national resource and an economic engine that need renewal. Their health warrants national concern." • Another major benefit of an effective beach preservation program is storm • protection. The presence of a 100-foot wide strip of beach may reduce storm damage to coastal properties by more than 50%. + Florida's beaches and dunes are the first line of protection from storms and hurricanes. In Florida, they protect over $150 billion in upland coastal buildings. If we allow our beaches to erode the state and federal governments will have ever-increasing post-storm recovery costs. The Corps of Engineers estimated that structural damage from Hurricane Opal at Panama City Beach would have been reduced by up to 70% if the pending beach restoration project had been in place. THE BOTTOM LINE We can no longer assume Florida's beaches will always be there, without a comprehensive, adequately-funded, statewide beach management strategy. The answer is a dedicated funding source which produces not less than $30 million annually, to save Florida's beaches. Florida Shore&Beach Preservation Association D. Flack 1/98