Water, Shore, and Beach Advisory Committee

1201 Leopard Street

Corpus Christi, TX 78401

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City of Corpus Christi

Meeting Minutes - Final

Watershore and Beach Advisory Committee

5:30 PM Staff Conference Room 1st Floor, City Hall.Thursday, November 7, 2024

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Call To OrderA.

Roll CallB.

Armon D. Alex, David Zill, Larisa A. Ford, Scott Lawson, Kathryn Hyatt, Harrison A.

McNeil, Ruben Macias, and Glenn Duhon

Present: 8 -

Janie GiffordExcused: 1 -

Public CommentC.

There were 2 people from the public that wanted to speak. Deidre Williams went first.

She told the group who she was, a coastal research scientist in the Coastal Dynamic

Laboratory at the Conrad Blucher Institute for science at Texas A & M, Corpus Christi.

She services as a technical resource focusing on coastal erosion on the Gulf Coast

facing beaches, as well as the bay front parks and beaches for the city of Corpus Christi

since 2008. She works with the city staff to provide updates on the status of plans to

stabilize the eroding bay front parks along Corpus Christi bay. Erosion along the parks

escalated in the 2020 hurricane season when there were 6 storms that affected the

coastline. Erosion of the bluff presents a public safety issue, reduces the park footprint

and threatens the park infrastructure. She did say that there has been progress on

locating funding for this project, there is a TGLO/CEPRA grant that the city received last

year and working on the matching funds. Once this process is over the city will be part of

the TGLO/CERPA "family". This will benefit the city with future projects. There are 3

beach already in the "family"; North Beach, McGee Beach and University Beach.

Currently there is a project before the Type B board for CEPRA matching funds. If this

gets approved, it will then go to City Council for approval. She would like WBAC to

present a resolution of support to the Type B board.

The other person from the public was Philippe Tissot, also from the Conrad Blucher

Institute. He let the committee know that he had been on WBAC for many years and has

worked on the erosion issue during that time. He is at WBAC tonight to let the current