Project ID Number is 403

A. General Information Suggestion State:
Entity/Sponsor: Dauphin Island Property Owners Association Organization Website: http://www.Dipoa.org
Contact Name: Earle  Walkley Title: Board Member
Contact Address: 6124 Coronado Dr
Mobile, AL   36693
Phone Number: 251-604-1591   Email: etwalk@bellsouth.net
Suggestion State: Reviewed Suggestion Date: 9/14/2017
B. Project Classification - Primary Ecological/Environmental (Including Water Quality)
C. Project Classification - Secondary
 Ecological/Environmental (Including Water Quality) |  Economic |  Tourism Promotion
D. Project Information
Project Name: POA Isle Dauphine Beach Restoration
Project Location: Dauphin Island Property Owners Isle Dauphine Complex Public beach area
Project State(s):
AL
County(s):
Mobile
Watershed/Basin: Gulf Of Mexico Pelican Bay Area Latitude: 30.245715 Longitude:   -88.118131
E. Project Description The project would renourish the beach area at the DIPOA Isle Dauphine Complex on Dauphin Island. This area is a protected swimming area open to the public. This area offers a safe area for families with small children to come and enjoy the beach. Over the past 10-15 years the area has sloughed off into the Pelican Bay area on the South shore of Dauphin Island leaving a barely usable beach area, only 10' to 15' wide. Many people now want to put their gear in the Dune area prior to the beachfront. This is starting to erode the quality of the dune area prior to the beach. The project we propose would acquire sand from the adjacent offshore area of Pelican Bay out about 175'. The area of beach enhancement would extend along the shore from east to west for approximately 2600 linear feet .With the dredging of the sand material from the bay bottoms, a swimming area and recreational watersport area with a maximum depth of 5' would be created. At this time the depth is only about 25"to 34"average throughout this area. This area would have a slope of 10 to 1 over the entire area extending out 175 feet from shore Southward. With this enhanced area more tourist from the surrounding areas would come and enjoy the beach, and with more visitors, more jobs to work the beach area would be created. with more visitors comes more tax dollars for the Town Of Dauphin Island.
F. Water Quality Projects and Ecological Benefits
G. Resiliency Considerations (Ecological; Social-Ecological; Social; Socio-Economic and/or Community Resilience)
H. Project Status
Property/Resource Acquisition:
Current Landowner or Holder of the Easement: 		Dauphin Island Property Owners Association Recent Appraisal? No
Project Planning/Design: Not Started Project Permitting
No Permits
Project will take   6  Months to Begin and an additional  12  Months to Complete
Can be implemented in phases? Yes
No Phases
Is this project included under a regional or statewide plan/initiative? No
If so, list:
Project Feasibility and Likelihood of Success:
Leveraging/Complementary Projects:
I. Project Cost
Estimated Cost: $600,000.00 Maintenance/Operational Cost: $0.00
Nature of Cost: n/a Sources for Funding Costs: n/a
Level of Confidence: Medium New business startup or expansion? No
Basis/Method of Estimation: had estimate on 1000 linear ft
Matching Funds Available:
No Matching Funds
Project Partners:
No Project Partners Entered.
J. Project Impact on Community
Community Need: added beachfront area, more visitors Avoided Costs: n/a
Indirect Benefits: more tourism , more protection to dune area adjacent to beach Environmental Benefits: n/a
Environmental Impacts: none Project Monitoring and Performance: more beach for visitors,more visitors, more jobs, more tax $$$$
K. Resource Benefit(s):
Benefit(s): Birds  |  Vegetation  |  Recreational Use and Infrastructure 
Benefit State- or
Federally-listed Species? 		No If so, list: