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Extend Follets Island Gulf Beach and Dune Restoration Project (Precinct 1)
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Based on the information provided the following recommendations are made:
• Based on the GLO comment letter dated 10/01/2025 it is recommended the approval of amendment 2.
• The extension will not exceed the original $5,000,000.00 approved by GLO for the entire Dune Restoration Project. The County will be reimbursed for the extension of the Project (892 linear feet) up to the original $5,000,000.00 approved for the entire Project.
• All previous comments in GLO comment letter BDBC-24-0184 still apply and are enforceable under law.
• The GLO acknowledges that the County has deemed the proposed activities consistent with the goals and policies of the Coastal Management Program.
• The mitigated dunes and dune vegetation must be continuous with any surrounding naturally formed dunes and must approximate the natural position, contour, volume, elevation, vegetative cover, and sediment content of any naturally formed dunes in the restoration area.
• The County must require the permittee to conduct mitigation efforts continuously until the repaired, rehabilitated, and restored dunes and dune vegetation are equal or superior to the pre- existing dunes and dune vegetation. These efforts shall include preservation and maintenance pending completion of mitigation.
• The permittee must complete the sand placement and dune vegetation relocation or planting portions of the mitigation plan within one year of initiation of construction.
• The permittee shall be deemed to have failed to achieve mitigation if a 1:1 ratio has not been achieved within three years after initiation of construction, and the GLO may initiate enforcement as provided in 31 Tex. Admin. Code § 15.9.
• The County shall determine a mitigation project is complete when the dune restoration project’s position, contour, volume, elevation, and vegetative cover matches or exceeds the surrounding naturally formed dunes.
• The County must provide written notification to the GLO after determining that mitigation is complete. The GLO may conduct a field inspection to verify compliance.
• Where mitigation is required, the applicant must provide landowners immediately adjacent to the tract with notice of the hearing at least 10 days prior to the hearing on the application.
In the event of a material change to the site conditions or the proposed construction, a new or amended beachfront construction certificate and dune protection permit is required.
Further, that a certified copy of this order be returned to the Flood Plain Administrator and Engineering Department.