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VOL. 29 NO. 12                                   FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com                                     DECEMBER 2019


             i Wishing You Safe and Happy Holidays O






      PGA POA Jottings




      By Dawn Levinstein,                                Annual Meeting And Election                       For January
      PGA POA                                               In this issue you will find the biographies for each of      Since I took up my allotted space in this issue with the
      The Holiday Season                                 the candidates to the PGA POA Board of Governors. The   candidate information, you can be sure I will ramble on
         I hope you all had a                            POA annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, January   next month (hey, I may ramble but you’re reading this!).
      wonderful Thanksgiving                             22, 2020 at 6 p.m. at the PGA Resort. The meeting notice   I plan to include some interesting information regarding
      holiday! For those are not                         and election information will be mailed this month to   bicycles, sharing the road (and paths); reminders of
      aware, the City of Palm                            your ‘address of record’ with the POA. Five candidates   common courtesy we learned at age 4; and share some
      Beach Gardens holds an                             will be elected to the nine member board for a two year   interesting laws I bet you weren’t aware of (for cars and
      annual “Toy Drive” and                             term.                                             bicycles).
      we collect new unwrapped                              This meeting will be the 40th annual meeting of the      Wishing you all the very best of the Holiday Season:
      gifts at the POA office.                           POA since 2020 begins the 41st year since the POA was   Remember, be nice to one another and if I forget to tell
      Please make a child’s                              incorporated. The POA Board has something special   you: Happy New Year!!!!
      holiday special and drop off a new toy at the POA office   for all attendees at the meeting but even if you can’t
      between now and mid-December. We challenge you to   personally attend, it is important to cast your ballot so   See Board Of Governors Candidate Bios on page 2
      out-do the POA/Lang staff – We love to give toys!  please don’t wait.
      Commissioner’s Update



      Beaches Are Our Business                           opportunities, and sea turtle nesting habitat.    sand will be placed above the mean high water line and planted
                                                            With projected construction between December and March,   with native dune vegetation.
      By Commissioner                                    residents may notice changes in the sand color, odor or cloudy      The county is working with the Town of Jupiter on easements
      Hal Valeche                                        water. Sand will be dredged from an offshore borrow area 70   needed for staging and access, while minimizing impacts to
         As the only county in                           feet deep and about 1.6 miles northeast of the Jupiter Inlet. It   traffic on A1A.
      Florida with the word beach                        will appear dark during and immediately after placement, but   Juno Beach Segment Three
      in its name, maintaining the                       will lighten after a few weeks of sun exposure. Odors occur from      This re-nourishment project, anticipated to commence
      quality and sustainability of                      the decay of organic fauna in the sand, which will also subside   in November/December 2020, will place approximately 1.3
      this beautiful Palm Beach                          after a few weeks of exposure.                    million cubic yards of sand along 12,750 feet of beach in Juno
      County natural resource is of                         Cloudy water is turbidity associated with hydraulic pumping   Beach. FEMA will provide $17.2 million toward this $23
      the highest importance.                            of sand on the beach and may persist throughout the duration   million project, with the state and local partners splitting the
         The Palm Beach County                           of pumping activities. Turbidity will subside after project   remainder at $2.9 million each.
      (PBC) Department of                                completion, but can periodically re-occur during heavy wave      This particular project will leverage additional sand
      Environmental Resources                            events.                                           placement within the Jupiter/Carlin segment.
      Management works diligently with federal, state and local     Palm Beach County will place signs at public access locations      Palm Beach County is grateful for the partnerships we have
      partners to acquire the dollars needed to undertake beach   within the project area that will include a web address for   with Jupiter, Juno Beach and all of our coastal cities that help
      re-nourishment and dune restoration projects. Bringing these   project updates.                      us accomplish these ongoing beach improvements, so that all
      projects to fruition can take a long time to get through all the      A significant development in connection with this project   of us can enjoy our magnificent beaches that are vital to our
      permitting agencies, but I am pleased to tell you about three   is the extension of the federal authorization until 2045. This is   tourism, recreation and economy.
      projects that are advancing toward construction.   important in that it maintains the project’s eligibility for future      Your input on areas of concern is very helpful. As always,
      Jupiter/Carlin Segment One                         federal funds, reducing state and local costs.    please contact me if I can be of assistance at (561) 355-2201,
         The United States Army Corps of Engineers is funding   South Jupiter Dune Segment Two             or by email at hvaleche@pbcgov.org.
      and will manage this federally qualified project to pump      This FEMA funded
      517,000 cubic yards of sand along 5,500 feet of beach from   project will restore the dune
      Jupiter Beach Park to the south end of Carlin Park, which   along 1,200 feet of beach   Be Part Of A Memorable
      includes the shoreline in front of Ocean Trails, Jupiter   immediately north of Jupiter
      Beach Resort and the Jupiter Civic Center. The project will   Reef Club. Mobilization is   Season At PGA National
      restore material eroded by Hurricanes Irma and Dorian.   anticipated in mid- to late-
      The cost is approximately $8.4 million. The stabilized   January, with construction
      beach and dune will provide storm protection, recreational   lasting up to three weeks. All   Members Club


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