Environmental Protection Board

Jacksonville Sea Level Rise Community Resiliency Assessment Summary
"City of Jacksonville - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship"

August 14, 2015 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
UNF Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive

List of Symposium Attendees

List of Symposium Exhibitors

Symposium Presentations:

Opening Session: St. Johns River – It’s Health, Partnership Update and Pollution Impacts

• Dr. Radha Pyati, UNF State of the River Report
• Dr. Lucinda Sonnenberg, JU
• Melissa Long, COJ River Accord Annual Status Report
• John Whalen, UNF MS Candidate Effects of Pollutants in the St. Johns River on Atlantic Stingrays

MORNING SESSIONS

Session A: Sustainable Business – Host: Sarah Boren 

• Meaghan Atkinson CSX Transportation
• Annie Murphy EcoRelics
• Patricia Davis Consumers Against Toxic Apparel (CATA)
• Carrie-Lynn Black Green Team Project and Sustainable Workplace Designation

Session B: Energy/Alternative Fuels – Host: John Culver

• Kevin Doyle Impact of Energy Diversity on U.S. Consumers
• David Jaskolski The Natural Future of Transportation - Pivotal LNG Project
• Jack Chang Eagle LNG Project

Session C: Water Quality – Host: Gloria Hunter-Barnes

• Beth Alvi, FDEP LSJR BMAP Update
• John Pappas, COJ Stormwater – Septic Tank Phase-out
• Brian Wheeler Suburban Nutrient Control & Terrestrial & Aquatic BMPs

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE

Earl Benton – CEO of Champion Brands – Sustainability in Business

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Session D: Air Quality – Host: Melissa Long

• Steve Pace, COJ Air Quality over the Years
• Jay Worley, JEA Historical Impact of Air Regulations – Industry Perspective

Session E: Catalytic Urban Infill & Redevelopment Projects – Host: Lara Diettrich

• Bob Rhodes, Attorney Healthy Town
• Mark Lamping, Jacksonville Jaguars Shipyards
• Jonathan Heldenbrand, Sleiman Enterprises Jacksonville Landing

Session F: Environmental Remediation/Planning – Host: Allene Rachal

• Diane Pickett FDEP Petroleum Cleanup Program Update
• Dawn Emerick Brownfields in Historic Springfield & East Jax

Session G: Healthy Oysters, Healthy Estuaries – Host: Betsy Deuerling

• Andrea Noel, FDEP Northern Coastal Basin Oyster Health Assessment
• Kimberly Mann, FDEP & MSRI Comparison of the Common Oyster Reef in Three NE Florida Creeks
• Betsy Deuerling, COJ Water Quality of the Closed Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Duval County

Closing Session: Community Resiliency Assessment 

Hosts: Brian Teeple & Margo Moehring, NFRC 

Community Resiliency Assessment - City of Jacksonville

Session Report: Community Resiliency Assessment for the City of Jacksonville