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Activating an Innovative, Sustainable and Resilient Community

October 15, 2021
UNF Adam W. Herbert University Center - 12000 Alumni Drive  Jacksonville, FL 32224


Symposium Program Booklet

List of Attendees - Alpha by Last Name

List of Attendees - Alpha by Organization


Symposium Presentations:

Opening Session:  St. Johns River  - Health and Projects Update 

Dr. Gerald Pinto                                       State of the River Report
Tom Frick                                                 Resilience:  A Water Management District Perspective

Morning Breakout Sessions              

Session A:  Sustainability in Action  -  Host:  Sarah Boren - USGBC Florida                          

Sustainability Intro
Amanda Askew - City of Atlantic Beach  -  City of Atlantic Beach Sustainability 
Mary Tappouni - Breaking Ground Contracting   -   NF Green Chamber Sustainability in Action
Ashantae Green - Duval Soil & Water Conservation District

Session B:   SMART North Florida, Clean Fuels Coalition and other Regional Efforts - Working Toward an Innovative and Resilient Future
Host - Jeff Sheffield - North Florida TPO


Elizabeth De Jesus - North Florida TPO and NF Clean Fuels Coalition  -  NF Clean Fuels Coalition
Clayton Levins - SMART North Florida  -  SMART North Florida 

Session C:  Managing our Marshes:  Adapting in the Face of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change
Host - Kaitlyn Dietz - GTM Research Reserve


Please contact James Richardson at jrichard@coj.net for presentation

Session D:  Urban Core Resilience Efforts - Emerald Trail and McCoys Creek
Host - Kelsey Cox, P.E. - City of Jax Public Works


Session Presentation
Kay Ehas - Groundwork Jacksonville
Rebecca Vanderbeck - WOOD
Nikita Reed, P.E. - COJ Public Works

Luncheon Keynote 

Alex Reed - Director of the Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection - FDEP
“Resilient Florida”  


Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Session E:  Using Technology to Preserve and Protect Natural Resources
Host:  Clint Noble, P.G.,PMP - CDM Smith 

 
Drone Techonolgy Presentation
COJ Vulnerabillity Assessment Presentation    

Lindsay Starner - JEA
Kelsey Cox, P.E. - COJ Public Works
Lisa Sterling, P.E., PMP, BCEE - CDM Smith
 
Session F:  404 Transitioning from USACOE to FDEP   -   Host:  Heather Mason - FDEP Divison of Water Resources

Session Presentation

Session G:   Basics of Impaired Waterbodies   -   Host:  Amy Tracy - Dewberry Hydro

Kevin O'Donnell, FDEP Environmental Administrator   -   Basics of Impaired Waterbodies
 
Session H:  Youth Initiatives:  Connecting Culture, Science and Environmental Stewardship
Host:  Ted Johnson - NPS Timucuan Preserve 


Andrew Mentrup - Nationa Park Service, Chris Conner - Jax Zoo WILD Team, Hunter Mathers - UNF Student
Jamie Lyn Lankenau - Jax Zoo WILD Team and Project Dragonfly Graduate Program, Emily Blum - Jax Zoo
Contact James Richardson at jrichard@coj.net for session presentations.

Session I:  Projects in Impaired Waterbodies   -   Host:  Melissa M. Long, P.E. - COJ Environmental Quality Divison

J.P. Johns, P.E. and James Riddle, P.E. - Woolpert
Ricardo Jimenez, P.E. - Dewberry Hydro
Contact James Richardson at jrichard@coj.net for session presentations.
 
Session J:  Climate Farming & The Science of Climate Change   -   Host:  Adam Rosenblatt - Citizen's Climate Lobby - NF

Charles Goodin - Johnny Appleseed Organic
Contact James Richardson at jrichard@coj.net for session presentations.

Session K:  Resilience Planning: South Atlantic Coastal Study and Flagler County  -  Host:  Eric Summa - USACOE

Margo Moehring - NF Regional Council  -  Flagler:  A County-wide Approach
Kip Webber - USACOE  -  South Atlantic Coastal Study

Session L:  Infrastructure Resilience Components of the Clean Waterways Act   
Host:  Terry Carr, C.H.M.M. - COJ Environmental Quality Divison


Maurice Barker - FDEP   -  Collection System Rulemaking and Resiliency
 

Closing Session:  COJ Resiliency - Where We Are and Where We Are Going

Session Host:   Sean Lahav - NF Regional Council
Panelists:         Honorable Randy DeFoor - District 14 City Council and Chair of the Special Committee on Resiliency, John Pappas - Dir of Public Works for City of Jacksonville, Kristen Reed - COJ Chief of Community Planning, Anne Coglianese - COJ Chief Resilience Officer 


 

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