Hurricane Damage Repair Costs Shared by Alabama Beach Cities
John Mullen • July 17, 2023
Orange Beach to Discuss $11.6M Beach Renourishment Bid
Orange Beach, Ala. – (OBA) – Orange Beach’s share of the upcoming $32.8 million beach renourishment will be about $11.6 million and the city council will discuss awarding the bid at its July 18 work session. The council will meet at 5 p.m. at the Community Center on Canal Road at 5 p.m. in a joint regular/work session due to ongoing renovations at city hall.
Of the total cost, Gulf Shores will pay $17 million and Gulf State Park’s portion will be about $4 million. The renourishment will repair engineered beaches damaged during hurricanes Nate and Sally. FEMA and the state will reimburse 87.5 percent of the costs from Hurricane Nate damage and 95 percent of the cost from Hurricane Sally.
Gulf Shores will also discuss awarding the bid at its July 17 work session. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has the lowest conforming bid on the project.
During the regular session, the council will consider:
- Setting a public hearing for an appeal from Ike’s Beach Service on a business license denial. The requested date was Aug. 15.
- Awarding a bid for the milling, paving, and striping of State Route 180 near the new Fire Station No. 3.
- Awarding the bid for replacing the roof at the Recreation Center for $727,400.
- Hiring DuncanCounts for lobbying services for $2,000 a month plus expenses.
- Authorizing a contract with Sawgrass Consulting for a boundary survey of property recently acquired by the city at 26192 Canal Road. The council voted at its June 20 meeting to purchase the home for $860,000 from Bert and Mary Taylor. It is located west of the PowerSouth substation and north of the Justice Center.
- Authorizing a contract with Sawgrass Consulting for land surveying of the vacation of a sanitary sewer easement on the Romar Lakes development’s Windward Lakes property.
- Authorizing a lease agreement with the post office.
- Hiring McCollough Architecture to design a veterans’ memorial for $16,000.
- Authorizing a software service agreement with Zapp Software for the 2024 Orange Beach Festival of Art.
- Hiring Grace Station for theater performance direction for “Junie B. Jones.
During the work session, the council will discuss:
- Changing the venue for the Aug. 1 council meeting/work session to the Community Center as renovations to city hall are ongoing.
- Giving $12,500 to the Gulf United Metro Business Organization (GUMBO) for the 2023 Tourism Summit on Oct. 17-19 at the Gulf State Park Lodge and Conference Center.
- Awarding the bid for billing services for the city’s ambulance and emergency services.
- Paying an additional $38,000 to Sawgrass Consulting for professional services related to building Fire Station No. 3.
- Setting a public hearing date for a modification to the planned unit development of the Buena Vista luxury RV resort on beach road to build a covered outdoor kitchen area of about 300 square feet.
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