Beach Nourishment Committee Meeting
Regular MeetingOgden Dunes, IN · August 20, 2024
Minutes
Minutes Beach Nourishment Committee Meeting August 20, 2024
Meeting called to order by Sandy Boyer 6:40 P.M. at OD town hall
Attendees: Sandy Boyer, Bruce Boyer, John Lawicki, Peter Mavrelis, Paul Panther, Al
Halline (remote), David Snyder, Michele Bonneau, Scott Kingan, Chuck Sheaff
Minutes of the July 2 meeting were approved
Reports:
Sandy and Scott
Litigation:
Save the Dunes lawsuit
Following the deposition by the expert witness on behalf of Save the Dunes on August 30, a
timetable for the beach protection project can be made. Much discussion followed
regarding determining the number of beach front homeowners who would be interested in
additional rock placement. A plan was proposed to inform and educate each homeowner
on the cost and appearance of the proposed project. Although a firm cost is not possible
until the bidding for the project is completed, an approximate idea for the cost will be given
to each homeowner. The committee then can determine how many homeowners will
participate which will help determine of the total scope and ultimately the cost of the
project.
OD vs USACE and NPS
Favorable progress has been made on several points regarding mitigation and public
access resulting with the work done on the east end project.
Reconciliation:
One homeowner dispute has been settled
Beach steps access:
Access for 7 and 9 have been completed. So far we are pleased with the results
Funding for access 16 is almost complete and discussion regarding sand and vegetation
followed.
Removal of plastic fencing on the south side of the seawall should be removed by
homeowners.
Donations:
Letters will go out to home owners on the north side of shore as well as to homeowners
involved with the litigation asking for donation to satisfy legal expenses
Master Plan:
Scott spoke to the inclusion of a beach plan to accompany the Town Master Plan to be
prepared for 2025, the 100th anniversary of Ogden Dunes.
Fund Raising:
Sandy spoke again of scheduling a fund raising Trivia night to raise money.
The Meeting was adjourned at 8:23
Respectfully submitted
Peter Mavrelis
Agenda
Beach Nourishment Committee Agenda August 20, 2024
Approve minutes from July 23 meeting.
Reports
Litigation & Mitigation:
▪ Save the Dunes
▪ Brack
▪ OD v USACE & NPS
Reconciliation
EZ Beach Steps
▪ Fundraising – Access 9
▪ Access 7 and 9 installations
• Access 9 went in as planned
• Access 7 had the beautiful woodwork at the top that we retained. The
actual steps were removed. They are on the beach. CJ, will you get
those off the beach, please. The wood steps were replaced with the
new steps. It is as close to perfect as we can get.
▪ Access 16 needs to have the vegetation removed or at least cut down on Town property
near the wall. Can we do that? Can we put down some sort of pavers so it doesn’t grow
back?
▪ The sand fences along the south side of the wall need to be removed. They are metal
stakes and plastic woven material. They will not disintegrate. The plastic is being buried
and the stakes are in the way of the accessway. I will contact the homeowners down
there. Was the fencing approved by the town.
▪ The vegetation has overgrown the access walkway. We need to ask ODHA to get that
trimmed back.
▪ The new steps for 16 will arrive in 3-4 weeks. I would like to collect an additional $4000
to pay for them. Any ideas?
Donations
▪ Requesting donations for homeowners for phase II and III
• We will begin this when we get approval to go forward
▪ Fundraising for litigation and accessway steps
▪ Letters have not gone out except for the access 16 request
▪ Different letters for plaintiffs versus other homeowners
▪ Trivia night
New Business
Old Business
Community Comments/Questions
Issues on hold: gifts purchased for donors, matrix, beach storage for kayaks and paddleboards.
Next meeting: 6:30, September 17
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