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BP Oil Spill Hurting Some, But Not All, Gulf Coast Beaches | CheapOair

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Alabama: According to the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, Orange Beach and the Gulf Shores have seen a lot of oil come ashore from the BP oil spill. It has been advised that while it is safe to bathe in the sun and walk or play in the sand, people should avoid swimming in the beach water. CNN reports that “the Alabama Department of Public Health has issued an advisory against swimming in waters off Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan, and in bay waters close to Fort Morgan, Bayou St. John, Terry Cove, Cotton Bayou and Old River.” That is in addition to last week’s advisory by department requesting people avoid swimming in Dauphin Island and the Mississippi Sound.

BP Oil Spill Hurting Some, But Not All, Gulf Coast Beaches | CheapOair.

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Judge OKs revised Wharf deal between developers and Orange Beach | al.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

BAY MINETTE, Ala. – A Baldwin County judge on Monday approved changes to a revenue-sharing pact between Orange Beach and the developers of The Wharf that will enable AIG Baker to reclaim as much as $32.5 million in taxes generated at its property while relieving taxpayers of the cost of maintaining roads, sewers and bridges there.

via Judge OKs revised Wharf deal between developers and Orange Beach | al.com.

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Boating Between Terry Cove and Bear Point Opens Today

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

June 29, 2010- Orange Beach, AL (OBA)- Effective Tuesday, June 29, 2010, the following areas are closed to recreational and commercial vessels, including fishing vessels, except for law enforcement vessels or other official emergency vessels involved in governmental operations, and/or other approved response vessels:
“All Alabama waters south of a line running from the northernmost tip of Boggy Point to the northernmost tip of Robinson Island to the northernmost tip of Walker Island to the westernmost tip of Ono Island at Old River. This will include Cotton Bayou, Perdido Pass and all canals entering these waters.”

Boating Between Terry Cove and Bear Point Opens Today.

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Orange Beach COW Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Orange Beach City Council Chambers June 29, 2010 @5pm

I. ROLL CALL

II. CONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

Committee of the Whole 06/08/10
Special-Called 06/08/10
Special-Called 06/11/10
Regular Meeting 06/15/10

III. PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS

IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

V. NEW BUSINESS

Miscellaneous

1. Approval of a Retail Table Wine (Off Premises Only) and Retail Beer (Off Premises Only) Liquor License application for Dollar General, 25241 Perdido Beach Boulevard. (CC)

2. Discuss schedule for law firm interviews. (WC)

3. Discuss creation of part-time Animal Control Officer position. (BW)

Resolutions  

1. Resolution authorizing Delta Sanitation, LLC to remove and dispose of commercial solid waste and to remove and transport construction and demolition debris within the city limits of Orange Beach. (CC)

2. Resolution authorizing mayor to give Notice of a Special Election for a referendum on the question of a 2.0 mil increase in the ad valorem tax rate. (CM)

3. Sales Tax Holiday 2010 (CM)

4. Resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a Task Order with Krebs Engineering for Cameron Consulting to Perform Air, Water and Soil Monitoring and Limited Assessment for Oil Spill Impacts. (KA)

5. Resolution granting a 12-month extension to Coral Reef PUD Modification, Case No. 0502- PUDA-09. (KA)

6. Award bid for Casework and Lab Equipment for the WWTP. ((JH/GM/DSM)

7. Award bid for Mechanical Piping and Equipment Installation for the WWTP. (JH/GM/DSM)

8. Award bid for Submersible Pumps for the WWTP. (JH/GM/DSM)

Ordinances

1. Set a public hearing date for proposed Ordinance further amending Ordinance 172, the Zoning Ordinance, Columbia Southern University Campus Expansion, Case No. 0601-PUDA-10. (Suggested date 7/20/10) (KA)

2. Second Reading – Ordinance further amending Ordinance No. 172, Zoning Ordinance, Case No. 0503-PUD-10, The Retreat at Orange Beach Planned Unit Development. (KA)

3. Second Reading – Ordinance further amending Ordinance No. 172, Zoning Ordinance, Case No. 0504-PUDA-10, Outcast Charter, Caribe PUD Major Modification. (KA)

VI. ADJOURN

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Small Boats versus Big Spill – Fort Morgan Alabama

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

FORT MORGAN, Alabama – In this report, News 5 took an ultra light flight about a mile off of Fort Morgan and took pictures of the ships of opportunity attempting to corral oil. It seemed from a distance that the boats were hard at work but when you take a closer look, you can see they are not having much success. By clicking on the arrow accompanying this report, you’ll also see evidence of the limitations of small boats trying to fight an ocean of oil.

WKRG.com News

via Small Boats versus Big Spill – Fort Morgan Alabama.

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Oil spill dispersants present concern | Fox10tv.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) – Some folks are still questioning the effectiveness, and safety of dispersants being used in the Gulf. Dr. Robert Shipp, from the University of South Alabama is one of them.

via Oil spill dispersants present concern | Fox10tv.com.

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Pending storm troubles coast residents | Fox10tv.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) – A major oil spill in the Gulf, a tropical season underway. Not a good combination. When Alex first started to form, one of the biggest questions is how will it affect the oil in our area?

via Pending storm troubles coast residents | Fox10tv.com.

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Buffett concert change: Agencies say they’ll work with people who booked rooms with tickets | al.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

GULF SHORES, Ala. — Pleasure Island rental agencies who were offering tickets to Thursday’s planned Jimmy Buffett concert as combo deals with accommodations say they’ll work with customers now that the concert has been pushed forward to July 11.

via Buffett concert change: Agencies say they’ll work with people who booked rooms with tickets | al.com.

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Dauphin Island, Bayou La Batre cancel July 4th celebrations due to oil spill | al.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

The mayors of Dauphin Island and Bayou La Batre said Monday that their towns are canceling Independence Day celebrations due to the oil spill.

OBA Editor’s Note: At this time the celebrations are still on in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores.

via Dauphin Island, Bayou La Batre cancel July 4th celebrations due to oil spill | al.com.

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Mobile asks BP for money, local control of oil spill response | al.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile Mayor Sam Jones on Monday said he presented a plan to BP’s new community-relations fixer that would enable the city to secure its own oil-spill response resources and workers on the company’s dime.

via Mobile asks BP for money, local control of oil spill response | al.com.

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Wildlife officials to move thousands of sea turtle eggs to Florida’s east coast | al.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Federal wildlife officials plan to move tens of thousands of sea turtle eggs from oil-plagued beaches along the northern Gulf to Florida's east coast, where the reptiles would hatch in a controlled environment and be released into the Atlantic Ocean.

via Wildlife officials to move thousands of sea turtle eggs to Florida’s east coast | al.com.

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Latest Gulf oil spill forecast: Alabama and Mississippi barrier islands, Florida Panhandle threatened | al.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

NOAA nearshore surface oil forecast: Winds are forecast to be predominantly southeast through Thursday at speeds of 14-22 kts. These strong onshore winds will continue to move the northern edge of the slick northwest threatening the barrier islands of Mississippi/Alabama and the Florida Panhandle west of Freeport, Fla.

via Latest Gulf oil spill forecast: Alabama and Mississippi barrier islands, Florida Panhandle threatened | al.com.

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Galveston officials worried about BP spill | Deepwater Horizon | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Local officials ignored
State and federal officials doubted that the same problems that bedeviled Orange Beach would arise in Texas, but said no amount of planning can prepare for every eventuality.

The Orange Beach oil spill response plan fell apart when the oil slick arrived in June from BP’s Macondo well, where oil is still gushing from a wellhead that blew out April 20 and destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.

Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon said BP and the Coast Guard had five weeks to get ready as the oil headed toward his city. “The whole process got started with BP coming to town and telling us to get out of the way, and the big boys were going to take care of it,” Kennon said.

BP ignored local officials despite their knowledge of the geography and the water conditions, contributing to the resulting disaster for Orange Beach, he said.

“We had contractors all over the place and a mother ship in Mobile 100 miles away trying to micromanage,” Kennon said, referring to the oil spill incident command post.

Galveston officials worried about BP spill | Deepwater Horizon | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle.

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Oil spill: Biden visits Pensacola today | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Vice President Joe Biden will visit Pensacola today while touring Gulf Coast oil spill response efforts.

Biden will survey cleanup operations, visit with Gulf Coast residents and meet with area officials.

He will visit a Unified Command operation in New Orleans before heading to Pensacola, where he is scheduled to speak to the media at Pensacola Naval Air Station.

OBA Editor’s Note: Biden is not scheduled to stop in Mississippi or Alabama. Is this be because he doesn’t want to see the Obama administration’s biggest blunder of failing to protect the (300 yard wide) Perdido Pass, which in turn would have protected hundreds of miles of backbay shoreline, estuaries, wetlands and marine breeding areas?

Locals had the plan to protect this pass weeks before the oil reached our shores, but BP and the Federal Government wouldn’t approve the Perdido Pass Protection boom (aka P3). It wasn’t until Mayor Kennon got the attention of the national media that this plan was allowed to go forward.

Now, three weeks later the P3 project will be fully functional in a day or two. All indications are that it will keep most of the oil coming through Perdido Pass out of our inland waters and off of hundreds of miles of shoreline.

via Oil spill: Biden visits Pensacola today | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal.

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Beach Businesses Say Concert Changes May Be Good | Local15tv.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

(GULF SHORES, Ala.) While a lot of people are upset about the Jimmy Buffett concert changing its dates, local businesses say the postponement may be good for them. The Hangout and Pink Pony Pub are two of the most well-known businesses in Gulf Shores.

via Beach Businesses Say Concert Changes May Be Good | Local15tv.com.

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WEAR ABC 3 : Concert Postponement Hurting Local Businesses

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Jimmy Buffett's big concert for the Gulf Coast won’t be happening this week, and it looks like Tropical Storm Alex is to blame.

Channel Three’s Liz Nagy is live in Gulf Shores tonight where the show will go on a week and a half later.

Thousands of Parrot Heads from all over the country were ready to swarm this public beach in three days. Now double red flags are flying as a warning, the stage is being dismantled, and hotel and condo reservation departments are scrambling to save business again.

via WEAR ABC 3 :: Top Stories.

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Mayor frustrated with attendanceat town meetings – Baldwin County NOW

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Mayor Tony Kennon expressed his frustration with the attendance at Wednesday’s regularly scheduled Town Hall Meeting.

via Mayor frustrated with attendanceat town meetings – Baldwin County NOW.

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Joe Biden to be in Pensacola on Tuesday | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Vice President Joe Biden will be in Pensacola Tuesday while touring Gulf Coast oil spill response efforts.

Biden will survey response efforts, visit with Gulf Coast residents and meet with area officials.

via Joe Biden to be in Pensacola on Tuesday | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal.

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Emotions run high amid Gulf oil spill | Fox10tv.com

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama (WALA) – The crude crisis is taking an emotional toll on people in our area from fishermen who make their living off the water, to restaurant owners who sell their catch. Mental health professionals are offering some advice.

Lunch time in Bayou La Batre means the Lighthouse Restaurant is packed. Plates piled high with all kinds of seafood are dished out, while there’s only one topic on the table, the crude crisis.

via Emotions run high amid Gulf oil spill | Fox10tv.com.

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More Oil for Orange Beach – Orange Beach Alabama

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

ORANGE BEACH, Alabama – The oil assault on Romar Beach and other parts of Orange Beach that started over the weekend, continued Monday. With seas at two to four feet, waves washed higher onto the sand giving some indication of what an oily storm surge might do.
“It’s going to be a non-stop thing all summer long,” says Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon. “All we can do is let people know the truth. Oil is going to be on the beaches most of the time. Beaches are clean and pretty but for that ten to fifteen feet at the surf it’s going to be oily. It’s going to be dirty.”

WKRG.com News

More Oil for Orange Beach – Orange Beach Alabama.

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