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Resident questions erosion work and asks where prior waterfront grant money went
Summary
A lifelong river resident raised erosion concerns and asked why a previous grant (cited as $3.5M in the transcript) did not deliver expected shoreline work; staff and board said they will follow up with additional accounting and the prior project's architect.
During the Harbor Master Plan Q&A, a lifelong river resident, Bobby Hernandez, spoke from the floor and pressed consultants and staff on erosion and past waterfront spending.
Hernandez said he lives on a sailboat at the city docks and described repeated erosion and past maintenance actions by federal and local entities. He asked directly, "Where did that last $3,500,000 grant go, and all we got was a gazebo and handicap restroom?" Board members and staff acknowledged the concern and the chair said city staff would follow up and speak with the architect of the previous project. No formal accounting was produced during the meeting.
Board members and staff framed the question as appropriate for follow‑up: one board member said they would contact the previous project's architect and staff offered to gather records. The transcript contains the $3.5M figure as stated by the resident; staff did not confirm that number at the meeting and no new financial documentation was provided.
