2023 Port Grants Economics Roundtable Seminar
Purpose of the Meeting
Over the past few years, many ports in the region have discussed they are confused about the use of benefit-cost analysis for various grant programs. After seeing several of the NOAA Economic courses and reviewing both the MARAD Port Toolkit, the DOT Benefit-Cost Analysis, various NOFOwebinars, etc., and USACE Planning Materials, there seems to be a need for an integrated program that discusses the nexus among these agencies to assist in port/waterfront development.
Date
- The meeting will be held Tuesday, December 12, and Wednesday, December 13.
- Visits to the 5 lower Mississippi Ports may be arranged direct with them directly either on Monday, December 11 or Thursday, December 14.
Location and Logistics
- The seminar will be held at the Port of South Louisiana’s new headquarters. (Port of South Louisiana (portsl.com) There is plenty of space, with an excellent view of the river.
- Lodging will be on your own. While there are some hotels in LaPlace and by the New Orleans Airport, people will be responsible for travel to and from the conference.
Registration Costs
- There will be no cost to register for the Seminar, but space will be limited to 75 participants.
- At this point, MARAD is not providing any financial support for travel, registration, etc., beyond staff travel time, etc.
Attendance
- Limiting the seminar to 75 participants at this time. We will review this once we have a good working count, including speakers, observers, etc.
- Invitations going out to PAL (Ports Association of Louisiana), GPA (Gulf Ports Association), and all MARAD/DOT/USACE/NOAA contacts as needed.
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Agenda
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023: Travel day and optional tour of Port of Greater Baton Rouge Container on Barge Facilities (tour leaving Port of South Louisiana at 12:00 PM).
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023: Starting at 8:30 AM, Full day.
| Port of South Louisiana HQ Conference Room (3rd Floor)
1720 LA Highway 44 | Reserve, Louisiana 70084 |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker | Session Goal | Location/Food |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration | HQ
Coffee/food Posters/handouts |
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| 9:00 - 9:10 | Welcome | - Paul Matthews | Outline how to discuss Grants and why economic evaluation is critical to an application. | HQ |
| 9:10 - 10:00 | Grants Overview | - Molly Bourgoyne - Jeff Flumignan | Grants overview | HQ |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | NOAA Guide to
Economic Evaluation (breaks will be built in) |
- Kate Quigley
- Travis Grout - Polina Dineva |
Outline how different economic tools can be used to evaluate different outcomes | HQ
*breaks built in |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch Keynote:
MARAD Executive Leader (pending) |
Discuss the history of the program, use of CBA, challenges from an operational perspective, and project review. | Guesthouse
Lunch |
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| 1:00 - 2:15 | DOT-MARAD Grant Programs and CBA | - Darren Timothy - Ryan Endorf
- Bruce Lambert |
Grant programs for ports at DOT | HQ |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | Break | HQ
Beverage/snack |
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| 2:30 - 4:00 | USACE Inland
Navigation Benefits to the Nation |
- PJ Donovan
(Center of Expertise) |
USACE inland navigation economic planning update process | HQ |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Townhall
Discussion: Commonality of Agency Grant Applications |
Molly Bourgoyne (facilitator)
Panel of Presenters - Bruce Lambert - Drew Heaphy - Shawn Komlos |
Break down of agency grants by type of facility, need, etc.
Get feedback. Find gaps. |
HQ
Notes Taken (PC) |
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023: Starting at 8:30 AM, Full day.
| Port of South Louisiana HQ Conference Room (3rd Floor)
1720 LA Highway 44 | Reserve, Louisiana 70084 |
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| Time | Topic | Speaker | Session Goal | Location/Food |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration | HQ
Coffee/food Posters/handouts |
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| Commonality of Grant Agency
Grants |
- Molly Bourgoyne - Bruce Lambert | Overview of yesterday’s findings | ||
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Waterborn
Commerce Statistics Center: Port-Centric Resource Tutorial |
- Amy Tujague | USACE datasets and their availability
How to collect the data |
HQ |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break | HQ
Coffee |
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| 10:15 - 12:15 | Cargo & Navigation Forecast & Benefit: Cost Analysis | - Ryan Endorf
- Darren Timothy - PJ Donovan - Shawn Komlos |
Town Hall (Panel)
Vessel draft and benefits of vessel Operations/navigation Interactive discourse on forecasts & business case |
HQ |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch Keynote:
Dr. Stephen Barnes |
Economist for Louisiana Port Priority Program | Guesthouse | |
| “Case Studies”– What’s hot, buzz words that make descriptions pop. How to know what to write about; what are the key topics to make grants successful? What kicks a grant out of the running? | ||||
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Case Study:
Sea Level Rise Estimate |
- Kate Quigley
- Polina Dineva - Charles Tillosten |
How to estimate sea level rise | HQ |
| 2:30 - 3:30 | Case Study:
Mode Shift Estimation |
- Darren Timothy
- Bruce Lambert - Ryan Endorf |
Marine highway, rail spurs, quantification in BCA | HQ |
| 3:30 - 4:30 | General Grant
Writing: Keywords, Hot/ Not words, Reviewers Feedback |
DOT:
- Peter Simons - Katie Lintz - Tracey Ford) Port Grant Writers: - Drew Heaphy (St. Bernard) - Chambrel Riley (PorSL) - Tony Avett (Port NOLA) |
Town Hall Discussion | HQ |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Closing Remarks | - Paul Matthews | HQ | |
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023: Travel and optional tour of Port of New Orleans (meet at Port of New Orleans at 9:00 AM).