DAUPHIN ISLAND PROJECT TRACKER · Verified through September 28, 2026
Maintained, document-backed project tracker — not a standard article. Evidence cutoff: September 28, 2026.
Dauphin Island East End EPA Project: Grant, Land Purchases and Current Status
EPA awarded $1.2 million for Phase I of Dauphin Island's East End stormwater and wetland project. Phase I originally included land acquisition, environmental documentation, and preliminary engineering, design and permitting. A Town workplan dated April 30, 2025 reported $427,590.32 expended. An October 2024 workplan reported four acquired parcels totaling approximately 1.87 acres; the April 2025 workplan listed 709 Ingraham Place and 706 Hitchcock Place under contract. The project period was later extended through August 31, 2028 without a documented increase to the award. In September 2026, the Town sought acquisition-only use pending agency approval. EPA approval of that proposed change is not established in the public records reviewed for this tracker. We also have not established completed wetland construction or an approved or built public park.
Five evidence rules
- •Town request ≠ EPA approval
- •Reported acquisition ≠ deed verification
- •Property sale ≠ EPA-funded purchase
- •Budget allocation ≠ expenditure
- •An April 2025 expenditure report ≠ a September 2026 balance
Status snapshot: Latest expenditure report established in this tracker: April 30, 2025. Project-status verification cutoff: September 28, 2026. “Not established” describes the reviewed public records; it is not a claim that an event did not occur.
What Did the Town Ask to Change in September 2026?
The September 1, 2026 council action has been described as seeking to use the EPA appropriation for property acquisition only, pending approval by the appropriate agency. That Town action does not itself amend the federal award. EPA approval is not established in the public records reviewed.
Town action
Acquisition-only use sought in September 2026
Status: REQUESTED
Federal action
EPA approval of acquisition-only scope/budget change
Status: NOT ESTABLISHED IN REVIEWED PUBLIC RECORDS
Rules:
- •Do not allow the Town status to automatically change the EPA status.
- •Do not display a revised budget allocation unless a signed EPA-approved amendment or revised workplan is added.
- •Do not quote the exact September motion until the readable official minutes have been verified.
The Extension Is a Separate Action
Status: APPROVED TIME EXTENSION
Project period extended through August 31, 2028.
- •No increase to $1.2 million established
- •It extends time
- •It does not itself authorize acquisition-only spending
- •It does not fund Phase II
- •It does not approve construction
The extension and September request must remain separate records.
Financial Tracker
Financial rules:
- •Do NOT calculate or display a current balance by subtracting $427,590.32 from $1.2 million.
- •Do NOT display $772,409.68 as available funds.
- •Unknown values display as visible text “Unknown”, not blanks.
- •A later financial report must append a new snapshot rather than overwrite S01.
Phase I Budget Allocations
F01
Phase I Award (total)
- Allocated:
- $1,200,000
- Obligated:
- Unknown
- Expended:
- See dated snapshot S01
- Reimbursed:
- Unknown
- Remaining balance:
- Unknown
- Report date:
- 2025-04-30
Cooperative agreement 03D02324. Recipient: Town of Dauphin Island.
Source: D03/D09
F02
Land acquisition and due diligence
- Allocated:
- $950,000
- Obligated:
- Unknown
- Expended:
- Unknown
- Reimbursed:
- Unknown
- Remaining balance:
- Unknown
- Report date:
- 2025-04-30
Allocation, not expenditure.
Source: D03
F03
Environmental documentation
- Allocated:
- $75,000
- Obligated:
- Unknown
- Expended:
- Unknown
- Reimbursed:
- Unknown
- Remaining balance:
- Unknown
- Report date:
- 2025-04-30
Allocation, not expenditure.
Source: D03
F04
Preliminary engineering/design/permitting
- Allocated:
- $175,000
- Obligated:
- Unknown
- Expended:
- Unknown
- Reimbursed:
- Unknown
- Remaining balance:
- Unknown
- Report date:
- 2025-04-30
Allocation, not expenditure.
Source: D03
Immutable Financial Snapshots
- Reported expended:
- $427,590.32
- Category breakdown:
- Unknown
- Unobligated balance:
- Unknown
- Available for land:
- Unknown
- Source:
- D03 (Town workplan)
- Verified on:
- 2026-09-28
Reported as of this date. Do NOT calculate a current balance by subtracting from $1.2 million. Do NOT display $772,409.68 as available funds. A later financial report must append a new snapshot rather than overwrite S01.
Project Status Tracker
NOT ESTABLISHED means the evidence was not found in reviewed public records. It does not mean the event has been proven not to exist. Each card shows status, source, source date, verified-on date, explanation, and next evidence required.
EPA Phase I award
AWARDEDEvidence: D01/D09; original grant/award listing
Source date: 2023-09-01 (listed award date)
Verified on: 2026-09-28
$1.2 million to Town of Dauphin Island. Cooperative agreement 03D02324.
Next evidence required: Official award action if precise effective/obligation date is required.
Original Phase I scope
PLANNEDEvidence: D01/D03; 2025-04-30
Source date: 2025-04-30
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Acquisition, environmental work, preliminary engineering/design/permitting in workplan.
Next evidence required: Formal approved change.
Parcel acquisition
REPORTED ACQUIRED IN AGGREGATEEvidence: D02; 2024-10-24
Source date: 2024-10-24
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Four parcels, ~1.87 acres, without individual IDs.
Next evidence required: Deeds and grant payment evidence.
Environmental documentation
DOCUMENTED REVIEW; DELIVERABLE EXTENT UNKNOWNEvidence: D05; posted review, date as printed in PDF
Source date: Date printed in document
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Phase I categorical-exclusion review exists.
Next evidence required: Other environmental deliverables and approval conditions.
Preliminary engineering/design
PLANNEDEvidence: D03/D06; 2025-04-30 / agreement date
Source date: 2025-04-30
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Budget and consultant agreement; no final delivered design verified.
Next evidence required: Signed deliverables and acceptance.
Project extension
APPROVEDEvidence: D04; amendment date as printed
Source date: Date printed in document
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Period through 2028-08-31, no award increase shown.
Next evidence required: Later award amendment, if any.
September 2026 Town scope-change request
REQUESTEDEvidence: D08/D10; 2026-09-01
Source date: 2026-09-01
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Town action described as acquisition-only pending approval.
Next evidence required: Readable official motion and submitted request.
EPA decision on scope change
NOT ESTABLISHEDEvidence: D04/D01/D08; checked 2026-09-28
Source date: 2026-09-28
Verified on: 2026-09-28
No approved acquisition-only amendment located in reviewed records.
Next evidence required: EPA signed amendment/revised workplan.
Phase II funding
NOT ESTABLISHEDEvidence: D01/D03; checked 2026-09-28
Source date: 2026-09-28
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Phase II described prospectively.
Next evidence required: Separate award or approved funding document.
Final design
NOT ESTABLISHEDEvidence: D01/D03/D06; checked 2026-09-28
Source date: 2026-09-28
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Phase I preliminary scope is not final design.
Next evidence required: Dated final plan approval.
Construction authorization
NOT ESTABLISHEDEvidence: D01/D05; checked 2026-09-28
Source date: 2026-09-28
Verified on: 2026-09-28
Further Phase II environmental review contemplated.
Next evidence required: Permits and notice to proceed.
Wetland construction
NOT ESTABLISHEDEvidence: D01; checked 2026-09-28
Source date: 2026-09-28
Verified on: 2026-09-28
No completion or mobilization evidence established.
Next evidence required: Official construction/inspection records.
Public park
NOT ESTABLISHEDEvidence: D01; checked 2026-09-28
Source date: 2026-09-28
Verified on: 2026-09-28
No approved park plan or built park established.
Next evidence required: Official park design/authorization.
What the Grant Was Meant to Do
The project is named “Improving Water Quality and Stormwater Management on Barrier Island Through Wetland Habitat Restoration”
The Town describes an East End plan to acquire undeveloped land and develop engineered wetlands intended to capture and absorb stormwater. Its stated goals include improved stormwater management and water quality. These are objectives, not measured outcomes.
Phase I
- •Acquisition and due diligence for approximately ten strategically located parcels
- •Environmental documentation
- •Preliminary engineering, design and permitting
Phase II
- •Full engineering/design
- •Wetland construction
- •Additional EPA environmental review
Approximately ten parcels was a workplan target, not a verified purchase count.
Do not describe Phase II as funded, approved, permitted or under construction.
Why Some Records Say $2 Million
March 14, 2022
$2 million congressional project request
Documented EPA Phase I award
$1,200,000 (documented EPA Phase I award)
REQUESTED ≠ AWARDED
✗Do NOT state $2 million was awarded
✗Do NOT state another $800,000 exists
✗Do NOT state another $800,000 is available
✗Do NOT state $800,000 funded Phase II
Parcel Ledger
Each entry is a candidate/aggregate reporting record, not a verified EPA-funded parcel. Unknown values display as visible text, not blanks.
Aggregate note:
D02 reports four acquired parcels totaling about 1.87 acres. P01–P04 are placeholders for this aggregate, not four newly identified legal lots. Do not render four anonymous map pins or count P05/P06 as acquired. Do not add commercial sale prices to F02 or S01.
Original acquired parcel — identity 1 unknown
- Address:
- Unknown
- Legal description:
- Unknown
- Parcel number:
- Unknown
- Acquisition evidence:
- REPORTED ACQUIRED IN AGGREGATE
- Acquisition source/date:
- D02 / 2024-10-24
- Sale reported:
- Unknown
- Grantee:
- Unknown
- Deed:
- Unknown
- Town ownership:
- Unknown
- EPA grant attribution:
- Unknown
- EPA payment:
- Unknown
- Map geometry:
- Null — not mapped
Placeholder for aggregate report, not a newly identified legal lot.
Original acquired parcel — identity 2 unknown
- Address:
- Unknown
- Legal description:
- Unknown
- Parcel number:
- Unknown
- Acquisition evidence:
- REPORTED ACQUIRED IN AGGREGATE
- Acquisition source/date:
- D02 / 2024-10-24
- Sale reported:
- Unknown
- Grantee:
- Unknown
- Deed:
- Unknown
- Town ownership:
- Unknown
- EPA grant attribution:
- Unknown
- EPA payment:
- Unknown
- Map geometry:
- Null — not mapped
Placeholder for aggregate report, not a newly identified legal lot.
Original acquired parcel — identity 3 unknown
- Address:
- Unknown
- Legal description:
- Unknown
- Parcel number:
- Unknown
- Acquisition evidence:
- REPORTED ACQUIRED IN AGGREGATE
- Acquisition source/date:
- D02 / 2024-10-24
- Sale reported:
- Unknown
- Grantee:
- Unknown
- Deed:
- Unknown
- Town ownership:
- Unknown
- EPA grant attribution:
- Unknown
- EPA payment:
- Unknown
- Map geometry:
- Null — not mapped
Placeholder for aggregate report, not a newly identified legal lot.
Original acquired parcel — identity 4 unknown
- Address:
- Unknown
- Legal description:
- Unknown
- Parcel number:
- Unknown
- Acquisition evidence:
- REPORTED ACQUIRED IN AGGREGATE
- Acquisition source/date:
- D02 / 2024-10-24
- Sale reported:
- Unknown
- Grantee:
- Unknown
- Deed:
- Unknown
- Town ownership:
- Unknown
- EPA grant attribution:
- Unknown
- EPA payment:
- Unknown
- Map geometry:
- Null — not mapped
Placeholder for aggregate report, not a newly identified legal lot.
709 Ingraham Place
- Address:
- 709 Ingraham Place
- Legal description:
- Unknown
- Parcel number:
- Unknown
- Acquisition evidence:
- UNDER CONTRACT
- Acquisition source/date:
- D03 / 2025-04-30
- Sale reported:
- Yes — 2025-06-04 for $95,000
- Grantee:
- Unknown
- Deed:
- Unknown
- Town ownership:
- Unknown
- EPA grant attribution:
- Unknown
- EPA payment:
- Unknown
- Map geometry:
- Null — not mapped
Sale reported from secondary commercial history. Grantee, deed, parcel number, Town ownership, EPA attribution and payment remain unverified. Sale price does NOT enter grant spending totals.
706 Hitchcock Place
- Address:
- 706 Hitchcock Place
- Legal description:
- Lot 47 Block E–F association UNRESOLVED
- Parcel number:
- Unknown
- Acquisition evidence:
- UNDER CONTRACT
- Acquisition source/date:
- D03 / 2025-04-30
- Sale reported:
- Yes — 2025-07-18 for $85,000
- Grantee:
- Unknown
- Deed:
- Unknown
- Town ownership:
- Unknown
- EPA grant attribution:
- Unknown
- EPA payment:
- Unknown
- Map geometry:
- Null — not mapped
Sale reported from secondary commercial history. Legal association with Lot 47 Block E–F, grantee, deed, parcel number, Town ownership, EPA attribution and payment remain unverified. Sale price does NOT enter grant spending totals.
Parcel Promotion Rules
- •Sale reported ≠ deed verified
- •Deed verified ≠ Town ownership verified (unless the deed supports it)
- •Town ownership ≠ EPA grant attribution
- •EPA grant attribution ≠ payment verified
- •Map geometry remains null until deed verified AND authoritative parcel/address/legal match established
- •Even then, the map label should only say “Town deed verified” unless separate grant evidence supports an EPA-funded label
Documented vs. Not Established
Documented
- ✓Phase I award and workplans
- ✓Phase I environmental/categorical-exclusion review
- ✓Professional-services agreement
- ✓Four acquisitions reported in aggregate (October 2024 workplan)
- ✓Two named addresses under contract (April 2025 workplan)
- ✓Approved time extension through August 31, 2028
Not Established
- ✗Complete deed-verified parcel list
- ✗Delivered final construction drawings
- ✗Phase II funding or construction authorization
- ✗Completed engineered wetland construction
- ✗Approved or built public park
- ✗Measured flood reduction
- ✗Protection of particular homes
Questions Still Unanswered
1. Which four individual parcels make up the approximately 1.87 acres reported acquired by October 2024, and what were their deeds, sellers and prices?
2. Did the later reported sales at 709 Ingraham and 706 Hitchcock result in recorded Town ownership?
3. Does an authoritative legal-description record match 706 Hitchcock to Lot 47 Block E–F?
4. Which individual purchases, if any, were paid with this EPA agreement?
5. What was spent or reimbursed after April 30, 2025, and what amounts are currently obligated or available?
6. Was a revised workplan/budget submitted, and what did EPA decide on acquisition-only use?
7. Which preliminary plans were actually delivered? Was final design or a Phase II award subsequently approved?
8. Were any construction authorizations issued, and was wetland work performed?
The intended benefit is improved East End stormwater management and water quality through land and engineered wetlands. The records reviewed do not support a promise of flood protection for a specific home or the assertion that a park is being built.
Project Timeline
Each record preserves distinctions between REQUEST, AWARD, FUNDING TRANSACTION, ACQUISITION REPORT, FINANCIAL REPORT, SALE REPORTED, EXTENSION, TOWN REQUEST, and EPA DECISION CHECKPOINT. The September 28, 2026 EPA “NOT ESTABLISHED” record is a verification checkpoint, not an EPA decision event.
REQUEST · REQUESTED
2022-03-14
$2m congressional project request
Explains older figure but establishes no $2m award.
AWARD · LISTED AWARD DATE
2023-09-01
Federal award listing dates cooperative agreement 03D02324
Precise effective/obligation date needs official grant agreement.
AWARD · FUNDING TRANSACTION REPORTED
2024-05-13
Federal award listing separately reports $1.2m funding action
Do not merge with T02.
ACQUISITION/WORKPLAN · REPORTED ACQUIRED
2024-10-24
Four parcels totaling ~1.87 acres reported, identities absent
Aggregate report, not individual deed identities.
FINANCIAL REPORT · REPORTED EXPENDED
2025-04-30
$427,590.32 expended as of workplan
Not 2026 balance.
ACQUISITION/WORKPLAN · UNDER CONTRACT
2025-04-30
709 Ingraham and 706 Hitchcock named under contract
Under contract, not deed-verified.
ACQUISITION · SALE REPORTED
2025-06-04
$95,000 address sale at 709 Ingraham in commercial history
Town grantee and funding unverified.
EXTENSION · APPROVED
2025-06
EPA amendment extends period to 2028-08-31 with no additional award amount shown
No-cost time extension only.
ACQUISITION · SALE REPORTED
2025-07-18
$85,000 address sale at 706 Hitchcock in commercial history
Legal-lot and funding match unverified.
TOWN REQUEST · REQUESTED
2026-09-01
Acquisition-only use sought pending agency approval
Official motion text not quoted.
EPA DECISION · NOT ESTABLISHED
2026-09-28
No acquisition-only approval established in reviewed public records by baseline cutoff
This is a verification checkpoint, not an EPA decision event.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much did EPA award?
The documented Phase I EPA award/workplan is $1.2 million for the Town of Dauphin Island.
What was Phase I supposed to do?
Acquire and assess approximately ten target parcels and perform environmental documentation plus preliminary engineering, design and permitting. Ten was a target, not a verified purchase count.
How much has been spent?
The latest expenditure snapshot established here is $427,590.32 reported as of April 30, 2025. Spending after that date and the current balance are unknown.
Which properties did the Town buy?
An October 2024 workplan reports four parcels totaling approximately 1.87 acres, but does not identify them. Two more addresses were under contract in April 2025; their eventual Town ownership and EPA funding are unverified in this tracker.
Was 709 Ingraham Place purchased by the Town?
It was under contract in the April 2025 workplan, and a commercial source reports a June 2025 sale. We have not verified a deed naming the Town as buyer or an EPA-funded payment.
Is 706 Hitchcock Place Lot 47 Block E–F?
An authoritative address-to-legal-description match was not established. The association remains unresolved.
Did EPA approve acquisition-only use?
Approval is not established in reviewed public records. The September 2026 Town action sought the change pending agency approval.
Did the extension add funding?
The posted no-cost amendment extended the project period through August 31, 2028 without a documented increase to the $1.2 million award.
Is an engineered wetland being built?
The reviewed records describe an intended wetland project but do not establish construction authorization or physical construction.
Is a public park being built?
An approved or built public park is not established by the reviewed project documents.
Will the project prevent flooding at my home?
The Town's objective is improved East End stormwater management. The reviewed records do not quantify protection for an individual property or guarantee flood prevention.
What is Phase II?
The Town describes it as full engineering/design and wetland construction, subject to further EPA environmental review. A separate Phase II construction award was not established here.
Is this the East End beach restoration project?
No. This EPA project concerns East End stormwater and potential engineered wetlands; the East End beach and dune restoration is a separate project with different funding and milestones.
Primary-Source Document Library
Every document shows title, issuer, document date, evidence level, verification status, what it establishes, what it does not establish, and a source link.
Primary Documents (D01–D10)
EPA Water Quality Community Grant project page
Issuer: Town of Dauphin Island
Document date: Live page, checked 2026-09-28
Verification: reviewed
Establishes: Purpose, Phase I–II distinction and document links
Does not establish: Current spending, completed wetlands, approved September change
Workplan Budget 10.24.24
Issuer: Town of Dauphin Island
Document date: 2024-10-24
Verification: scanned reviewed
Establishes: Aggregate four parcels/~1.87 acres
Does not establish: Individual deed identities or grant attribution
Workplan Budget 4.30.25
Issuer: Town of Dauphin Island
Document date: 2025-04-30
Verification: scanned reviewed
Establishes: Three budget categories, expenditure snapshot, two under-contract addresses
Does not establish: Later balance, completed transfers or final purchases
Assistance Amendment (no-cost time extension)
Issuer: EPA, hosted by Town
Document date: Signature date from PDF; do not infer
Verification: scanned reviewed
Establishes: End date 2028-08-31 and no-cost extension
Does not establish: Approval of September 2026 acquisition-only proposal
Categorical Exclusion & Extraordinary Circumstances Review
Issuer: EPA, hosted by Town
Document date: Date printed in PDF
Verification: linked PDF reviewed
Establishes: Phase I environmental-review disposition/conditions
Does not establish: Phase II construction clearance
Agreement — Client & Engineer (Moffatt & Nichol)
Issuer: Town of Dauphin Island
Document date: Date printed in agreement
Verification: linked PDF reviewed
Establishes: Consultant engagement/scope
Does not establish: Delivery or approval of final designs
Jerry Carl's Request (congressional project request)
Issuer: Congressional request, Town-hosted
Document date: 2022-03-14
Verification: linked PDF reviewed
Establishes: $2m project request
Does not establish: $2m grant award
September 1, 2026 council minutes
Issuer: Town of Dauphin Island
Document date: 2026-09-01
Verification: linked PDF, text verification pending
Establishes: Official location for motion
Does not establish: Precise motion text (not independently readable in prior packet)
Cooperative agreement 03D02324 (EPA award listing)
Issuer: EPA award listing reproduced by GovTribe
Document date: Listed 2023-09-01; later transactions
Verification: secondary reproduction
Establishes: Award identifier, recipient, $1.2m, reported transaction and end date
Does not establish: Parcel payments or accepted design
September 1 meeting summary (Civic IQ)
Issuer: Civic IQ
Document date: 2026-09-01 meeting
Verification: secondary
Establishes: Secondary description of acquisition-only action pending agency approval
Does not establish: Exact official motion or EPA approval
Candidate/Secondary Sources
709 Ingraham sales history (Trulia)
Issuer: Trulia
Document date: Reported sale 2025-06-04
Establishes: Secondary address transaction and $95k
Does not establish: Grantee, deed or EPA payment
706 Hitchcock sales history (commercial property listing)
Issuer: Commercial property listing
Document date: Reported sale 2025-07-18
Establishes: Secondary address transaction and $85k
Does not establish: Legal-description match, grantee or EPA payment
Exact URL to be verified in site editor before linking.
Reference Lookup Routes
Mobile County property search
Issuer: Mobile County
Establishes: Future parcel/ownership cross-check
Does not establish: Alone, EPA funding source
Mobile County Probate records search
Issuer: Mobile County Probate
Establishes: Future recorded-deed cross-check
Does not establish: Alone, EPA funding source
Update Log
Changed: 2026-09-28 · Checked: 2026-09-28
Initial East End EPA project tracker baseline
Changes:
- •$1.2 million Phase I award
- •April 30, 2025 $427,590.32 expenditure snapshot
- •Four parcels reported acquired in aggregate
- •Two addresses reported under contract
- •Project extension through August 31, 2028
- •September acquisition-only request
- •EPA approval not established
- •Parcel identities/attribution unresolved
- •Later spending unknown
- •Phase II funding/construction unestablished
Source IDs: D01–D04, D08/D10
Future Material Update Triggers
A reviewed update is triggered when any of the following appears. Never silently overwrite history.
- •EPA scope decision
- •Signed grant amendment
- •Revised workplan
- •Revised budget
- •New expenditure report
- •Verified deed
- •Verified Town ownership
- •Verified EPA attribution
- •New acquisition
- •Phase II award
- •Delivered final design
- •Construction authorization
- •Physical wetland work