Subject:
Title
South Beaches Dune Project Maintenance
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Fiscal Impact:
Total South Beaches Dune Maintenance Project cost including sand, required environmental monitoring and permitting/oversight is expected to be $2.26 million to be funded by the Tourism Development Tax Beach Improvement Fund. Cost share reimbursement will be sought from the state but cannot be presumed.
Dept/Office:
Natural Resources / Tourism
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board authorize: 1) a change order to an existing contract with Southern Disaster Recovery, waiving the bidding requirements, to repair the South Beaches engineered dune project; 2) a negotiated contract change to the price per cubic yard to reflect the Consumer Price Index (CPI); 3) the Chair to execute the change order for the new work at the negotiated price, not to exceed CPI; 4) use of county owned/managed land for temporary construction access; 5) the County Manager or designee to execute work in excess of $100,000 for associated tasks required to complete the project and comply with permit conditions; 6) staff to seek state funding for partial reimbursement; and 7) necessary budget change requests.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
In 2004-2005, in response to Hurricane Jeanne, Brevard County constructed an engineered dune project along approximately 12 miles of developed shoreline in the South Beaches. This project has been maintained as required by FEMA, most recently in 2018-19 after Hurricane Dorian. Recent high wind and king tides caused significant erosion in portions of the South Beaches.
The project has been successful at protecting both upland parks and properties, as well as sea turtle nesting habitat in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge. To date approximately $24.3 million has been spent to preserve this shoreline of which Brevard County's cost share has been about 11% due to highly successful leveraging of state and Federal Emergency Management Agency (F...
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