TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Environmental Services Director
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: April 5, 2016
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SERVICE AUTHORIZATION NO. 2/CB&I ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. FOR THE CITY’S BEACH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (PROJECT NO.12-070)
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve Service Authorization No. 2 with CB&I Environmental & Infrastructure, Incorporated regarding the City’s Beach Management Program in an amount not to exceed $78,483 for performing professional services.
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Background:
The Delray Beach Shore Protection Program consists of the design, permitting, construction and monitoring of approximately 2.6 miles of shoreline. The main focus of the program is to provide for the protection and enhancement of the beach and coastal resources in accordance with State and Federal permit conditions. The City is in a joint venture partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers; approved from 1973-2023.
The State of Florida, in 1973, issued a permit to the City of Delray Beach for beach renourishment purposes requiring that a comprehensive post-construction physical beach monitoring study be conducted for three consecutive years following sand nourishments (third year). CB&I will comply with the specific Physical Monitoring Plan developed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for the project. Services include topographic (onshore) and bathymetric (offshore) surveys of the beach.
The monitoring data will be used to assess, with quantitative measures, the performance of the beach replenishment projects. The monitoring data will provide the City and the FDEP information necessary to plan for future beach renourishment projects, evaluate the beach performance and optimize the design of the next beach renourishment task.
Most of the aforementioned scope of work qualifies for cost sharing through the State of Florida’s Beach Management Funding As...
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