TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Missie Barletto, Public Works Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: January 20, 2026
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APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 27-26 TO AWARD AN AGREEMENT WITH ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAM SERVICES PURSUANT TO RFP NO. 2025-054 IN THE TOTAL ESTIMATED FIVE-YEAR AMOUNT OF $713,364.65
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve Resolution No. 27-26 to award an Agreement with Ecological Associates, Inc. for Marine Turtle Conservation Program Services pursuant to RFP No. 2025-054 in the total estimated five-year amount of $713,364.65
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Background:
The City of Delray Beach (City) has one of the most successful beach maintenance and preservation programs in the United States. Since 1973, the beach has been successfully maintained through five (5) periodic beach renourishments and four (4) storm repair projects. The City’s 2.8-mile-long beach area begins just north of the Highland Beach/Delray Beach boundary to just south of the Ocean Ridge/Delray Beach City limit.
The City holds a Joint Coastal Permit (JCP), Permit No. 0303553-001-JC, with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for sand nourishment of the beach with offshore borrow areas. The JCP has conditions specific to the beach nourishment/construction activities, marine turtle and manatee protection, monitoring and report. The JCP marine turtle protection conditions include annual surveying for marine turtle nesting activity and egg relocations (as necessary) during the nesting season from March 1 to October 31.
The City has maintained a Marine Turtle Conservation program since 1984 and is environmentally sensitive to the endangered sea turtles’ species and understands the value that this information provides to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) and other environmental agencies. Additionally, the City of Delray Beach cle...
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