TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Missie Barletto, Deputy Director of Program and Project Management, Public Works Department
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: April 3, 2018
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SERVICE AUTHORIZATION NO. 4 TO APTIM ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. IN THE AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $78,483 FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH (CITY) BEACH NOURISHMENT PROGRAM (PROJECT NO.17-081)
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve Service Authorization No.4 to Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc regarding the City of Delray Beach (City) Beach Nourishment Program (Project No. 17-018) in the not-to-exceed amount of $78,483 for performing professional coastal engineering 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 primary 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 of Delray Beach (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 Corp of Engineers (USACE) for sand nourishment of the beachfront with offshore borrow areas. The JCP has conditions specific to the beach nourishment / construction activities, marine turtle and manatee protection, monitoring and reporting. The JCP requires annual post-construction physical beach monitoring studies for three years following sand nourishment events. The City of Delray Beach has participated in eight beach nourishment projects from 1973 to 2012, with the most recent sand renourishment project completed in 2014 in response to damages incurred by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
As a condition of the beach nourishment permit granted by the FDEP, annual topographic (onshore) and bathymetric (offshore) surveys of the beach and offsh...
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