TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Caryn Gardner-Young, Assistant City Manager
THROUGH: Chief Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: October 17, 2017
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SERVICE AUTHORIZATION NO. 17-01 WITH CB&I ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $198,473 FOR THE SEAWALL VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS.
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve Service Authorization No. 17-01 to CB&I Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. (CBI) in the amount not-to-exceed $198,473 for the Seawall Vulnerability Analysis (Project No. 17-048).
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Background:
The City of Delray Beach’s cost to properly maintain the existing seawall with the City limits increases as the flooding occurrences to higher high tides increases annually. City streets, parks and other facilities are inundated seasonally during these tidal occurrences. As other coastal Florida communities have addressed these tidal impacts, the City of Delray Beach will perform the analysis below to determine the best path forward to protect the City and its citizen’s properties. The Seawall Vulnerability Analysis recommendations will contribute to the City’s Strategic Plan by determining the most effective path to protect the city’s infrastructure from rising tidal impacts. The proposed costs and project component’s schedule will be folded into the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
The goal of the Seawall Vulnerability Analysis is to assess the ability of the existing seawalls to protect the City of Delray’s infrastructure and its citizen’s property from higher High Tides. The First Phase is a survey of all the seawalls in the city limits determining ownership, type, elevation and condition of the each seawall. An additional component of the survey will included an investigation of the approximately 150 drainage pipes that connect the city to the Intracoastal Waterway. These pipes act as conduits for tidal waters during extreme High Tides causing intra-coastal waters to back up onto city st...
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