TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Missie Barletto, Public Works Director
THROUGH: Jennifer Alvarez, Interim City Manager
DATE: January 19, 2021
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APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 22-21 AUTHORIZING A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,211,945 FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH’S (CITY) SHORE PROTECTION PROJECT (PROJECT NO.17-081)
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve Resolution No. 22-21 authorizing a Grant Agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for assistance with funding the City’s Shore Protection Project (Project No. 17-018) in amount of $3,211,945.
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Background:
The City of Delray Beach's (City) Beach Nourishment Program includes 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 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 beachfront with offshore borrow areas. The City has performed nine beach nourishment projects from 1973 to 2020, with the most recent sand renourishment project completed in March 2020 by the USACE as a Flood Control and Coastal Emergency project in response to damages from the 2017 Hurricane season. The JCP requires the City to perform certain activities, known as "conditions" of the permit. These conditions are specific to the beach nourishment / construction activities, and include marine turtle and manatee protection, monitoring and reporting, and annual post-construction physical beach monitoring studies.
The Delray Beach Shore Protection Program includes annual surveys of conditions both on the beach and offshore, a beach tilling ev...
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