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11.B. EMERGENCY SERVICES <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />11.C.1. GENERAL SERVICES – BID #7034 - APPROVAL OF BID <br />AWARD AND SAMPLE AGREEMENT– POST HURRICANES <br />FRANCES AND JEANNE EMERGENCY DUNE <br />RESTORATION – 35 SITES – HENRY FISCHER & SONS, INC. <br /> <br />Jonathan Gorham <br />, Coastal Resource Manager, explained this contract represents <br />one of two public assistance grants negotiated with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency) relating to beach projects. FEMA calls this a Category “B” (an emergency beach berm) <br />project. He detailed the information that led FEMA to identify the most threatened beaches on our <br />coast. 1.9 shoreline miles were identified where FEMA would pay to construct these emergency <br />beach berms to restore and reinforce the unstable dune faces in front of developed upland <br />properties and public infrastructure. The cost amounted to about $1.9 million and we have a <br />particularly good cost-sharing arrangement with FEMA with the County’s share on this project of <br />just 5%. <br /> <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Bowden, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Davis, the Board unanimously approved <br />award of Bid #7034 to Henry Fischer & Sons, Inc. as the <br />lowest most responsive and responsible bidder meeting the <br />specifications as set forth in the Invitation to Bid and <br />approved the proposed sample agreement and authorized <br />the Chairman to execute same when required performance <br />and payment bonds have been submitted along with <br />January 4, 2005 <br />26 <br /> <br />