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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA D' \ <br />BOARD MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird, <br />County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Christopher R. Mora, P.E. <br />Public Works Director <br />FROM: James D. Gray, Jr.06 <br />Coastal Engineer <br />SUBJECT: Work Order No. 6 Morgan & Eklund, Inc. <br />2016 Beach Profile Monitoring Surveys (WINTER) <br />DATE: January 11, 2016 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />On October 1, 2013, the Board approved a contract with Morgan & Eklund, Inc. (M&E) for <br />Professional Land Surveying and Mapping Services for a one-year term. The Board amended the <br />contract on October 7, 2014 and again on September 15, 2015; renewing the the contract until <br />September 30, 2016. M&E is the selected County Consultant for professional onshore/offshore <br />hydrographic surveying services. <br />The proposed Work Order No. 6 provides winter -time countywide hydrographic surveying (beach <br />profile) services as part of the County's beach monitoring program. Beach profile surveys are <br />necessary to identify shoreline and volumetric changes throughout the County. Currently, the <br />County only conducts annual (summer) beach profile surveys. However, a recommendation in <br />the recently adopted Beach Preservation Plan, March 24, 2015, is to conduct semiannual beach <br />profile surveys in order to monitor the seasonal, summer and winter fluctuations of the beach. <br />The beach profile surveying identified in Work Order No. 6 will fulfill one of the recommendations <br />in the 2015 update to the Beach Preservation Plan. <br />All onshore and offshore beach profile surveys are conducted along The Florida Department of <br />Environmental Protection (FDEP) Range Monuments at approximately 1,000 foot intervals <br />(alongshore) and extend from the vegetated dune seaward to a location approximately -40 feet <br />offshore (crosshore). <br />Work Order No. 6 totals a lump sum amount of $49,500. <br />Please note: <br />The Sebastian Inlet District (District), as part of their Inlet Management Plan, conducts <br />semiannual beach profile surveys along the northern 5.6 miles of the County. The District <br />continues to partner with the County and has agreed to provide their certified 2016 beach profile <br />survey data (winter and summer) to the County, resulting in a complete 22.4 mile countywide <br />(semiannual) beach profile survey and a combined annual savings of approximately $33,000 to <br />the County. <br />FAPublic WorksUamesG\Countywide Survey\2016\agenda item -- WO No. 6 -- Morgan and Eklund Surveying 2016 - <br />W INTER.docx 164 <br />