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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />R�r <br />C:ONSI::N.I. <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Deve :'pmentDi�recctoorr <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />& Code Enforcement <br />DATE: December 15, 2015 <br />RE: <br />Board Consideration to Approve an Agreement with St. Christopher's Harbor <br />Homeowner's Association, Inc. for Cost -Share of the Head Island Channel Restoration <br />Project <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at <br />its regular meeting of December 15, 2015. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />At the Board of County Commissioner's August 18, 2015 meeting, the Board authorized staff to <br />negotiate a contract with CO Services, LLC to complete a channel restoration project at Head Island <br />(a.k.a. the Green Salt Marsh Conservation Area) at a bid cost of $159,770.41 (see attached minutes). <br />Head Island is owned by Indian River County and is located in the Indian River Lagoon west of St. <br />Christopher Harbor Subdivision. The County has a 25% cost -share grant from the Florida Inland <br />Navigation District (FIND) and a cost -share commitment from St. Christopher's Harbor Homeowner's <br />Association, Inc. (HOA) for the restoration work. <br />Leading up to the Board's August 18 meeting, the St. Christopher's Harbor HOA had committed to pay <br />$38,499 towards the restoration work, in addition to $38,000 that the HOA had already spent for project <br />permitting and design. At the August 18 meeting, the HOA's president, Anna Garramone, verbally <br />indicated that the HOA agreed to pay an additional $7,385.71 to facilitate completion of the project, <br />resulting in a total of $45,884.71 (beyond permitting and design costs) that the HOA committed toward <br />the restoration work. <br />A County contract with CO Services, LLC for the work was subsequently finalized and CO Services has <br />made substantial progress towards completion of the project, consistent with environmental permits and <br />in coordination with County staff and the HOA. Regarding HOA payment of its share of project costs, <br />1 <br />50 <br />