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APR 4 1989 <br />BOOK 76 FACE 498 <br />DREDGING OF 14TH ST. CHANNEL (ROCKRIDGE) TO INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY <br />The Board reviewed memo from the Public Works Director: <br />TO: James E. Chandler, <br />County Administrator <br />FROM: James W. Davis, P.E., <br />Public Works Director <br />SUBJECT: Dredging of 14th Street Channel from Rockridge <br />Subdivision to the Intracoastal Waterway <br />DATE: March 27, 1989 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />In late 1988, the Board instructed staff to obtain permits for <br />the dredging of the 14th Street Canal between Rockridge <br />Subdivision and the Intracoastal waterway. At this time, a US. <br />Army Corps of Engineers Maintenance Dredging Permit has been <br />issued. <br />The Florida DER Dredge and Fill Permit Application process has <br />begun. <br />The DER has requested extensive water quality analysis, soils <br />information, and hydrography work. To provide this information, <br />staff has received the following costs estimates: <br />Soils Testing - Empire Engineering - $ 600 <br />Water Quality Analysis - Envirometrics - $2,510 <br />Hydrography - Coastal Tech - $3,700 <br />Total Cost $6,810 <br />Staff is trying to encourage the DER to waive the above testing <br />requirements, but to date we have not been successful. <br />ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS <br />At this time, funding for the project has not been determined. <br />Staff is of the opinion that since the project benefits a <br />localized area and no public facilities are connected to the <br />channel, special assessment funding is the most appropriate. <br />In the interim, the Budget Office and Public Works Department <br />concur that the MSTU Reserve for Contingency Fund <br />004-199-581-099.91 is an appropriate source to transfer $6,810 <br />into a new construction account (004-210-572-066.51) for payment <br />of the above services. The existing balance of the MSTU <br />Contingency Fund is $680,591. <br />RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING <br />It is recommended that the attached Budget Amendment be approved <br />to transfer $6,810 from Fund 004-199-581-099.91 to a new <br />construction account fund 004-210-572-066.51 and that staff be <br />authorized to expend the $6,810 for testing and hydrography. If <br />the DER will waive the above requirements, the funds will not be <br />expended. <br />14 <br />