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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOP1t1ENT <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Develt Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP Vis•°' <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />& Code Enforcement <br />DATE: December 9, 2014 <br />RE: <br />Board Consideration to Approve a Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) Grant <br />Agreement for Head Island Channel Restoration and to Authorize Contract Negotiations <br />with TSI Disaster Recovery, LLC to Conduct the Channel Restoration Work <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at <br />the Board's regular meeting of December 16, 2014. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />At the Board of County Commissioner's August 19, 2014 meeting, staff reported that the Florida Inland <br />Navigation District (FIND) had awarded the County a 25% cost -share funding grant for channel <br />restoration at Head Island (a.k.a. the Green Salt Marsh Conservation Area), located in the Indian River <br />Lagoon west of St. Christopher Harbor Subdivision. At the August 19 meeting, the Board approved <br />expenditure of up to $72,625 in Florida Boating Improvement Funds for the restoration (based on cost <br />estimates at that time), contingent upon the St. Christopher Harbor Homeowner's Association (HOA) <br />committing to expend an additional $17,875 toward the project beyond what the HOA had already spent <br />or committed to spend (see meeting summary minutes} Attachment 2 to this report). <br />In conjunction with approving the referenced funding toward the project, the Board directed staff to get a <br />firm estimate for the proposed improvements and channel restoration. To that end, staff advertised a <br />Request for Proposals (RFP) for the channel restoration work. <br />RFP Results <br />The RFP results are summarized as follows: <br />Advertising Date: <br />RFP Opening Date: <br />DemandStar Broadcast to: <br />October 26, 2014 <br />November 20, 2014 at 2:00 pm <br />686 Subscribers <br />1 <br />128 <br />