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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA I aFZ BOARD MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird, fCounty Administrator 1 THROUGH: Christopher R. Mora, P.E. ( . Public Works Director FROM: James D. Gray, Jr. 40 Coastal Engineer SUBJECT: Work Order No. 12 CB&I Coastal Planning and Engineering, Inc. Sector 5 Beach Restoration Project — Design and Permitting Services DATE: April 5, 2016 BACKGROUND On March 19, 2013 the Board approved a contract with CB&I Coastal Planning and Engineering, Inc. (CB&I) for professional coastal engineering services in Indian River County for a two-year term, 2013-2015. On March 17, 2015, the Board renewed the contract until March 19, 2017. CB&I is the selected County consultant for professional coastal engineering services related to the Sector 5 Beach Nourishment Project. The Sector 5 project area is a 2.2 mile section of shoreline that extends from Tracking Station Beach Park south to the Gables Oceanfront Condominiums. The majority of the project area is located within the City of Vero Beach's jurisdiction with the exception of Tracking Station Park and the Florida Tech Marine Lab residing in the Town of Indian River Shores. Sector 5 is the most extensively armored (seawall) beach segment of shoreline within the County. Although, coastal armoring provides storm damage protection to upland development, it can also exacerbate beach erosional stress within the immediate beach system. Beach erosion is especially problematic as the Sector 5 beaches account for over 50% of the recreational value of the County beaches. A recommendation of the recently adopted update to the Beach Preservation Plan (BPP) (March, 2015) included a beach fill strategy for the beaches within the Sector 5 project area as way to preserve the environmental, recreational, and storm damage resiliency for upland infrastructure. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS At the request of the Indian River County Beach and Shore Preservation Advisory Committee (Beach Committee), staff solicited CB&I to provide a scope of services cost proposal for the design and permitting of a Sector 5 Beach Restoration Project. The proposed Work Order No. 12 provides professional engineering services for the design and permitting of the Sector 5 Beach Restoration Project at a lump sum amount of $142,763.00. F•\Public Works\JamesG\Sector 5\CBI Work Orders\Sector 5 Design and Permitting agenda item CBI WO No. 12 -- 4-12-16.docx 191