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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />�.. INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />COMMUNITY <br />I)FVI:LOP MENT <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Develop ent Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP ‘^ <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />& Code Enforcement <br />DATE: March 3, 2015 <br />RE: <br />Board Consideration to Terminate Contract with TSI Disaster Recovery, LLC, with <br />Payment for Work Performed, and Alternatives for Channel Restoration at Head Island <br />(a.k.a. Green Salt Marsh Conservation Area) <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at <br />the Board's regular meeting of March 10, 2015. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Head Island (the County -owned Green Salt Marsh Conservation Area) is located in the Indian River <br />Lagoon, west of St. Christopher Harbor Subdivision. In 2010, the Board of County Commissioners <br />conceptually approved a proposal initiated by the St. Christopher Harbor Homeowner's Association <br />(HOA) to restore a natural channel at the island and provide navigable passage to the north for area <br />boaters. Due to a number of public benefits associated with the proposal, in 2014 the County and the <br />Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) became partners in the project. Public benefits include <br />establishment of a short route to deep water for boater traffic, resulting in less boater impact to lagoon <br />resources (seagrasses); improved water circulation; and eradication of nuisance exotic vegetation from <br />public conservation land. <br />In initiating the project, the HOA paid for design of the restoration and for Florida Department of <br />Environmental Protection (FDEP) and Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permits for the work. Those <br />permits are good through October 2016 (FDEP) and March 2017 (ACOE). Beyond the cost of the design <br />and permitting ($38,000), the HOA has also committed an additional $16,750 toward the project. <br />The County has been awarded a 25% cost -share grant from FIND for channel restoration and other <br />improvements at the island. On December 16, 2015, the Board of County Commissioners authorized <br />staff to negotiate a contract with TSI Disaster Recovery, LLC ("TSI") for the channel restoration, based <br />170 <br />