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F"-SFP 141993 Boa c 5:39 Alternative No. 5 Request Contractor to dispose of the material in a Florida DEP approved burning/ chipping facility located in the City of Sebastian. Estimated Cost $25,000 Based upon verbal quote by Contractor. A $6,000 reduction in the contract cost may be applied since the Contractor will not have to burn the material. Estimated Additional Cost $19,000. Alternative No. 6 Do nothing and require the Contractor to dispose of the material by an approved method at no additional cost to the County. 'This may place.a hardship on the Contractor. Alternative No. 7 The Contractor has indicated that he can rent a large chipping machine that will chip all c-leared material at a cost of $400/hr. It is estimated that it will take 40-48 hours to chip all material. The estimated cost is $16,000 - $19,000 plus $2,000 for fuel, taxes, etc. A $6,000 reduction may be applied since the contractor willtnot have to rent an air, curtain. Estimated Additional Cost $12,000 - $15,200. RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDING Staff is of the opinion that recent proposed changes in the County burning regulations were intended to prohibit privately operated burning operations receiving large amounts of clearing debris from development sites on a temporary or permanent basis. Right-of-way clearing was not an issue during the May 18, 1993 discussion. Based upon this understanding, staff recommends Alternative No. 1, thereby allowing the Contractor to dispose of the material by burning at the Jack Davis site. If this is not agreeable, staff recommends Alternative No. 7, whereby the Contractor be issued a Change Order- to dispose of the material by renting a large chipper. Estimated cost of Change Order is $12,000 - $15,200. Chairman Bird asked if Attorney Vitunac concurred that Alternate 1 would be a possible alternative under the law. -Attorney Vitunac felt that we can live with Alternative #1. He wished to point out that he wasn't saying that their original interpretation was wrong, just that this is another way of looking at it. If that is the way the Board feels, that will finally establish what it is. Warren Dill, attorney representing Henry Fischer & Sons who did not bid on this job, agreed with all three of the County Attorney's initial opinions. After reviewing all the alternatives and commenting on each, Mr. Dill stated that it is their opinion that Alternative #6 is in the best interest of the County. Commissioner Macht suggested offering the contractor the alternative of a change order in the amount of $5,000 -to implement the provisions for chipping the material instead of burning it. Chairman Bird noted that is basically the same as Alternative #7, with the amount changed from $12,000 to $5,000. 38 s � �