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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />BOARD MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown <br />County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E. <br />Public Works Director <br />FROM: James D. Gray, Jr. <br />Natural Resources Manager <br />SUBJECT: Request assistance from the Town of Indian River Shores — Sector 4 <br />Beaches <br />DATE: February 2, 2018 <br />BACKGROUND <br />On January 29, 2018, the County received a letter from Indian River Shores Town Manager, <br />Robert Stabe, Jr., requesting the County's support and help in petitioning to the Florida <br />Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) that the shoreline within the Town (Sector 4) be <br />reclassified as critically eroded. <br />The Sector 4 shoreline is entirely within the Town of Indian River Shores jurisdiction and extends <br />from John's Island south to Surf Lane. As highlighted in the County's Beach Preservation Plan <br />(BPP) (2015), the Sector 4 beach condition from 1972 to present has changed from stable to <br />accretional to the current erosional condition. Unlike other County managed, FDEP designated <br />critically eroded shorelines (Sectors 1,2,3,5, and 7), FDEP does not list the Sector 4 beach <br />condition as a critically eroded shoreline. As such, Sector 4 beaches currently do not have large <br />scale beach/dune nourishment projects planned. However, the Sector 4 shoreline is routinely <br />surveyed and monitored for sea turtle nesting as part of the County's annual monitoring <br />programs. <br />Pursuant to rule 62B-36.002(5), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), "critically eroded shoreline" <br />is defined as: <br />"a segment of the shoreline where natural processes or human activity have caused or <br />contributed to erosion and recession of the beach or dune system to such a degree that upland <br />development, recreational interests, wildlife habitat, or important cultural resources are <br />threatened or lost. Critically eroded shorelines may also include peripheral segments or gaps <br />between identified critically eroded areas which, although they may be stable orslightly erosional <br />now, their inclusion is necessary for continuity of management of the coastal system or for the <br />design integrity of adjacent beach management projects." <br />Based on rule, FDEP does not consider segments of beach that have not been designated critically <br />eroded shoreline eligible for cost share in beach/dune restoration activities. <br />C:\Users\legistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 201 <br />8\@BCL@C40D86BD\@BCL@C4OD86BD.docx <br />