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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown <br />County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: June 12, 2018 <br />RE: Recommendation of Award for Bid No. 2018056: Archie Smith Fish House <br />Dock Restoration <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at <br />the Board's regular meeting of June 19, 2018. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />The historic Archie Smith Fish House property, acquired in 2007 under the County's environmental lands <br />program, consists of approximately 1.15 acres located at 1740 North Indian River Drive within the <br />northern city limits of Sebastian. <br />Structures on the Archie Smith Fish House property consist of the main (principal) house, a boat dock and <br />an ice house (on the dock). Those structures were substantially damaged in the 2004 hurricanes and are in <br />disrepair. In 2014, in conjunction with a grant received from the State Division of Historic Resources, the <br />County contracted with an architectural/engineering firm (Atelier AEC, Inc.) to produce restoration <br />design plans for the structures on the property. In coordination with county staff and with County <br />Historian Ruth Stanbridge, Atelier AEC, which specializes in historic properties restoration, completed <br />the restoration design, including plans for restoration of the historic dock at the site. <br />In March 2015, the Board of County Commissioners authorized staff to apply for a Florida Inland <br />Navigation District (FIND) Waterways Assistance Program (WAP) 50% cost -share funding grant for <br />phased restoration of the dock in accordance with the design plans. FIND approved the County's grant <br />application at a grant award amount of $100,000 for a "first phase" of. restoration of the Archie Smith <br />Fish House dock. The County's current Capital Improvements Element (CIE) provides for County <br />funding in FY 2017/18 to match the FIND grant and cover the subject phase of the Archie Smith Fish <br />House restoration. <br />75 <br />