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Timelines necessary for the successful completion of the Sector 7 Beach and Dune Restoration Project require that pre -construction monitoring activities commence over the summer 2021, with on -beach construction activities beginning on or about November 1, 2021. SECTOR 7 BEACH AND DUNE RESTORATION PROJECT HISTORY The Sector 7 Beach and Dune Restoration Project had previously gone out to bid on July 26, 2020, with the bid opening taking place on September 9, 2020. Two (2) responsive bids were received for Sector 7 project. Funding was available between the Beach Restoration Fund, FEMA Project Worksheets, a Local Government Funding Request (LGFR) Grant issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and insurance proceeds to cover the costs associated with the Sector 7 Beach and Dune Restoration Project. However, prior to award of bid at a September 22, 2020 BCC meeting, it was determined that an insufficient number of easements had been obtained to allow for a viable, constructible project. Staff at that meeting had obtained direction from the BCC to not move forward with the award of bid, but rather to put the construction project on hold while continue seeking the remaining easements necessary to demonstrate a constructible project for the 2021/2022 construction timeframe. Staff was also directed to make requests for extensions to the funding sources (FEMA and the FDEP). , It is important to note that prior to the Sector 7 Beach and Dune Restoration project being put on hold, the County had spent more than $600,000 on the design, permitting and pre -construction monitoring that is required of a project of this magnitude, in addition to countless staff hours. County staff had also arranged to rent property in the immediate vicinity of the Sector 7 project area to be used as a means for ingress and egress for nourishment related activities on the beach. This property has since been sold and the agreement is no longer in place. The closest public access to the Sector 7 project area is approximately 1.8 miles to the south (Round Island Beach Park) which may require that off-road dumps travel seaward of the mean high-water line from Round Island to the project area in order to deliver sand. SECTOR 7 BEACH AND DUNE RESTORATION PROJECT EASEMENT STATUS UPDATE As of June 23, 2021, of the targeted eighty-two (82) easements within the Sector 7 project area, fifty-one (51) easements representing 62% of the Sector 7 easements have been received by the County, verified for proper execution and recorded. An additional eight (8) easements. representing 10% of the Sector 7 easements are in process of review/recording. Fourteen (14) properties within the Sector 7 project area have denied the easement request outright, and will therefore not be receiving sand. These denials represent 17% of the total easements being sought. Nine (9) properties representing 11% of the .easements within the Sector 7 project area have not officially responded following multiple requests for easements by the County and others. At this late date, these nine (9) properties are considered as denials for the purposes of this agenda item. 117