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SECTOR 7 (82 Properties Total as of June 23, 2021) Properties # % Targeted Granted Easements 51 62% 90% Signed Easements Under Review/ Recording (In -Process) g 10% Denied Easement — No Sand 14 17% Pending Responses (considered denials) 9 11% In the near future, the County is faced with the need to begin an additional round of pre -construction Monitoring in order to assess current field conditions prior to the 2021/2022 construction window. These monitoring efforts are anticipated to cost more than $200,000.00 and will potentially require modifications to the permitted fill templates which need to be completed in advance of on -beach nourishment activities. Many of these monitoring efforts are a duplication of tasks completed last year prior to the project being put on hold due to the lack of easements obtained. As stated above, County staff has been unable to obtain ingress -egress access to Sector 7 beaches as there is no public access suitable for the beach restoration project. SECTOR 7 FEEDER BEACH DESIGN The Sector 7 Project has been designed to place an estimated 294,496 CY of beach compatible sand along 2.2 miles of the project area. This project is designed to maximize the fill volume while avoiding adverse impacts to nearshore hardbottom. Within the limits of the project area, the nearshore hardbottom is not uniformly distributed. The nearshore hardbottom is further from the shoreline near the northern limits of the project site as compared to the southern limits of the project site. Because of this, the project is designed for significantly more sand to be placed along the northern portion of the project where conditions permit, with reduced amounts placed in the southern portion to not impact the nearshore resources. This northern portion of project may only make up approximately 24% of the linear feet of the project (approximately 0.5 miles), but makes up approximately 43% (approximately 130,000 CY) of the total volume of sand for the entire project. The benefit of this "feeder beach" design is to nourish the southern portion of the project through natural long -shore north to south sand movement. The additional sand placed along the northern limits of the project site will move along the shoreline to the south to "nourish" the southern portion of the project site where nearshore hardbottom limits the volume of sand that can be placed. This is expected to maximize the benefit of the project by lengthening the design life of the project. Of the easements required within this estimated 0.5 mile stretch of "feeder beach" (17 properties) as of. June 23, 2021, the County has received signed easements from properties making up 0.1 miles of the feeder beach (4 properties), with approximately 0.2 miles of beachfront declining the easements (8 properties), 0.02 miles of beachfront property undergoing internal review for proper execution of easement agreement (1 property) and another estimated 0.18 miles of property owners not committing to granting or denying the project (4 properties). Failure to receive a signed easement from the property owners does not allow the County the ability to construct a beach on those properties. Based on the above, approximately 0.4 miles of the 0.5 miles of "feeder beach" will not receive 43% (130,00(Qft of