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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E., Public Works Director <br />THROUGH: Eric Charest, Natural Resources Manager <br />FROM: Kylie Ariotti, Beach Environmental Specialist <br />SUBJECT: Award of Bid No. 2022001 <br />Sector 5 (IRC -2112) Additional Dune Planting Project <br />DATE: December 7, 2021 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />51Y <br />The proposed project award is for a construction contract between the County and Cardno Inc. for <br />Sector 5 Additional Dune Planting Project. <br />The Sector 5 project area is a 3 -mile section of shoreline that extendsjust north of Tracking Station <br />Beach Park south to the Gables Oceanfront Condominiums. The Sector 5 project area sustained <br />damage from Hurricane Matthew (2016), Hurricane Irma (2017), and Hurricane Dorian (2019). In <br />response to the damage, the County completed the Sector 5 Beach and Dune Restoration Project <br />in February 2020 in order to maintain protection to upland properties and infrastructure. <br />Additional FEMA Funding was made available to the County for future storm mitigation efforts <br />pertaining to the Sector 5 Beach and Dune Restoration Project in order to aid in the preservation <br />of the dunes through additional planting of native dune vegetation. <br />On October 8th, 2021, the County advertised the project, soliciting bids to add additional dune <br />vegetation, sea oats (Uniola paniculata), as a future storm mitigation effort to the completed <br />Sector 5 project area. The Sector 5 Beach and Dune Restoration project area was previously <br />planted in 2020 with approximately 120,750 diversity species including sea oats (Uniola <br />paniculata), bitter panic grass (Panicum amarum), railroad vine (Ipomoea pes-caprae), and dune <br />sunflower (Helianthus debilis). These 120,000 diverse species were 1 -inch plugs, planted eighteen <br />inches on center. The Sector 5 Additional Dune Planting Project mitigation planting will increase <br />the number of sea oats planted adding 135,000 sea oats to the project area. 130,000 of these <br />additional sea oats will remain the 1 -inch pI gs, while 5,000 will increase in size to 1 gallon. <br />The bid opening was held on November 10tr, 2021. Three (3) bids were received, with one bid <br />disqualified for failure to sign the bid form. A"I supporting bid documents are on file and available <br />for viewing in the Public Works Department. <br />256 <br />