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MEwlORAW" + U OED <br />C"oo <br />rdinationof Supplemental Beach Nourishment and Related Coastal Activities <br />THIS MEMORANDUM UN .;I,,,'` �i� RD TFt�.OF <br />,SUPPLEMENTAL DOWNDRIFT N0URMWEW)00ASATED,0QASTAL At�WTIE`t <br />"Agreement") entered It'd effete 2nd day _ ctive Dates by and <br />between INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, a, paiMcal subdivision of the. Florida ( <br />and Sebastian inlet fl Disk aft -independent special district estab <br />._ � ("lish 11101 <br />$. Spcial Act of ths Fbida Legislature_ in .1.919, 'to maintain o navigability of <br />Sebastian Inlet. <br />BACKGROUND RECITAL' <br />A The Cortes maintains beach and dune systems along the 2; miles of Indian <br />Rker County Atlantic Ocean shoreline. The mission of the Indian FOWC&AIV ODSstal <br />Engineering Division is to identify areas of chronic beach erosion andareas off high <br />potential storm damage and to,, propose appropriate projects to mitigate the threats. <br />Coastal activities are.. guided by the County's Beach Preservation Plan and the County's <br />Habitat Conservation Plan, t fh plans are referenced in Chapter 9, Coastal Management <br />Element of the 2030 County Comprehensive Plan adopted on October 12, 2010. <br />Ba The Distrix is auftrized by l A Florida Legisl ( Mapter <br />2003-371, H Laws Qf Florida) `to oonsbuct e. wideftw deepen, and maintain the <br />Sebastian Inlet. Pursuant to F.1% IRM.i 42 the District is directed to place all beach <br />compatible materials derived f bM dredging the Sebastian Inlet on the downdrift beaches <br />of Indian River County, <br />C. The D * a ivies are guided by an ftftt Management Plan certified in <br />March 2000 and recommert °s by, a Technical Advisory rnittee accepted August <br />1W6. Tho District strives t6itransfer an average annual volutes of sand to the downdrift <br />beach -as in the range of 70AM to .90,060 oibic yards. A sand bypass budget is maintained <br />by comparing annual survey p Iles of #m besO and d.une system and perform, iltg other <br />coastal measurements.. <br />D. The CmAy and ft z t desire to bobpWate in car t action,. tWft <br />beach compat materials It the dredging of the Sebastian Inlet-tnw find <br />channel, tag bead► =npatible materials to partially o truce or, x; <br />[ecW, previo Mach rend hment projects or erosional Fit, spots along o f <br />ghee north of DNR monut�tR-4Q ,all on the terms and conditions set fore . . <br />�. The [district has cornstrur d a. edged Material Management Area (D <br />fes. <br />sWckpiling- both beach compatible- sand :and non -beach comps#ible sand mater 't <br />I trict and County vlesire to coordinate on the appropriate use OT DMMA materia <br />wort, type projects- w4h a zortesponding public benefit. <br />142 <br />