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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Eric Charest, Interim Natural Resources Director <br />FROM: Quintin Bergman, Coastal Resources Manager <br />SUBJECT: Work Order No. 2018006-18 — APTIM, <br />2024 Environmental Monitoring - Sector 3 Hurricanes Ian and Nicole <br />Dune Renourishment <br />DATE: February 2, 2024 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />M <br />On January 9, 2018, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved a contract with Aptim <br />Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. (APTIM) for professional coastal engineering and biological <br />support services related to the management and nourishment of Sector 3 (Wabasso Beach). The <br />Sector 3 project area is a critically eroded 6.6 -mile section of engineered shoreline that extends <br />from the Seaview Subdivision south past the Turtle Trail beach park. The Sector 3 coastline <br />suffered significant storm related losses to the beach and dune system from the impacts of <br />Hurricanes Ian (2022) and Nicole (2022) creating the need for repair. <br />On November 7, 2023, the BCC awarded Bid No. 2024004 to Dickerson Infrastructure, Inc. dba <br />Dickerson Florida, Inc. for the Sector 3 Hurricanes Ian and Nicole Dune Renourishment Project. <br />The project started construction on December 1, 2023, and is currently still being constructed <br />with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2024. The project consists of a dune restoration <br />project that is placing approximately 274,368 cubic yards of beach compatible sand fill and <br />installing approximately 728,633 native dune plants along the shoreline in Indian River County <br />from FDEP range monuments R20 to R55. <br />Regulatory permits issued for the beach restoration activities identify post -construction related <br />environmental monitoring to be performed on a set schedule for several years following <br />completion of construction. These environmental monitoring activities are evaluated to <br />demonstrate compliance with permit conditions. In the case of the Sector 3 Hurricanes Ian and <br />Nicole Dune Renourishment Project, post -construction nearshore hardbottom, escarpment <br />monitoring, sea turtle, and shorebird nest monitoring is required. <br />54 <br />