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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />AGENDA ITEM <br />Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation <br />Conservation Lands <br />CONSENT <br />BCC Meeting February 6, 2024 <br />Date: January 22, 2024 <br />To: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />Through: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />Michael C. Zito, Deputy County Administrator <br />Beth Powell, Director of Parks, Recreation and Conservation <br />From: Wendy Swindell, Conservation Lands Manager <br />Subject: Release of Retainage Bid 2023063 for Hallstrom Farmstead Habitat <br />Enhancement & Parking Area Planting <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Hallstrom Farmstead Conservation Area was purchased in 2002 with cost -share assistance <br />from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT). The 93 -acre site is located on Old Dixie Highway, <br />approximately one mile south of the intersection at Oslo Road. To further the habitat restoration <br />objectives required by FCT and outlined in the Board Approved Management Plan (August <br />2002), the County has been working to restore native habitat on the site using a combination of <br />invasive treatments and revegetation. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: <br />On September 26, 2023, the Board approved an agreement with Sandhill Environmental <br />Services, LLC for the installation of native plants in the amount of $31,277.99. Staff inspected <br />and approved the work completed according to the Agreement. Sandhill Environmental Services, <br />LLC is requesting final payment on the project in the amount of $1,070.41. <br />FUNDING: <br />Funding for the Hallstrom Farmstead revegetation is available in the Tree Ordinance Fines <br />Fund/Retainage-Sandhill Environmental/Hallstrom Farmstead account number 117-206000-19027 <br />in the amount of $1,070.41. <br />Revenue Source <br />I Account Number <br />Amount <br />Tree Ordinance Fines Fund/Retainage-Sandhill Environmental/ <br />Hallstrom Farmstead <br />117-206000-19027 <br />$1,070.41 <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff respectfully recommends approval of Invoice #R-3516, in the amount of $1,070.41, to <br />Sandhill Environmental Services, LLC, which will release any further obligations of the County <br />from the Contractor. <br />C:\Grant \Legistar5\L5\Temp\7t9b1af44331-42Ie- b31 -a73 lbbbeMfdac <br />125 <br />