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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA BOARD MEMORANDUM $' TO: Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator THROUGH: Eric Charest, Interim Natural Resources Director FROM: Quintin Bergman, Coastal Resource Manager SUBJECT: Work Order No. 1 Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc. 2024 Beach Preservation Plan Update DATE: April 15, 2024 BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION On April 18, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved the Continuing Services Contract Agreement for Continuing Engineering Services with Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc. (Jones Edmunds) for professional environmental engineering support services for a term of three (3) years. Jones Edmunds is the selected County consultant for professional services related to updating the County's Beach Preservation Plan (BPP). Indian River County developed and adopted its first BPP in 1988, which included a management strategy for addressing coastal erosion along the County's 22.4 miles of shoreline. The BPP has been subsequently updated in 1998, 2002, 2008, 2015, and 2019. The BPP undergoes periodic updates to incorporate up to date coastal survey data as well as encompasses any new coastal engineering techniques that address erosion. The proposed Work Order No. 1 provides professional environmental engineering services relative to updating the County's BPP. The 2024 BPP Update will support the County's effort to manage its beaches by; analyzing and reviewing the latest shoreline and volumetric changes, assessing sand sources, reviewing environmental and biological resources, conducting a storm vulnerability and resilience analysis, evaluating beach management alternatives, providing a reader -friendly summary and overall recommendations for the County's Beach Management Program. The cost for Work Order No. 1 is on a lump sum basis not to exceed $378,989.00. Pending BCC approval of Staff's recommendation, it is anticipated that the project would commence in May 2024 with an initial kick-off meeting. Data collection, review, and incorporation of results into the updated beach conditions and sand resources (Tasks 1, 2 and 3) is anticipated to take approximately 6 months. Utilizing the data that was collected through Tasks 1, 2 and 3, an update to the storm vulnerability and resiliency analysis (Task 4) is anticipated to be completed by February 2025. The development of beach management alternatives (Task 5) is scheduled to be completed by May 2025. The BPP summary and recommendations (Task 6) expected to be available in August 2025 for BCC consideration. In summation the entire BPP 97