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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA BOARD MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator Kylie Yanchula, Natural Resources Director THROUGH: Quintin Bergman, Coastal Resource Manager SUBJECT: Coastal Technology Work Order No. 2018007-5 Sector 7 Alternatives Assessment DATE: March 10, 2025 DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Indian River County had engineered, permitted, and planned for a beach and dune restoration project within the County's Beach Management Sector 7 to address erosion impacts from Hurricanes Matthew (2016), Irma (2017), and Dorian (2019). Partial reimbursement funding to address sand losses from those storms was obligated by FEMA to assist the County in paying for the project. Due to a lack of sufficient Beach Management and Assessment Easement agreements obtained, the County was unable to move forward with construction, and ultimately on June 6, 2023, the project as intended was deemed not constructible, with the Board of County Commissioners (Board) directing staff to cancel the project. This resulted in a de -obligation of existing FEMA funding for Sector 7 and Sector 7 no longer being deemed a maintained beach eligible for future FEMA funding. Florida Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits for a Sector 7 project have been obtained by the County and remain valid through September 2035. FEMA reimbursement funding dictating a full project to be completed no longer remains available to the County. The County obtained and has 55 recorded (out of 82) easements in Sector 7, with a significant percentage of the denied easements being contiguous in the northern and southern extent of the project area. As such, Staff is proposing a study be performed to evaluate the constructability and effectiveness of performing an alternative, truncated project within the current permitted boundaries of Sector 7. The proposed Coastal Technology Work Order No. 2018007-5, in the amount of $21,090 includes two (2) separate tasks. Task 1 is an alternative assessment using recent beach profile data quantifying the expected project performance of a reduced project that essentially would remove several of the denied properties in the northern and southern extent of the permitted area. Results from that assessment would be provided to the County in a Technical Memo 21 days after Notice to Proceed is issued. Task 2 in the proposed Work Order includes public presentations/meetings of findings if requested by the County. All subsequent work completed for Sector 7 would be addressed through future work orders. FUNDING Funding for Work Order No. 2018007-5 in the amount of $21,090 is budgeted and available in the Coastal Engineering Fund/Coastal Engineering/Other Professional Services 12814472-033190. 216