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TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: John Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />FROM: Kylie Yanchula, Natural Resources Director <br />DATE: May 20, 2025 <br />SUBJECT: Summary of changes between the 2013 and 2025 versions of the Memorandum <br />of Understanding between Indian River County and Sebastian Inlet District for <br />Coordination of Supplemental Downdrift Nourishment and Related Coastal <br />Activities <br />Upon agreement between the County and District staff, an updated 2025 Memorandum of Understanding <br />(MOU) between Indian River County and Sebastian Inlet District for Coordination of Supplemental <br />Downdrift Nourishment and Related Coastal Activities Changes is being proposed to the Board of County <br />Commissioners on June 3, 2025. The table below provides a summary of the changes between the original <br />MOU (from 2013) and the 2025 MOU along with justification that supports the changes made. <br />Original MOU1 <br />Sediment bypassing objective of <br />Sediment bypassing objective of <br />Update for consistency with <br />70,000-90,000 cubic yards, <br />75,000 cubic yards (average) <br />2023 Sebastian Inlet <br />annually <br />Management Plan <br />Bypassed quantities of sand <br />Includes fill template and <br />from dredging and upland <br />supplement fill template <br />hauling shall count toward SIMP <br />bypassing objective <br />Supplemental fill template from <br />Supplemental fill template from <br />Area of influence of Inlet as <br />R-17 through R-40 <br />R-17 through R-30 <br />identified by the 2022 Technical <br />Advisory Committee <br />Entity performing the project is <br />Ensure District placement of <br />responsible for the permit <br />R20 -R30 would not trigger <br />required pre and post project <br />County required monitoring <br />monitoring <br />District may utilize Treasure <br />Formalize current practice <br />Shores Beach Park for <br />construction related activities. <br />Ambersand may be closed but <br />not used to access the beach. <br />County reimbursement to <br />Removed <br />Create flexibility to allow for <br />District for travel costs <br />negotiation where and when <br />associated with placing sand in <br />appropriate <br />the supplemental fill template <br />187 <br />