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BOOK IN PAGE '707 ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board by a 4-0 vote (Commissioner Macht being absent) approved staff's prioritized short list and authorized beginning contract negotiations with the highest ranked firm, as recommended by staff. EMERGENCY PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALLS - MILLAR AND SOMOZA PROPERTIES The Board reviewed a Memorandum of February 26, 1997: TO: James E. Chandler, County Administrator THROUGH: James W. Davis, P.E.,. Public Works Director FROM: Jeffrey R. Tabar, Coastal Engineer J SUBJECT: Requests for Indian River County to Issue FS Chapter 161.085 Emergency Permits for Construction of Seawall for the Millar and Somoza Properties DATE: February 26, 1997 DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Engineer Randy Mosby, representing two property owners has requested that the County issue an "Emergency" permit to construct a seawall along the properties on Ocean Drive in the corporate limits of the City of Vero Beach. Attached is Table # 1 that lists'the Feb. 1997 status of each property's existing condition regarding distance to the dune escarpment from primary and accessory structures, and the status of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation's (FDEP) permit process for permanent seawall construction. Florida Statutes Chapter 161.085(3) states that 7 erosion occurs as a result of a storm event which threatens private structures or public Infrastructures and a permit has not been issued pursuant to Subsection (2) the agency, political subdlvision, or municipality may install or authorize installation of rigid Coastal armoring structures for the protection Ofpinwate structures.. as long as the following items are considered and incorporated into such emergency measurav a) Protection of the beach dune system,• b) Siting and design criteria for the protective structure C) Impacts on adjacent properties, - d) Preservation of public beach access - e) Protection of native coastal vegetation and nesting marine turtles and their hatchlings " Paragraph (6) of the statute states that the structure... shall be temporary... and the properly owner shall remove the structure or submit a permit application to the Department (D. E. P.) for a permanent rigid coastal armoring structure... within 60 days ofter the emergencyinstailation of the structure or other measure to relieve the threat... " In speaking with the F.D.E.P. staff, the newly adopted Chapter 62B-33.0051(6) Rules and Procedures for Coastal Construction and Excavation Coastal Armoring and Related Structures, Emergency Protection, contains more specific language which pertains to emergency permit issuance by local governments. Structures must "have become damaged or vulnerable to damage from a subsequent frequent coastal storm." "Vulnerable" is when an eligible structure is subject to either direct wave attack or to erosion from a 15 -year return interval storm which exposes any portion of the foundation." MARCH 4, 1997 30