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TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />IAI IF <br />Robert M. Keating, Al <br />Community Development <br />t Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois �P <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: July 30, 1998 <br />RE: REQUEST FOR BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO CONTRACT WITH <br />SUMAIERLIN'S SEVEN SEAS, INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN <br />OBSERVATION PLATFORM AT THE OSLO RIVERFRONT <br />CONSERVATION AREA, IN FULFILLMENT OF A F.I.N.D. COST -SHARE <br />GRANT <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of August 11, 1998. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />In 1995, the County was awarded a $90,600 cost -share assistance grant from the Florida Inland <br />Navigation District (FIND) to construct public access facilities and education displays at the Oslo <br />Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Under that grant, parking facilities, boardwalks, a viewing <br />pier, and a canoe landing have been constructed, and county staff are now coordinating with an <br />ORCA working group, spearheaded by staff of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL), <br />regarding educational displays for the property. What remains to be constructed under the FIlVD <br />grant is an elevated observation platform. <br />The FIND grant is set to expire in September, 1998. County planning staff has coordinated with <br />county public works staff and FMEL staff regarding design and location of the proposed observation <br />platform. <br />Summerlin's Seven Seas, Inc. is the marine construction company with which the County contracted <br />for construction of the boardwalks, viewing pier, and canoe landing that were built on the Oslo <br />Riverfront property last November. Staff is requesting that the Board of County Commissioners <br />authorize staff to proceed with amending the previous contract with Summerlin's Seven Seas, Inc. <br />for that company to construct the proposed observation platform, as further described herein. <br />ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS <br />Description of Observation Platform & Cost <br />Using a tower located at Bear Point Park in St. Lucie County as a model, public works staff has <br />designed an observation platform with an ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) acceptable ramp <br />August 11, 1998 <br />45 <br />BOOK® F��F <br />