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2:47 p.m. <br />the information contained in the GNP Implementation <br />Report Card and presented staff's recommendation for the <br />Board to accept the report. <br />ON MOTION by Vice Chairman Solari, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Flescher, after its review, the Board <br />unanimously accepted the Gifford Neighborhood Plan 2014 <br />Implementation Report Card. <br />2. Board Consideration to Approve a Florida Inland Navigation <br />District (FIND) Grant Agreement for Head Island Channel <br />Restoration and to Authorize Contract Negotiations with TSI <br />Disaster Recovery, LLC to Conduct the Channel Restoration <br />Work <br />(memorandum dated December 9, 2014) <br />128-146 <br />Chief of Environmental Planning Roland DeBlois gave a <br />PowerPoint Presentation explaining the background and _ <br />conditions of the Head Island channel restoration project. <br />He recalled that on August 19, 2014, the Board authorized <br />the expenditure of up to $72,625 towards the cost -share <br />grant between the County, the St. Christopher Harbor <br />Homeowners Association (HOA), and the Florida Inland <br />Navigation District (FIND) Grant. At that meeting, the <br />Board also directed staff to issue a Request for Proposal <br />(RFP) for costs for the work, and that the low bid, from <br />TSI Disaster Recovery LLC, resulted in a cost savings; <br />however, the HOA would still be short $4,187.50. He <br />explained staff's position for the County to absorb the <br />HOA's shortfall, and presented staffs recommendation for <br />the Board to authorize staff to negotiate a contract with <br />TSI Disaster Recovery, LLC; approve the expenditure of <br />Boating Improvement Fund reserves; and approve the <br />FIND Grant Project Agreement. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Flescher, SECONDED by <br />Vice Chairman Davis, by a 4-1 vote (Vice Chairman Solari <br />opposed), the Board: (1) authorized staff to negotiate a <br />contract with TSI Disaster Recovery, LLC to conduct the <br />Head Island channel restoration work based on the bid <br />price of $78,500; (2) approved the expenditure of $63,126 <br />in Florida Boating Improvement Funds for the Head <br />Island improvements and channel restoration project; and <br />(3) approved and authorized the Chairman to execute on <br />behalf of the Board, the Florida Inland Navigation District <br />(FIND) Grant Project Agreement. <br />Board of County Commission Minutes <br />December 16, 2014 Page 11 <br />