Laserfiche WebLink
EXHIBIT A <br />SCOPE OF WORK <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />ALL ABOARD FLORIDA <br />REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS <br />AMENDMENT NO. 1 <br />BACKGROUND <br />All Aboard Florida (AAF) is developing a passenger rail service between Orlando and Miami, Florida. As <br />part of the proposed project, there are 30 instances within the Indian River County boundaries where <br />the proposed rail system crosses County, City or private roadways. As part of the project development, <br />AAF has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and a noise study that address <br />potential issues or concerns relative to obtaining easements for each crossing from the governing entity <br />of each intersection and the compatibility of the proposed crossings with existing environmental <br />components. Specifically, there are 21 such crossings where the rail system crosses County roads, for <br />which AAF and the County must develop lease agreements. The remaining 9 crossings are either at City <br />intersections or crossings of privately owned land. In addition, there are 2 Florida Department of <br />Transportation crossings within the County that will be excluded from this scope of services. The County <br />has requested the services of CDM Smith Inc. (Consultant) to review the EIS on behalf of the Public <br />Works Department and provide comments to the County relative to all 30 crossings. CONSULTANT <br />completed the evaluation of all 30 crossings within the County boundaries, as well as a comprehensive <br />review of the DEIS in December 2014. The effort required far more meetings than anticipated and the <br />DEIS review required additional efforts as well. <br />The following amended scope of services details the tasks that were necessary to complete the review. <br />SCOPE OF SERVICES <br />Consultant will perform the following services associated with the review of AAF's EIS. <br />TASK 1.0 EIS DOCUMENT REVIEW <br />The DEIS, as presented by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and AAF, was far more deficient <br />than anticipated when compared to the governing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) <br />requirements for such a document. The review required additional efforts to identify the shortfalls and <br />compile the resulting document for submittal to FRA by the deadline. Specifically, additional tasks <br />included increased coordination with the County Historian on cultural resources, U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers coordination related to Coastal Zone Management (including review of the County's Coastal <br />Zone Management Policy), environmental justice review, more detailed review of NEPA requirements <br />and additional traffic/ridership review. This resulted in approximately $10,940 in additional services. <br />TASK 2.0 REVIEW OF NOISE STUDY <br />No change from original scope of services. <br />TASK 3.0 FIELD EVALUATION OF CROSSINGS <br />No change from original scope of services. <br />A-1 <br />jj1693 doc <br />