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OAK SHORE DRIVE FISHING PIER

DEP Agreement No. CN335

Task Assignment No. 5 Revised Scope of Services

Change Order No. 1

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has selected Taylor Engineering, Inc.

(Consultant) to provide professional services for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) Phase III Early Restoration Project, Oak Shore Drive Fishing Pier (Project) to be located offshore of Earl Gilbert Park in the City of Parker, Bay County, Florida. This Task Assignment (Task Assignment) is issued pursuant to DEP Bureau of Design and Construction (BDC) Contract No. CN335 (Contract).

For clarity, this Task Assignment follows the engineering study performed under Task Assignment No. 3 of Contract No. CN335 which included site observations, background data review, and preparation of a conceptual design with an opinion of probable construction cost for a fishing pier following the City of Parker’s NRDA project application.

Background (Updated per Change Order No. 1)

As part of the Deepwater Horizon NRDA Early Restoration Program, DEP selected the Consultant to provide professional engineering design and permitting services for the proposed pier, which aims to increase fishing and recreational access to East Bay, of St. Andrews Bay, for the City of Parker and Tyndall Air Force Base residents. Based on the conceptual design prepared under Task Assignment No. 3, the Project proposes construction of an approximately 460 ft concrete and timber fishing pier and an approximately 110 ft timber boardwalk to provide access to the pier from existing parking facilities. This Task Assignment describes the natural resource survey and coordination tasks, post-storm site assessment, geotechnical and survey data collection tasks to be completed by the Consultant. Notably, the results of seagrass survey and post-storm assessment may influence design and/or permitting requirements. Since the Project is a NRDA Phase III Early Restoration project, it has been previously assessed and determined to be in compliance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

Reporting Requirements

The Consultant shall submit monthly progress reports which indicate the work performed during the reporting period, work scheduled for the next reporting period, problems encountered and resolutions of the problems, and any schedule updates. This monthly report shall be provided to the DEP Project Manager in conjunction with monthly invoices or within five (5) business days of the close of each proceeding month at no additional cost to DEP.

Additional Services

The Consultant may be requested to provide other professional services related to the Project, as deemed necessary by DEP, based on the availability of funding. Based on DEP’s ability to negotiate a satisfactory price, DEP reserves the right to amend this Task Assignment to include additional services related to the Project’s planning and design, bidding assistance, and construction administration as may become necessary.

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Project Description (Updated per Change Order No. 1)

The Project as is comprised of an approximately 460 ft-long concrete and timber fishing pier and an approximately 110 ft timber boardwalk to provide access to the pier from existing parking facilities at Earl Gilbert Park, located off of Oak Shore Drive in the City of Parker, Bay County, FL. The facility development will generally follow conceptual design plans developed under the Conceptual Design Memorandum authorized under a previous Task Assignment (DEP Fishing Piers Feasibility Assessment [CN335 Task Assignment No. 3]). DEP reviewed the conceptual pier design and presented it to the Parker City Council;

the Council approved of the concept. The pier will comprise of a concrete substructure and partial superstructure and incorporate breakaway timber deck panels and timber handrails. The 8-ft wide pier will follow the shallow shoal that extends south from the park shoreline, along an area of reduced potential for seagrass impact. Approximately 200 ft from the shoreline, the pier reorients perpendicular to offshore contours and transitions to a width of approximately 12 ft once outside of abundant SAV habitat. The pier extends to a terminal structure in water depth of approximately 23 ft. The deck elevation of the pier will be approximately 4.5 ft-NAVD and will comply with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Assumptions (Updated per Change Order No. 1)

The Consultant has made several assumptions in developing this scope of services and associated fees for the Project. The assumptions affect the proposed level of effort and associated costs. If any of the assumptions should prove incorrect, the Consultant will submit a proposal to modify its scope of services and fees accordingly.

• The project does not include shoreline armoring or another shoreline treatment.

• The project will avoid wetland and submersed resource impacts or create only temporary impacts that do not require mitigation.

• The lead state and federal agencies will not require wetland or natural resource verification visits following Hurricane Michael.

Information to be Provided by DEP (Updated per Change Order No. 1)

The Consultant assumes DEP will provide the following additional information to support project design.

1. Project-related correspondence between DEP and the local project proposers, specifically in reference to project design requests, budgets, etc.

2. Direction on the proposed designs, budget, etc.

3. Any available survey information and data including upland topographic data and hydrographic data and boundary survey information.

4. As-built surveys, regulatory authorizations, submerged land lease surveys, and any other available documents regarding existing or proposed infrastructure (e.g., existing parking facilities, storm water ponds, revetment, boat ramp and staging docks).

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Tasks and Deliverables

Subtask 1 – Natural Resource Survey and Coordination Meeting

Description: The necessity of seagrass impact avoidance for the Project is documented in the NRDA Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and the National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion. The pier aims to avoid seagrass impact by traversing the shallow sand bar extending south from the Earl Gilbert Park shoreline, through a narrow area between seagrasses previously documented by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Wildlife Research Institute. From initial discussions with State and federal regulators, formal documentation of the seagrass boundaries and communities will be required for environmental resource permitting. To incorporate avoidance and minimization, the location of seagrass boundaries will likely affect the pier design and may indicate seagrass mitigation requirements. The purpose of the coordination meeting with the DEP project manager is to review the seagrass survey findings and delineate potential design revisions and/or incorporation of seagrass mitigation into the Project.

Subtask 1.1 Natural Resource Survey and Reporting: To support the design and permitting phases of the project, the Consultant’s environmental staff will complete a natural resource survey to map and characterize shoreline wetlands and submerged resources in the vicinity of the proposed fishing pier.

Subtask 1.1.1 Wetlands Survey: The Consultant will field delineate the limits of jurisdictional wetlands along the project shoreline pursuant to current state and federal methodologies. The Consultant will install stakes or flagging to mark the location of the wetland boundary and record each position using differentially-corrected global positioning system (DGPS) with sub-meter accuracy. The Consultant will also map (using DGPS) and characterize shoreline habitats and wetland vegetation communities.

Subtask 1.1.2 Submerged Resource Survey: The Consultant’s environmental staff will map (using DGPS) and characterize submerged resources (e.g., seagrasses and oyster communities). The submerged resources survey will begin at the mean high water line along the project shoreline and extend at least 100 feet beyond the boundaries of the proposed waterfront structure (i.e., fishing pier) footprint. The survey will employ qualitative and quantitative methods accepted by state and federal regulatory and resource agencies. Please note that the NMFS requires seagrass surveys to occur between June 1 and September 30.

Subtask 1.1.3 Natural Resources Survey Report: The Consultant will prepare a natural resources survey report to document the survey findings (Subtasks 1.1.1-1.1.2). The report will describe the survey methodology and characterize and quantify biological communities within the survey area. The report will include resource maps that delineate the survey area resource boundaries including wetland communities and submerged resources.

Subtask 1.2 Coordination Meeting: The Consultant will coordinate with the DEP Project Manager and schedule a meeting to review and discuss the natural resource survey findings and the potential effect on project design, permitting, and construction. Such effects may include, but not be limited to, reorientation or revision of the conceptual pier design layout and/or deck elevation (performed under separate/future authorization), increased regulatory coordination, seagrass mitigation design, incorporation of alternative materials such as grated decking, etc. Prior to the meeting, the Consultant will coordinate internally with senior biologists and with DEP regulatory staff and be prepared to address pertinent issues with the DEP

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Project Manager. The Consultant shall prepare an agenda for the meeting and distribute it to all invited attendees at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting for review and comment.

Deliverables Subtasks 1.1 – 1.2: The Consultant shall provide one electronic copy (via email in .pdf format) of the draft natural resources survey report to the DEP Project Manager for review. After receipt of DEP comments, The Consultant will revise the draft report as necessary and submit (via email) one electronic copy (.pdf format) of the final report and all digital data files in ArcGIS (.shp) format. The Consultant shall also provide to the DEP Project Manager a copy of the meeting agenda, attendance log, and minutes from the coordination meeting.

Performance Measures Subtasks 1.1 – 1.2: The DEP Project Manager shall review the natural resource survey report to verify satisfactory completion of the services rendered. The DEP Project Manager shall also review the proposed agenda (prior to the meeting), attendance log, and coordination meeting minutes to verify satisfactory completion of the services rendered. The DEP Project Manager shall notify the Consultant of any deficiencies in the deliverable(s) and shall give the Consultant reasonable opportunity to correct noted deficiencies and provide a revised deliverable(s).

Schedule Subtasks 1.1 – 1.2: Assuming the Task Assignment is authorized by September 17, 2018, the natural resource survey shall occur prior to September 30, 2018 in accordance with NMFS guidelines. If schedule requirements necessitate, the Consultant may request and secure written approval from regulatory agencies to conduct surveys into early October; however, such approval is not guaranteed. The draft natural resource survey report will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within four (4) weeks from the date of the survey(s) (Subtasks 1.1.1-1.1.2). The Consultant shall schedule the coordination meeting within two (2) weeks of completion of the natural resource survey and provide draft meeting agenda before the meeting and attendance log and meeting minutes within one (1) week of the meeting date. Final task deliverables will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within one (1) week following receipt of DEP comments.

Fixed Price Cost Subtasks 1.1 – 1.2: $11,293.53

Subtask 2 – Post-Storm Site Assessment (Added Per Change Order No. 1)

Description: Hurricane Michael passed through the City of Parker causing severe damage to the City and surrounding communities. Initial review of post-storm aerial photography suggests the project site (Earl Gilbert Park) sustained damage to parking facilities, shoreline armoring, boat ramp staging docks, upland shade structures, and experienced significant shoreline erosion. DEP requested the Consultant visit the project site to assess the storm damage, document the current site conditions, as well as identify restoration and/or mitigation components that may be necessary to complete the project as proposed in the conceptual design, and previously approved by DEP and the City of Parker.

Subtask 2.1 Post-Storm Site Assessment: The Consultant will visit the project site to observe and document storm damage to waterfront infrastructure related to the permitting, design, and construction of the proposed fishing pier (i.e., the Project). Specifically, the Consultant will record and photograph storm damage to infrastructure with potential effect to public access, project constructability, and project longevity (e.g., shoreline armoring along parking area). The photographic record will focus particularly on any damaged areas that might require repair and/or replacement prior to pier construction. Notably, the site evaluation excludes formal structural assessments. To estimate the extent of shoreline erosion, the Consultant will document shoreline conditions and record approximate mean high water (MHW) position

DEP Agreement No. CN335, Task Assignment #5, Change Order No. 1, Page 5 of 8 using a handheld GPS and compare them to pre-storm MHW approximations observed in September 2018. The consultant shall notify the DEP Project Manager within seventy- two hours of scheduling the site visit.

Subtask 2.2 Post-Storm Site Assessment Draft Memorandum: The Consultant will prepare a brief memorandum documenting the post-storm site observations. The memorandum will contain a summary of field observations, a plan-view figure illustrating the approximate extents of impacted areas and shoreline erosion, and land-based photographs. Based on the documentation, the Consultant shall recommend repairs related to the public access components or constructability of the proposed fishing pier. Additionally, the Consultant will review and summarize regulatory authorizations and as-built surveys (to be provided by DEP) to identify potential regulatory requirements associated with the recommendations. The Consultant shall prepare the draft Post-Storm Site Assessment Memorandum and distribute it to all invited attendees at least three (3) business days prior to the meeting for review and comment.

Subtask 2.3 Coordination Meeting and Final Memorandum: The Consultant will coordinate with the DEP Project Manager, following transmittal of the memorandum, and schedule a meeting to review and discuss the post-storm site assessment findings and the potential effect that Hurricane Michael may have had on the project area. The Consultant shall incorporate all comments from the meeting into the final Assessment Memorandum.

Deliverables Subtasks 2.1 – 2.3: The Consultant shall provide one electronic copy (via email in .pdf format) of the draft Post-Storm Site Assessment Memorandum and digital photographs of the Project site.

After conductance of the coordination meeting (Subtask 2.3) and receipt of DEP comments, the Consultant will revise the draft memorandum as necessary and submit (via email) one electronic copy (.pdf format) of the final memorandum.

Performance Measures Subtasks 2.1 – 2.3: The DEP Project Manager shall review the Post-Storm Assessment Memorandum to verify satisfactory completion of the services rendered. The DEP Project Manager shall notify the Consultant of any deficiencies in the deliverable(s) and shall give the Consultant reasonable opportunity to correct noted deficiencies and provide a revised deliverable(s).

Schedule Subtasks 2.1 – 2.3: The subconsultant will conduct the site assessment (Subtask 2.1) within three weeks of authorization (excluding the period between December 24, 2018 – January 1, 2019). The draft Post-Storm Assessment Memorandum (Subtask 2.2) will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within three (3) weeks from the date of the field observations (Subtask 2.1). Final task deliverables (Subtask 2.3) will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within one (1) week following culmination of the coordination meeting and receipt of DEP comments.

Fixed Price Cost Subtasks 2.1 – 2.3: $7,340.02

Subtask 3 – Data Collection (Added per Change Order No. 1)

Description: Upon written notification of approval from the DEP Project Manager of Subtask 2 and notification to proceed, the Consultant will schedule and conduct field investigations and collect necessary data to support engineering design for the proposed Oak Shore Drive Fishing Pier. The Consultant will coordinate all field activities through the DEP Project Manager who will coordinate with the City of Parker.

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Subtask 3.1 Topographic, Bathymetric, and Boundary Survey: The Consultant’s subconsultant will complete topographic, bathymetric and boundary survey of the Project area. The survey will include:

• Topographic survey along the project area shoreline and upland areas within approximately 100 ft of the conceptual pier location;

• Bathymetric survey of nearshore and offshore areas within approximately 300 ft of the conceptual pier location;

• Identification of mean high water (MHW) position and elevation; and,

• Existing structures survey of the parking lot boundary, utilities, shoreline protection (i.e., bulkhead, rip-rap), etc.

Subtask 3.2 Geotechnical Data Collection: The Consultant’s sub-consultant will conduct geotechnical exploration at the site along the centerline of the conceptual pier location or at the direction of the engineer. The objective of the geotechnical exploration is to provide subsurface soil characteristics to support foundation engineering design and evaluation of construction methodology. The sub-consultant will conduct approximately four standard penetration test (SPT) borings to a depth of approximately 50 ft below grade/mudline. One boring will be performed on land and three borings will be conducted offshore in depths ranging from approximately 1.5 – 20 ft.

The Consultant shall perform the necessary laboratory soil testing to determine soil classifications and to evaluate and document general material properties which shall include, as applicable, but not be limited to, moisture content, compaction, drainage characteristics, Atterberg limits, and grain size analysis tests.

A geotechnical engineer, licensed in the State of Florida, will direct the geotechnical exploration and provide an engineering evaluation of the site and subsurface conditions with respect to the planned construction and imposed loading conditions. The results of the exploration and engineering evaluation will then be documented in a deliverable report containing the following:

1. A brief discussion of the understanding of the planned construction and imposed loading conditions;

2. A presentation of the field and laboratory test procedures used, and the data obtained;

3. A presentation of the existing on-site conditions, such as topography, surface vegetation, etc. as they relate to the planned construction;

4. GPS coordinates of soil boring locations accurate to within 10 ft horizontal (hand held GPS);

5. A presentation of the encountered subsurface conditions, including subsurface profiles and measured groundwater levels, estimated seasonal high groundwater levels, and estimated geotechnical engineering properties (as necessary);

6. A geotechnical engineering evaluation of the site and subsurface conditions with respect to the planned construction;

7. Geotechnical design recommendations for foundation design parameters;

8. Installation recommendations for concrete piles. Recommendations and bearing capacities shall be presented for pile design for any of the pile supported facilities or structures;

9. Recommended values of hydraulic conductivity in the vertical and horizontal direction for on-shore boring within existing stormwater pond; and

10. Bearing analysis for any on-shore foundation footings.

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Fee Summary

FEE SUMMARY

Subtask 1 - Natural Resource Survey and Coordination Meeting $11,293.53

Subtask 2 - Post-Storm Site Assessment $7,340.02

Subtask 3 - Data Collection $33,923.16

TOTAL $52,556.71

Project Schedule

Project Schedule

Subtask 1 - Natural Resource Survey and Coordination Meeting

Assuming the Task Assignment is authorized by September 17, 2018, the natural resource survey shall occur prior to September 30, 2018 in accordance with NMFS guidelines. If schedule requirements necessitate, the Consultant may request and secure written approval from regulatory agencies to conduct surveys into early October;

however, such approval is not guaranteed. The draft natural resource survey report will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within four

(4) weeks from the date of the survey(s) (Subtasks 1.1.1-1.1.2). The Consultant shall schedule the coordination meeting within two (2) weeks of completion of the natural resource survey and provide draft meeting agenda before the meeting and attendance log and meeting minutes within one (1) week of the meeting date. Final task deliverables will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within one

(1) week following receipt of DEP comments.

Subtask 2.1 - Post-Storm Site Assessment

The subconsultant will conduct the site assessment within three weeks of authorization (excluding the period between December 24, 2018 – January 1, 2019).

Subtask 2.2 - Post-Storm Site Assessment Memorandum

The draft Post-Storm Assessment Memorandum will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within three (3) weeks from the date of the field observations (Subtask 2.1).

Subtask 2.3 - Coordination Meeting and Final Memorandum

Final task deliverables will be provided to the DEP Project Manager within one (1) week following culmination of the coordination meeting and receipt of DEP comments.

Subtask 3.1 - Topographic, Bathymetric, and Boundary Survey

The boundary and field survey shall be completed within six weeks following the Notification to Proceed from the DEP Project Manager following completion of Task 2. Final deliverables shall be provided within 30 days of survey data collection.

Subtask 3.2 - Geotechnical Data Collection

The geotechnical field investigations shall be completed within six weeks following the completion of Task 2 and upon written authorization from the DEP Project Manager. Notably, wind, wave, and current conditions may affect the proposed schedule for offshore geotechnical data collection. Final deliverables shall be provided within approximately 30 days of geotechnical data collection.