Okaloosa County BOCC — January 13, 2016 — I. f. FWC Grant $127K — reading text

vessel loading site. R LOADING AND TRANSPORTATION 3. O Artificial reef materials will be loaded using a suitable means of conveyance for transportation from the Okaloosa County solid waste staging area and Eglin Air Force -F Base target range staging areas to a dockside staging site and loading onto a barge or other suitable vessel for offshore transportation to the designated artificial reef sites. Offshore transportation shall be provided by a sufficiently powered transport or towing vessel, personnel, and all necessary equipment to transport the material offshore and AF deploy it. Reef material loaded on to the transporting vessel must be properly secured in T compliance with Coast Guard standards to allow for its safe transport to the reef construction site. R 4. The GRANTEE's Project Manager shall complete the FWC Artificial Reef Cargo Manifest form to be maintained onboard the contractor’s vessel at all times during D transport of materials, pursuant to Chapter 379.249, Florida Statutes. The Cargo Manifest shall be current and include a one paragraph description of the concrete material to be deployed on that particular day at sea as well as the location(s) of the targeted reef deployments. The FWC Artificial Reef Cargo Manifest form is available on the COMMISSION’s website: http://www.myfwc.com/conservation/saltwater/artificial-reefs. For Version 1.0 – June 2013 Attachment A, Page 2 of 12  Attachment A – SCOPE OF WORK Project Name: Okaloosa County Artificial Reef FWC Agreement No. 15-TBD-1 Construction 2016-17 each barge load of artificial reef materials, the GRANTEE shall calculate the tonnage (either using before and after barge draft calculations, trucking receipts, or the known weights of individual pieces or reef units), and take a representative photograph of the artificial reef material on the barge or other deployment vessel immediately prior to deployment. DEPLOYMENT AND MATERIALS PLACEMENT LY 5. N During the deployment of the artificial reef material, the transport vessel must be O effectively moored through double anchoring, be spudded down, or otherwise be held securely in place with minimal movement (+/-20 feet) to ensure accurate placement of the concrete patch reef on the bottom. Material must be arranged to provide habitat N complexity as well as provide sand bottom forage area opportunities. Individual reef materials should not be widely scattered. Any machinery used to move and deploy IO the reef materials should be sufficiently powered/maneuverable and capably operated to ensure timely, effective and safe off-loading of materials. The tug or transport vessel shall meet all U.S. Coast Guard certification and safety requirements, be equipped with a SS working, accurate Global Positioning System (GPS) unit and other marine electronics including a working VHF radio. Effective and reliable communications shall exist at all times between the transport vessel, and the designated GRANTEE observer on site. U Deployment operations will only be initiated when sea height in the operations area is no greater than two to four feet as forecast by the nearest NOAA weather office. Either the IS COMMISSION’s observer, the GRANTEE's observer or the subcontractor’s vessel C captain reserves the right to suspend off-loading operations if positioning and other deployment objectives, including safety of personnel and equipment, are not being met. 6. D The tonnage of artificial reef material proposed for reef deployment by the contractor selected through the competitive bidding process will be based on an available funding amount of $60,000 provided by the COMMISSION and a $70,000 match provided by R the GRANTEE. Table 1 defines the permitted reef area center point location and depth at the proposed patch reef. O -F Table 1 Permitted Reef Area Name Patch Reef Name Latitude Longitude Depth (ft) Fish Haven 13 CTR-3 30° 21.298’N 86° 32.876’W -70 ft MLLW AF T 7. The minimum vertical navigational clearances at Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) as specified in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory authorizations shall be maintained above the highest point of each patch reef in the Fish Haven 13 permitted R area, with a clearance of -33 feet (depending on the special conditions of the respective US Army Corps of Engineers permit SAJ-2011-03485(SP-SWA) (Fish Haven 13). D 8. The GRANTEE's Contract Manager or GRANTEE's designated official observer shall observe and verify the accurate temporary marking by the contractor of the reef deployment locations to facilitate the contractor’s proper vessel positioning prior to anchoring in advance of reef materials deployment and to ensure the proper placement of Version 1.0 – June 2013 Attachment A, Page 3 of 12  Attachment A – SCOPE OF WORK Project Name: Okaloosa County Artificial Reef FWC Agreement No. 15-TBD-1 Construction 2016-17 the artificial reef materials at the center points of each artificial reef permitted area as indicated in Paragraph 6, Table 1. The markers shall be buoys of sufficient size and color to be clearly visible to the deployment vessel captain, and sufficiently anchored and with sufficient scope so that the buoys will not drift off the designated deployment site prior to deployment. The COMMISSION will not pay for materials placed outside the LY boundaries of the permitted reef areas as described in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory permits indicated in Paragraph 7, above. Precise GPS placement of marker N buoys that do not shift position during deployment operations are important toinsure the reef is constructed within the permitted area and at the designated center point locations O of each permit area. The COMMISSION will not pay for materials used in construction of a patch reef that do not meet the minimal navigational clearance requirements as described in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory permit conditions for the N respective permit areas. Precise depth measurements during construction are important to insure the reef is constructed within the permitted navigational clearance. 9. IO The GRANTEE's Project Manager or GRANTEE's designated official observer shall remain on site during the entire deployment phase of the operation and confirm the GPS SS coordinates of the individual artificial reef placements as well as the maximum vertical relief of the constructed reefs using a fathometer after the reef construction has been completed. U 10. Both the GRANTEE and its contractor shall have on site current nautical charts of the IS deployment areas, with the permitted Fish Haven areas indicated on the chart. The C proposed patch reef coordinates and the corner coordinates of the reef sites will also be in possession of the GRANTEE's observer and the contractor when on site. The GRANTEE's observer shall also be in possession of a copy of the Army Corps permits D for the areas where the deployments are taking place. The GRANTEE shall be responsible for insuring that all permit condition terms are complied with. R ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REEF PROJECT O 11. Funds from this Agreement may be expended on the activities listed pursuant to Chapter 68E-9.004(1) (a), F.A.C. No more than $5,000 or 10% (whichever is less) of project -F funds granted under the program may be expended for ‘engineering services’. Any funds required in excess of this amount must be provided by the applicant. See Chapter 68E- 9.004(1) (a), F.A.C. for the complete list of eligible activities. AF 12. If the GRANTEE chooses to conduct a post-deployment SCUBA assessment at the T deployment location(s) (this is not required, but is an eligible activity for reimbursement under Chapter 68E-9.004(1)(a), F.A.C.), in order to be eligible for reimbursement, work must be completed prior to the grant expiration date and the following items, at a R minimum, must be included: a. Methods: name and type of vessel, anchored or live boated, type of GPS unit(s), D divers, survey methods; b. Conditions: cloud cover, wind speed and direction, sea conditions, visibility, water temperature, currents; c. Chronology: dive plan, start and end of each dive, dive profile, maximum depth, dive time, distance and bearing searched; Version 1.0 – June 2013 Attachment A, Page 4 of 12  Attachment A – SCOPE OF WORK