Okaloosa County BOCC — December 18, 2012 — reading text

filled and nonfilled areas should be noted. If possible, the location of all marine turtle nests shall be marked on map of project, and approximate distance to the groins, sea walls or scarps measured using a meter tape (optional). Any abnormal cavity morphologies should be reported as well as whether turtle touched groins, seawalls, or scarps during nest excavation or beach ascent Lost Nests The number of nests lost to inundation, erosion or the number with lost markers that could not be found Reproductive Emergence Standard survey Numbers of the following: unhatched Success & hatching protocol eggs, depredated nests and eggs, live success pipped eggs, dead pipped eggs, live hatchlings in nest, dead hatchlings in nest, hatchlings emerged, disoriented hatchlings, depredated hatchlings Packet Pg. 467  8.5.a.a Florida Department of Rick Scott Governor Environmental Jennifer Carroll Lt. Governor Protection Herschel T. Vinyard Jr. Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) Secretary 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000 CERTIFIED - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED July 25, 2012 Permittee: City of Destin c/o Mayor Sam Seevers 4200 Indian Bayou Trail Destin, FL 32541 Agent: Taylor Engineering c/o Matthew Trammell, P.E. 10151 Deerwood Park Blvd. Bldg. 300, Suite 300 Jacksonville, FL 32256 PERMIT MODIFICATION Permit Modification No. 0286575-004-JN Permit No. 0286575-001-JC, Okaloosa County Western Destin Beach Restoration Dear Mr. Trammell: Your request to modify Permit No. 0286575-001-JC, was received on May 24, 2012, and has been reviewed by Department staff. The proposed permit modification is to reduce the placement of the project fill. The revised project would exclude the placement of fill from R- 20.7 to R-23.5. On December 16, 2011, Permit No. 0286575-001-JC, was issued to authorize the restoration of a 1.7-mile segment of the Okaloosa County coastline located immediately east of Destin’s East Pass. Additionally, the Department issued Variance No. 0286575-002-BV on December 16, 2011, granting a 1500-meter mixing zone for dredging work within and immediately up current of the Gulf Island National Seashore Boundary, an Outstanding Florida Water. For additional background, please see the Consolidated Notice of Intent to Issue Joint Coastal Permit, Variance and Authorization To Use Sovereign Submerged Lands for Permit No. 0286575-001-JC and Variance No. 0286575-002-BV at the following website: www.dep.state.fl.us Packet Pg. 468  8.5.a.a Notice of Permit Modification Permit Modification No. 0286575-004-JN Western Destin Beach Restoration Page 2 of 8 Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) ftp://ftp.dep.state.fl.us/pub/ENV-PRMT/okaloosa/issued/ On July 19, 2012, the Department issued Permit Modification No. 0286575-003-JN to transfer Permit No. 0286575-001-JC from Okaloosa County to the City of Destin. Justification / Necessity for Modification The Permittee has requested to amend the project area, deleting the central segment of fill from the project. This modification request was a result of certain property owners objecting to the project. Staff Assessment Department staff has reviewed the proposed modification and have determined that the deletion of the central 2,900 feet of project area does not increase the potential for adverse impacts to the coastal system from the project. Additionally, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has reviewed the project and has no concerns with the deletions and/or tapers. The FWC did stipulate that if the deleted areas are to be used as a travel corridor, permit conditions for construction activities should still be applied. In addition, lighting surveys shall be completed within the deleted area. If light sources are visible from the adjacent project (including the tapers), property owner notifications with recommendations for correcting lighting issues shall be sent and reported per the existing permit conditions. These protection measures have been incorporated into the modification. The project description shall be revised as follows (strikethroughs are deletions, underlines are additions): ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: The Western Destin Beach Restoration Project includes the placement of approximately 831,000 cubic yards (cy) of beach quality sand along a 1.7-mile segment two reaches of the Okaloosa County coastline immediately east of Destin’s East Pass. Reach 1 extends from the eastern jetty of East pass to approximately 700 feet east of R-20 (R-20.7), and Reach 2 extends from approximately 500 feet east of R-23 (R-23.5) to R-25.5. The approximate 2,900-foot gap between Reach 1 and Reach 2 includes 18 single family lots and 3 condominium properties (Martinique, Oceania, and Holiday Isle Towers). The project provides an average beach fill volume of 92 cy/foot. The project design includes a 30-foot wide dune crest at +14 feet NAVD, with a transitional slope of 1V:4H from the dune crest to the back-berm, a 30-foot wide back-berm at +8.5 feet NAVD, with a transitional slope of 1V:10H from the back-berm to the berm and a www.dep.state.fl.us Packet Pg. 469  8.5.a.a Notice of Permit Modification Permit Modification No. 0286575-004-JN Western Destin Beach Restoration Page 3 of 8 variable width berm at +5.5 feet NAVD, with a transitional slope of 1V:10H from the Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) seaward edge of the berm out to the existing sea bottom. The set of approved permit drawings shall be revised as follows: Drawings 1-17 shall be replaced with revised drawings 1-16. The specific conditions shall be revised as follows (strikethroughs are deletions, underlines are additions): SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: 1. Prior to construction of the beach restoration project, the Board of Trustees will establish an Erosion Control Line along the shoreline of the beach restoration project. The Erosion Control Line shall be established consistent with the provisions of ss. 161.141-161. 211, Florida Statutes. An Erosion Control Line shall not be established in conjunction with this joint coastal permit with respect to the shoreline seaward of the following properties: a. the Oceania Owner’s Association, Inc. members’ common elements property. b. Any properties between DEP Monuments R-20.7 and R-23.5 that have been excluded from the restoration project as a result of Modification No. 0286575-004-JN. Any future modifications that may add previously deleted areas back into the project would require an ECL. In lieu of conducting a survey, the Board of Trustees may accept and approve a survey as initiated, conducted, and submitted by Okaloosa County if said survey is made in conformity with the appropriate principles set forth in ss. 161.141- 161.211. 12. Pre-construction Turtle Meeting. A meeting between representatives of the contractor, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), the FWC, and the permitted sea turtle surveyor prior to the commencement of work on this project must be held. At least 10 business days advance notice must be provided prior to conducting this meeting. This will provide an opportunity for explanation and/or clarification of the sea turtle and piping plover protection measures as well as additional guidelines when construction occurs during the nesting season such as storing equipment, minimizing driving, and follow up meetings during construction. If deleted portions of the project shall be used as construction travel corridors, permit conditions for construction activities should still be applied. www.dep.state.fl.us Packet Pg. 470  8.5.a.a Notice of Permit Modification Permit Modification No. 0286575-004-JN Western Destin Beach Restoration Page 4 of 8 22. Lighting Surveys. A survey of all artificial lighting visible from the project beach Attachment: Request for Bids (1264 : Approval of Bid - Dune Planting Projects (Okaloosa Island & Western Destin)) shall be conducted after the beach restoration project, and shall include the deleted 2,900-foot segment of the beach. The surveys shall document all lighting visible from the post-project restored beach. The post-project survey