Okaloosa County BOCC — July 30, 2015 — I. e. Colleen Marine contract — reading text

Contractor will not be reimbursed for any materials dropped or deployed outside of the proposed reef site(s) and shall be responsible for any damages or costs (e.g., damage to private property or roadways) resulting from such occurrences. I. The Contractor shall complete and sign the FWC Artificial Reef Cargo Manifest and Pre-Deployment Notification Form (included within the DOA permit authorization) for each offshore deployment and submit the document(s) to the required regulatory agencies, the Owner, and Engineer a minimum of 14 days prior to offshore deployment. By signing the Pre-Deployment notification, the Contractor certifies that all materials are free from asphalt, petroleum, other hydrocarbons and toxic residues. The Cargo Manifest Form and copies of all regulatory authorizations shall be maintained onboard the vessel at all times during transport of materials, pursuant to Chapter 370.25, Florida Statutes. J. The Contractor shall estimate the tonnage of reef material on the barge for each deployment prior to departing the waterside staging area. The Contractor shall document the method for calculating the tonnage and perform the measurements and calculations (before and after barge draft calculations) in the presence of the Owner or Engineer in accordance with the proposed measurement procedures discussed in Section 10. K. During the loading of barges with artificial reef materials, the barge shall be sufficiently moored in protected waters approved for mooring/anchoring. The barges shall be made available to the Owner and Engineer while moored in protected waters to record the pre- or post-deployment waterline of the barge or inspect materials prior to deployment. 8.4 OFFSHORE TRANSPORT AND SUPPORT VESSELS A. All offshore work vessels (e.g., tug and/or transport vessel, support vessel(s), etc.) shall meet all U.S. Coast Guard certification and safety requirements, be ABS certified (if required), and be equipped with a working Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) unit accurate within 1 meter and other marine electronics including a working VHF radio and depth sounder/fathometer accurate to within 1 ft. The Page 28 of 37  GPS system shall be capable of producing location data in both geographic coordinates and State Plane Coordinates, North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), Adjustment of 2007 (NSRS2007), Florida North Zone. B. The Contractor shall provide a support vessel, captain and sufficient crew to assist in the reef construction effort. The support vessel shall be used to place marker buoys at each artificial reef location as a reference for reef material placement. The marker buoys shall be placed, at a minimum, at the four corners and the centroid of the reef, unless approved otherwise by the Owner or Engineer. The support vessel should be capable of accommodating its crew and three additional individuals — Owner representatives, FWC staff, and/or project sponsors — and their dive gear. After assisting in the construction effort, the support vessel and crew shall be made available to support a minimum of two reef monitoring dives to be performed by FWC agents. FWC will be required to coordinate for these dives with the Contractor prior to artificial reef deployment. The Owner’s representative designated as an official observer shall remain on-site during the entire deployment phase of the operation to confirm all deployment operations. C. The support vessel shall be equipped with an electronic depth sounder accurate to within 1 ft. and a real-time Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) accurate within 1 meter and capable of navigating to specific sites. The support vessel — accommodating the Owner representatives, FWC staff, and/or project sponsors — shall verify the maximum vertical relief and footprint of the reefs following construction as required by regulatory authorizations and these specifications. The verification shall occur following each load or partial load of material placed. 8.5 PRE-DEPLOYMENT BOTTOM SURVEY The USACE regulatory authorization requires a bottom survey within one year prior to artificial reef material deployment. The County performed a bottom survey of the two permitted fish havens (Fish Haven #13 and #14) on February 28, 2012; the report is included within Appendix E. The bottom survey included fathometer transect surveys and visual (scuba diver) observations at the centroids of both areas. The report concluded the bottom conditions within both Fish Haven #13 and #14 consisted of sand substrate with no indication of potential hard bottom. To meet USACE permitting requirements, the Contractor shall perform a second assessment of the bottom conditions prior to artificial reef deployment. The assessment shall be accomplished by diver surveys, submersible video camera, fathometer, depth/bottom sounder (e.g. “fish finder”), or side-scan sonar. The inspection may occur at the time of deployment but no more than one year prior to deployment. The Contractor shall notify the Owner and Engineer immediately if submerged natural resources (e.g. seagrass beds, hard bottom, corals, etc.) are observed. The Contractor shall notify the Owner, Engineer, and USACE immediately if evidence of cultural/archeological resources, such as sunken vessels or ballast, are found. 8.6 REGULATORY AUTHORIZATIONS AND CONDITIONS The Contractor shall maintain copies of all regulatory authorizations, attachments, and cargo manifests onboard the deployment vessel and support vessel(s) at all times. The Contractor shall comply with the Sea Turtle and Smalltooth Sawfish Construction Conditions throughout transport and deployment operations; these Construction Conditions shall also apply to the Gulf Sturgeon. The Contractor shall comply with the Standard Manatee Conditions for in-water work throughout transport and deployment operations. The Contractor shall comply with the Vessel Strike Avoidance Measures and Injured or Dead Protected Species Reporting guidance for marine turtles and marine mammals throughout transport and deployment operations. The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all permit conditions are met. Page 29 of 37 8.7 ARTIFICIAL REEF DEPLOYMENT A. The Contractor shall have on-site current NOAA nautical charts of the deployment area, with the overall Fish Haven and individual deployment sites (#1 and #2) as well as any adjacent natural reef areas indicated on the chart. The proposed artificial reef coordinates for Reef Sites #1 and #2 (centroid and corner coordinates of the reef site) shall also be in possession of the Contractor when on site. B. Effective and reliable communications shall exist at all times between Contractor personnel— including all vessel captains, mates and crew members assisting in the deployment — and with the on-site Owner observer. A marine radio channel shall be designated, used and monitored throughout the offshore transport and deployment operations. C. Deployment operations will only be initiated when sea height in the project area(s) is no greater than three to four feet as forecast by the NOAA weather service supporting Destin area waters out 20 nautical miles. Both the Owner and the Engineer have the authority to suspend reef deployment operations if positioning and other deployment objectives, including safety of personnel and equipment, are not being met. D. During the deployment of the reef material, the transport/deployment vessel shall be sufficiently moored through double anchoring (minimum), be spudded down, or otherwise be held securely in place with minimal movement (+/-10 feet) to ensure accurate placement of the reef materials on the bottom in the designed configuration. In certain situations where spudding or anchoring is impossible due to depth or current conditions, the materials barge may be held in position by the tug for the deployment operation. In such cases, the Owner or Engineer will be in constant contact with the tug and the barge crew via telephone and/or radio to verify the Contractor is meeting positioning requirements. The Owner or Engineer may require the Contractor to stop offloading at any time to reposition the barge if reef positioning requirements are not being met. E. Winds and currents may change offshore conditions rapidly. The deployment of materials may be stopped at any time, as often as required by the Owner or Engineer, to confirm correct placement of the materials by means deemed suitable by the Owner under the prevailing conditions. F. The Contractor shall program the exact latitude/longitude coordinates (provided in the Construction Drawings) of each patch reef, as well as the overall artificial reef area, into the deployment vessel’s GPS unit. GPS coordinate system for location data will be Geographic, National Geodetic Datum of 1983. G. The Contractor’s Project Manager shall oversee the temporary marking of the reef deployment location in advance of reef material deployment in order to ensure proper placement of the reef material. The Contractor’s proposed plan for marking the reef sites, mooring the barge, and deploying the material must receive Owner or Engineer approval prior to commencement of offshore transport. The Contractor shall place 5 temporary marker buoys, one at each of the artificial reef site’s four corners (marking the deployment area) and one at the centroid. The markers shall be buoys 16 inches in diameter minimum – clearly visible to the transport vessel captain and sufficiently anchored to not drift during deployment activities and maintain reef location accurately. Precise GPS placement of marker buoys that do not shift position with time will also be required to ensure the reef is constructed as designed. The Owner’s observer or Engineer may verify the location of these buoys prior to or throughout deployment operations. The Contractor may elect to use additional buoys for location or deployment control; however, any additional buoys shall be a separate color than the five required markers to easily distinguish the four corners and centroid. Page 30 of 37 H. Under no circumstances shall materials be placed in the water without the on-site Owner’s acceptance of the barge’s final moored position. The Contractor shall receive a verbal authorization from the Owner or Engineer prior to off-loading any materials and shall remain on-site until released by the Owner or Engineer. Precise positioning of the barge is required in order to avoid any impacts from materials to existing artificial or natural reef structures. Offloading of materials may be stopped at any time by the Owner or Engineer in order to make an inspection dive to check placement of the materials or to require repositioning of the barge due to other factors. I. An approximately equal volume of material shall be placed at each artificial reef site. Each completed artificial reef site and the project overall shall contain approximately 80% materials sourced from Eglin AFB Range C-64ABC and approximately 20% materials sourced from the Okaloosa County