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DREDGING COMMITTEE MINUTES:
Minutes of meeting
10:00 AM
(THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT)
Project
Status - Rene Perez, USACE project officer, advised the group that
in the beginning of this month the USACE District Office in Jacksonville
received approval to start the project with “Congressional Add”
funds and then after completion of the economic study utilize operation
and maintenance funds. Rene
stated they have written approval of this procedure from HQ.
Next Rene stated that on June 5, 2003 the Project Cooperation
Agreement (PCA) was returned to the non-federal sponsor (Miami-Dade
County) for approval of minor changes required by USACE.
Rene stated that yesterday the project sponsor accepted and
returned the PCA to Jacksonville and it was forwarded to USACE HQ.
Rene expects that final approval will be “within days”.
Once HQ approves the package, final signatures on the PCA from HQ
and the project sponsor will be completed and then the bid documents can
be advertised for the dredging project.
Discussion ensued concerning the details of the PCA signing.
Rene advised the group that the Request for Proposals (RFP)
process would be open for 45 days once the RFP is advertised.
Rene stated that the evaluation period is a maximum of 30 days
and could occur in less than 30 days.
Dick Bunnell asked Rene, when does the local sponsor need to
provide funds to the USACE? Rene
responded that it is usually just before the USACE provides the notice
to proceed to the selected contractor.
Status of Bank-to Bank Project -. Carlos Espinosa, MDC DERM, stated that additional consent letters have been received and approximately 75% of properties have signed the consent. Carlos has directed Ed Swakon to look at the individual reaches of the project to determine which areas can be dredged outside the federal channel. Also if the funding for bank-to-bank is limited, Ed Swakon will look at the best areas to maximize the removal of contaminated sediments that are outside the federal channel. It was noted that the required Miami-Dade County permit would go before the County Commission on July 22, 2003. Discussion ensued on the remaining properties that have not signed the consent form and how the dredging contract could be worded. It was noted that some of the properties listed have been sold and have new owners. The MRC will work with Ed Swakon to help get the consent letters to the correct owners.
Utility
Crossings – The utility relocations are proceeding well and at
this time all utilities will be relocated before the dredging project
will pass their respective areas.