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Coastal Engineering Consultant Services

Broward County Shore Protection Project Segment III

Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. Lindino Benedet, Ph.D. Thomas Pierro, PE Quin Robertson, Ph.D. Douglas Mann, PE Stacy Buck, MS

Lindino Benedet, Ph.D. - Project Executive

• Director, Coastal and Maritime Services
• Corporate authority to bind APTIM

 APTI TIM

• Previously CB&I, Shaw, Coastal Planning & Engineering
• Coastal Services Headquartered in Boca Raton
• Focused on coastal engineering and environmental consulting
• 47 employees, 46% Broward County residents

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Quin Robertson, Ph.D. - Project Manager

• Dania Beach resident
• Multiple publications quantifying coastal processes in Broward County
• Marine Geology, Journal of Coastal Research, Shore & Beach
• Personally visited upland mines for Segment II
• Managed 2008 Broward bathymetric LiDAR data acquisition
• Project Manager on wide variety of coastal projects
• USACE regional sediment management (RSM) and resiliency projects
• City of Long Beach NY
• Local sponsor representative for federal project
• Sand search, borrow area design
• Limited Reevaluation Report, Project Partnership Agreement

Douglas Mann, PE - Lead Engineer

• Author of 5 Federal design documents, including 2 in

Broward County

• Author of 4 beach or barrier island projects for other

Federal agencies

• Engineer or EOR for:
• 32 beach nourishment projects
• 32 coastal structure projects
• 9 dune restoration projects
• Decades of regulatory experience

Proposed Approach

In our written submittal, we outlined:

• 1. Protect the environment
• 2. Design a cost efficient project
• 3. Expedite project approvals

Proposed Approach

• 1. Protect the environment
• Zero new nearshore hardbottom impacts
• Adopt predicted 2005/06 equilibrium toe of fill (ETOF),

then design fill templates

• Use coarse upland sand
• Evaluate advance nourishment quantities

Advance Nourishment Design Beach Hardbottom Dunes

Proposed Approach

• 2. Cost Efficient Design
• Adopt zero new hardbottom impact beach design
• Evaluate two new local sand mines
• Develop and permit flexible sand delivery

methods

• Bypass sand at Port Everglades
• Eliminate need for additional groins in the State

Park

• Postpone the proposed managed retreat in north

Hollywood

• Add dunes in Hollywood and Dania Beach to

increase resiliency

Proposed Approach

• 3. Expedite Project Approvals

 Pursue a Limited Reevaluation Report

• Zero new hardbottom impacts
• No new groins in the Park
• No design change in north Hollywood

 Manage the federal approval process

• Require a complete schedule from

Jacksonville District

• Monthly meetings in the District office
• Congressional support to overcome

roadblocks

Stacy Buck, MS - Lead Biologist

 Monitoring

• Hardbottom in Broward for 13 years
• Over 750 dives in support of Broward County SPP
• Throughout the east and Gulf coasts of Florida

 Permitting and Planning

• Over a decade of regulatory experience
• USACE, FDEP, FWC, USFWS, NMFS
• NEPA - Author of Broward County Segment II EA

 Education/Training

• Academically trained at Nova Southeastern University
• FDEP - approved biologists
• AAUS organization
• Supported by 10 scientific divers in the Boca Raton office

Addressing Hardbottom through Pla lanning, , Monitoring, and Mit itigation

 Designed and permitted 20 beach nourishment projects in the vicinity of hardbottom  Regulatory process:

• Avoid
• Minimize
• Mitigate

County Planning/ Design Avoidance Mitigation Monitoring Broward 5 2 3 4 Palm Beach 9 3 6 7 Monroe 1 1 Collier 1 1 1 Manatee 3 3 3 Sarasota 1 1 1 TOTAL 20 7 13 16

Comparable Project Scale and Setting

 Broward Segment III  Palm Beach County  Indian River County  Collier County  Longboat Key  Anna Maria Island

Segment III

Nearshore Palm Beach Nearshore Collier County

Comparable Project Scale and Setting

 Broward Segment III

Segment III

 Broward Segment II

Segment II

Effective Navigation of Regulatory Process

 Broward County Segment II

• Baseline benthic characterization
• UMAM based on relief
• Biological Monitoring Plan
• Coral Relocation Plan
• Mitigation Plan
• ESA Section 7 Consultation – BA
• EFH Assessment
• NEPA Document – EA

Segment II Nearshore HB Segment II A. cervicornis

Tom Pierro, PE – Director of Operations

• Professional engineer with experience in all aspects of coastal projects
• Direct ability to prioritize staff and allocate resources
• Contractual authority to bind APTIM

 Why sho should ld Broward Coun

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choose APTIM TIM?

• Multidisciplinary firm specifically designed for local government coastal programs
• Well-established team of in-house professionals
• Experience derived from several federally authorized projects
• Properly staffed for scope of work with local experts
• Clear and concise technical approach with environmental focus
• Proven permitting record based on decades of regulatory experience
• Committed to meeting Broward County’s objectives, budget and timeline