Agenda 12/10/2024 Item #16F 3 (Budget amendment of $125,000 for Hurricane Milton drainage, beach, and dune continued related cleanup expenses within the Pelican Bay Services Division Municipal Services Taxing & Benefit Unit)12/10/2024
Item # 16.F.3
ID# 2024-2009
Executive Summary
Recommendation to authorize a budget amendment of $125,000 for Hurricane Milton drainage, beach, and dune
continued related cleanup expenses within the Pelican Bay Services Division Municipal Services Taxing & Benefit Unit.
OBJECTIVE: Ensure sufficient budget providing for uninterrupted disaster cleanup and recovery.
CONSIDERATIONS: Collier County Ordinance No. 2002-27, as amended, established the Pelican Bay Municipal
Service Taxing and Benefit Unit for the purpose of providing street lighting, water management, beach renourishment,
ambient noise management, extraordinary law enforcement service and beautification, including but not limited to
beautification of recreation facilities, sidewalk, street and median areas, identification markers, and maintenance of
conservation or preserve areas. Pelican Bay Services Division (PBSD) is solely responsible for advising the County on
dredging and maintaining Clam Pass and manages such activities for the County.
On September 26, 2024, despite Hurricane Helene’s distance offshore from the southwest coast of Florida, tropical
storm force gusts caused surge and sand accumulation to Pelican Bay drainage facilities and beach. Drainage restoration
and cleanup efforts were underway when on October 9, 2024, Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key as a
Category 3 storm and pushed additional surge and sand ashore. The accumulation of large deposits of sand from Milton
completely obstructed drainage across the Bay Colony Beach Dune Swale threatening public safety and property. In
addition, the sand that pushed ashore exposed stumps and other debris causing public safety hazards along the beach.
To address these issues, the Division opened emergency purchase orders to vendors under existing contracts.
On November 7, 2024, Humiston & Moore Engineers (H&M) completed a site visit to Pelican Bay’s North and South
Beaches to assess the beach conditions following the two recent Hurricanes. The visit identified significant beach
erosion which amounted to large coverages of overwash into the vegetation line, as a result of storm surge. The flow
pattern of the receding storm water after the storm eventually scoured a series of channels, gullies, along the coastline.
The nearshore coastal processes and wave action in the following weeks contributed in the formation of a detached
nearshore sandbar, with a low-lying area between the sandbar and the vegetation line, creating an zone of frequent
inundation and pooling along the back beach. These two features would likely take some time to recover, and in the
meantime, it would result in stagnant water in the low-lying area.
To assist in the beach recovery, the Division utilized existing Contract 21-7885 and obtained a quote to mechanically
remove the over-washed sand that was deposited into the vegetation line and placed the sand to fill in the gulleys and
raise the low-lying area landward of the sandbar to diminish the pooling effects. The work is authorized under the state
Emergency Final Order for Hurricanes Helene and Milton. All excavation and sand placement are limited to upland
work above the Mean High-Water Line.
FISCAL IMPACT: A budget amendment in the amount of $125,000 is required to transfer funds from the Pelican Bay
Irrigation & Landscape Capital Fund (3041), Beach Renourishment Project (50126) to the Disaster Recovery Fund
(1813), Hurricane Milton Project (50320).
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT:
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, raises no legal issues at this time
and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK
RECOMMENDATIONS: To authorize a budget amendment in the amount of $125,000 for Hurricane Milton drainage,
beach, and dune continued related cleanup expenses within the Pelican Bay Services Division Municipal Services
Taxing & Benefit Unit.
PREPARED BY: Lisa Jacob, Project Manager
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Item # 16.F.3
ID# 2024-2009
ATTACHMENTS:
1. BA Adv_Repay Hurricane Milton 3041
2. BA Adv_Repay Hurricane Milton 1813
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