Agenda 12/09/2025 Item #16M 1 (The Chair to execute a Work Order with Humiston & Moore Engineers, PA, under Contract No. 18-7432-CZ)12/9/2025
Item # 16.M.1
ID# 2025-4565
Executive Summary
Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Work Order with Humiston & Moore Engineers, PA,
under Contract No. 18-7432-CZ to provide professional engineering services for Maintenance Dredging of Doctors Pass
for a lump sum fee of $56,247.00, and make a finding that this item promotes tourism. (Fund 1105, Project No. 90549)
OBJECTIVE: To move forward with the maintenance dredging of Doctors Pass for 2026.
CONSIDERATIONS: Maintenance dredging of Doctors Pass is typically performed on a 4 year cycle, with interim
dredges if required. The pass was last dredged in March / April of 2022. Boaters using the pass have recently reported
shallow water depths in the marked channel and adjacent areas at low tides. Staff has requested design, permitting,
bidding assistance, and construction services for a maintenance dredge during the spring of 2026 from Humiston &
Moore Engineers, PA under contract 18-7432-CZ for a lump sum fee of $56,247.00.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS: This item was presented to the Coastal Advisory Committee
(CAC) on November 13, 2025 (8-0), and will be presented to the Tourist Development Council (TDC) on December 12,
2025 (since the TDC did not meet in November).
This item is consistent with the Quality of Place Objectives of the County’s Strategic Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT: To expedite the maintenance dredging of Doctors Pass while waiting for the Tourist Development
Council (“TDC”) to meet and make a recommendation on the expenditure of funds, funding in the amount of
$56,247.00 will be utilized for this expenditure within Transportation Services Fund (1001), Transportation Division
Admin (163609). The source of funding is general funds. Following the TDC recommendations as to whether this
expenditure promotes tourism, the funding source will be amended to TDC Beach Renourishment Fund (1105), Doctors
Pass Dredging Project (90549). The source of funding is tourist development tax.
FDEP cost-share funding will be requested if eligible at a future date to reimburse Collier County for a portion of the
completed work.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: This item is consistent with the Conservation and Coastal Management
Element of the County’s Growth Management Plan.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote for approval. –
CMG
RECOMMENDATION(S): To approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Work Order with Humiston & Moore
Engineers, PA, under Contract No. 18-7432-CZ to provide professional engineering services for Maintenance Dredging
of Doctors Pass for a lump sum fee of $56,247.00, and make a finding that this item promotes tourism. (Fund 1105,
Project No. 90549)
PREPARED BY: Andrew Miller, P.E., Coastal Zone Management, Capital Project Planning, Impact Fees, and Program
Management Division
ATTACHMENTS:
1. W.O- 11.20.2025-Doctors Pass Dregde
2. 18-7432-CZ-Humiston_Contract
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