DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
Budget & Admin Services
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25-511, Award, Sunrise Waterway Maintenance Dredging (Public Works)
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
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Recommended Action:
a) Approve award of Request for Bid #25-511, Sunrise Waterway Maintenance Dredging to Kelly Brothers, Inc of Fort Myers, Florida for the total amount of $1,474,296; and
b) Authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution for CNIF West Coast Inland Navigation District funding for the Sunrise Waterway Maintenance Dredging.
This is to secure services of a Contractor to perform the Dredging of the Sunrise Waterway, and to restore sections of Port Charlotte Beach Park, Bayshore Live Oak Point Park, and Chester Roberts Park.
**Change, Updated wording & Added attachment - Resolution, 7/18/2025**
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budget
Budgeted Action:
No action needed. Sunrise Waterway maintenance dredging is budgeted in the Public Works MSBU/TU Dredging Capital Maintenance Plan. Funding is provided by Buena Vista Waterway MSBU assessments and Edgewater North Waterway MSBU assessments. Funding for the Sunrise Waterway maintenance dredging is also provided by Federal Emergency Management Agency, Florida Dept. of Emergency Management, and anticipated West Coast Inland Navigation District. There is a local match required of 5 - 12.5%. Funding for the Port Charlotte Beach Park, Bayshore Live Oak Park and Chester Roberts Park is provided by a Q3 budget adjustment using ad valorem funding designated for Community Services hurricane recovery projects.
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BACKGROUND (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
This project consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, supplies, materials, transportation, fuel, power, water, providing environmental protection, and performing all operations in connection with the Sunrise Waterway maintenance dredging as indicated in the Plans and Technical Specifications. The Project is located along the northern bank of the Peace River west of Tamiami Trail and includes dredging of the Sunrise Waterway. Dredged sediment is to be placed as beach fill at Port Charlotte Beach Park. The project also seeks to restore sections of the shoreline at Bayshore Live Oak Point Park and Chester Roberts Park by importing beach compatible sand.
Therefore, it has been determined to be in the best interest of the County to award Request for Bid #25-511, Sunrise Waterway Maintenance Dredging to Kelly Brothers, Inc of Fort Myers, Florida for the total amount of $1,474,296.
Completion time is 90 calendar days with a liquidated damages rate of $1,690 per calendar day.
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