Resolution 78-15579 RESOLUTION NO 78-15579
A RESOLUTION APPROVING ISSUANCE OF PERMIT FOR
SECOND PHASE OF DADE COUNTY BEACH EROSION
CONTROL AND HURRICANE PROTECTION PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Dade County Department of
Environmental Resources Management has applied to the State of
Florida Department of Environmental Regulation for a permit for
Phase 2 of the Beach Restoration Project, and
WHEREAS; before approval can be given by the State of
Florida for said permit, approval must be obtained from the City
of Miami Beach pursuant to Section 253. 124, Florida Statutes, and
WHEREAS, a Biological Survey Report prepared by the
State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation is attached
hereto and made a part hereof, the contents of which are familiar
to the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that approval is hereby granted
pursuant to Section 253. 124, Florida Statutes, for the Second
Phase of the Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane
Protection Project.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of March , 1978 .
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk •
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY- 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE-MIAMI BEACH,FLORIDA 33139
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DEPA T ENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
2562 EXECUTIVE CENTER CIRCLE, EAST
MONTGOMERY BUILDING
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301
REUBIN O'D.ASKEW JOSEPH W. LANDERS,JR.
GOVERNOR • March 13, 1978 SECRETARY
Miami Beach Board of City Commissioners
c/o Frank Aymonin1, g. 1)
Director of Public Utility )117
1700 Convention Center Drive aJ
Miami Beach, Florida 33135 .!AR 2 4 1978
Gentlemen• PUBLIC Ul ILif lES t1tFAR1MENT •
File No. 13-24-3760M, Dade County
Metropolitan Dade County
The Department of Environmental Regulation staff has performed a biological
survey for the above project and offers the following comments to be considered
by the Board of Commissioners as required by Section 253.124(3), Florida Statutes.
The proposed project is Phase II of the Dade County Beach
Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection project. Phase II
is designed to restore a 8,700-ft long beach from 80th Street
to 63rd Street in the City, of Miami Beach. Approximately 1,530,000
cubic yards of sand will be dredged from a 9,500-ft long by
• 600 to 900-ft wide borrow site located 7,000 feet offshore. The
borrow site is in 40 to 50 feet of water and has a sand bottom
10 to 12 feet thick. The restored beach will have deposited
waterward and landward of the erosion control line 1,478,000 and
51,600 cubic yards of sand, respectfully. A hurricane surge
protection barrier will also be created by the construction of a
sand dune with a 20-ft wide crest elevation 11.5 feet mean
low water.
Uplands adjacent to the subject fill area now support heavy urban
development. High-rise motels, hotels, condominiums and apartment
complexes are common throughout the area with the exception of
North Shore Park. Miami Beach is a barrier island composed of sand
overlying a Key Largo limestone base. Historically the island's
ocean shoreline receded and advanced at an almost equal rate. However,
recent development activities (beach front bulkheads, pavement, groins,
jetties and dredged inlets) have drastically disrupted the almost
uniform southerly drift of sand. Because of this disruption in sand
movement, rapid beach erosion has occurred causing the shoreline to
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recede to the point that many beach front structures are now
being undermined.
An on-site inspection was conducted February 28, 1978, to
determine the proximity and development of the coral reef
indicated adjacent to the borrow site by the Corps of
Engineers Environmental Impact Statement. However, due
to poor visibility and the restriction imposed by the
State for Scuba diving, site inspection was limited.
Therefore, the following general comments, applicable
to all beach renourishment projects, are offered.
The environmental impact of this project will depend on
the type and extent of development of the offshore commun-
ities and their proximity to the dredge and fill areas.
The proposed filling to establish additional emergent
beach will remove an existing shallow water marine habitat;
however, this habitat should be re-established waterward
of its present position. Such areas commonly support a
variety of vertebrates and invertebrates adapted to the
dynamic sand/water interface. Dredging to obtain sand is
expected to disrupt offshore irrfaunal communities which serve
as a source of food for predatory vertebrates and macro-
invertebrates. Disruption of marine communities in the
dredge and fill areas will have immediate, although possibly
temporary, adverse impact on biological resources. An
additional adverse impact would result if the dredge came
in contact with the reef outside the proposed dredge area.
Siltation from dredging and filling operations has the
potential for stressing or eliminating sessile or slow moving
faunal populations outside the work areas. A long-term
adverse environmental impact on the commercial and
recreational biological resources of the area may result
from the continuous disruption of the local sessile
communities due to the on-going beach maintenance program.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.53.124(3), Florida Statutes, the
preceding comments should be duly considered and read into the minutes of
the meeting at which time a determination of local approval is made. To
assist in evaluating the project a copy of the application and a set of project
drawings are enclosed (Attachment I, II).
A sample resolution (Attachment III) prepared by the department's legal staff is
also enclosed. This document is provided to assist the Board of Commissioners
in preparing a resolution that will meet the requirements of Section 253.124(3) ,
Florida Statutes. The Board of City Commissioners is not obligated to use this
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format so long as the department is made aware that the requirements of the
statute have been fulfilled.
Sincerely,
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Thomas L. Hart, Ph.D.
Environmental Specialist
TLH/nb Standard Permitting Section
cc: Allen Webb/DER/West Palm Beach
Tony Clemente, DERM.
Dr. John Hall , Corps of Engineers
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ORI.r;INAL
RESOLUTION NO. 78-15574'
(Approving issuance of permit for 2nd
phase of Dade County Beach Erosion
Control and Hurricane Protection Project)