Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Leonard Vialpando
Department: Resilient Environment Division: Natural Resources Division
Information
Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE Agreement titled "Application to Request for Innovative Readiness Training Civil Military Partnership, project name "Memphis Reef Ball Relocation"" (hereinafter "Agreement") between Broward County and the United States Department of Defense ("DoD") for use of military labor to allow US military divers to extract and relocate artificial reef modules to a more stable location offshore of Broward County; authorize the County Administrator or her designee to execute the Agreement and any subsequent amendments or modifications that do not impose any additional material risk or financial obligation on the County, subject to review and approval by the County Attorney's Office; and authorize the County Administrator to take all necessary administrative and budgetary actions to implement the executed Agreement.
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Why Action is Necessary
Agreements and amendments require approval by the Board of County Commissioners pursuant to Broward County Administrative Code Section 20.31.
What Action Accomplishes
Motion will allow US military divers to extract artificial reef modules from the ocean bottom that are subsiding into sand and relocate the modules to a nearby location that provides less sand subsidence and more stability.
Goal Related Icon(s)
?County Commission
?Go Green
?MAP Broward
Previous Action Taken
None taken.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE RESILIENT ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board's goal of a Resilient Community, "ensuring accessible, seamlessly integrated investments in renewable energy, sustainable practices, resilient infrastructure, and environmental protection".
This motion supports a contract with the US Department of Defense (Do...
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