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~ SYSTEMS ~ May 26,2010 City of Sunny Isles Request for Qualifications for Professional Engineering Services RFQ No.: 10-04-01 Page 7 Causeway shoreline improvement project, incorporating shoreline stabilization and upland improvements. Field investigations were completed including hydrographic surveying and beach profiling. Marine resource (seagrass) surveys were conducted, as well as upland native and exotic vegetation mapping. Coastal Systems also provided post-hurricane beach profile survey after the hurricanes in 2005. The field data was utilized to design a beach restoration project that will include upland paving and grading as well as stormwater management improvements. The project combines an extensive upland exotic vegetation removal effort with replanting of native salt-tolerant species. In addition, mangrove planters were designed to enhance the shoreline and protect existing mangrove vegetation. Environmental regulatory permits for the project were processed by Miami-Dade DERM, the Florida DEP and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Coastal Systems prepared construction plans and specifications in conjunction with funding constraints and prioritized project elements established by the County. Coastal Systems has also assisted the County with funding grant applications. Construction will be completed in 2010. Museum Park, Miami Beach, Florida Museum Park is planned by the City of Miami as a waterfront revitalization of the 29-acre park in downtown Miami on the Biscayne Bay. Coastal Systems is part of the multi-disciplined consultant team led by Coopers Robertson and Partners to design the 29-acre Park space. The $45M Park will incorporate a waterfront promenade and baywalk along with fountain, terrace, and plaza elements. Coastal Systems is designing the storm water management which will include a combination of drainage wells with exfiltration trenches along with retention areas coordinated with the design team. An environmental resource permit will be required for the stormwater management system along with FDOT drainage permits. In addition, Coastal Systems designed the water and sewer services for the Park, which includes Miami-Dade Water and Sewer master agreements for the redeveloped Park. Park entry features were also permitted through the FDOT right-of-way program. Hollywood Broadwalk, Broward-County, Florida Coastal Systems assisted the City of Hollywood with environmental permitting for the restoration and improvements to the historic oceanfront Broadwalk located between Sherman and Jefferson Street. At a length of approximately 11,000 feet, the project replaced the 22-foot-wide asphalt material of the existing Broadwalk with decorative pavers-on-sand. An 8-foot-wide concrete bicycle path and a 3- to 5-foot-wide pedestrian walkway consisting of low impact crushed shell material were added to the Broadwalk. The addition of the bicycle and pedestrian lanes expanded the total width of the Broadwalk from 22 feet to 35 feet. Coastal Systems worked closely with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems, as well as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the City of Hollywood in order to secure the required state and local approvals. Coastal Systems assisted the City in demonstrating to the DEP that the project location, materials, vegetation, and other elements would not impose an adverse impact to the beach-dune system. Extensive care was taken to replace existing pole lights that could disrupt nesting or hatchling endangered marine turtles on the adjacent beach with light fixtures that are specially shielded for turtle protection but also preserve the historic character of the Broadwalk and provide sufficient illumination to meet human safety requirements but also preserve the historic character of the Broadwalk and provide sufficient illumination to meet human safety requirements. The Broadwalk is a highly utilized alternative transportation (bicycles, rollerblades, joggers) pathway, as well as an area for people to dine and socialize. Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, Florida Coastal Systems provided streetscape design to convert NE 59th Terrace from a two-way road to a one- way road with street parking. Improvements included access to businesses and parking lots, grading and new striping and signage. The improvements were from NE 2nd Avenue to 115 feet beyond NE 3rd Avenue (approximately 800 If). The design of NE 59th Terrace is part of the Little Haiti Cultural Center Corporate Office: 464 South Dixie Highway. Coral Gables, Florida 33146. Tel: 30S.661.3655 . Fax: 305.661.1914 Regional Office: 2047 Vista Parkway, Suite 101. West Palm Beach, Florid.. 33411 . Tel: 561.640.1003 . Fax: 561.640.1009 v. "V."W .cO.lstalsvslemsint.com- info@lcoastalsystemsint.com