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City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Marine and Coastal Professional Engineering Consulting Services (CCNA) | RFQ No. 18‐02‐01 Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. 6 01C032018D D. PROJECT APPROACH AND UNDERSTANDING The following presents our understanding of the City’s needs, our general technical approach, and a summary of APTIM’s project management philosophy used to deliver value and quality to the City’s marine and coastal engineering projects. Understanding of the City’s Needs The City of Sunny Isles Beach is a unique coastal community and environment that requires an in‐depth understanding of the resources, challenges, and program designed to protect it. The City is bordered by both the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway, each of which present unique management challenges. The City’s Atlantic Ocean shoreline is an asset that is influenced by the lack of sediment bypassing at Port Everglades, beach nourishment projects between Port Everglades and Bakers Haulover Inlet, and localized erosional hot spots within the City. Recent erosional losses in Sunny Isles Beach may be the result of many factors including sand from the Broward County Segment III project moving through the City, lower than normal longshore transport rates providing sand alongshore, historical hot spots returning to an equilibrium position as sand moves south, the recent modifications to the Newport Pier allowing adjacent shoreline to reach a new equilibrium, and of course, recent storm impacts. The City’s shoreline is also managed through a series of public and privately owned bulkheads along the Intracoastal Waterway, which provide stabilization and flood protection. The beach in the City is currently maintained through the Federally‐authorized Miami‐Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Surge Protection Project. The shoreline is currently being nourished (2018) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with support from Miami‐Dade County under this authorization. The project is placing sand in previously identified erosional hotspots in the north end of the City near the Ocean I and II Condominiums, as well as the shoreline adjacent to the Newport Pier. Continued coordination with all relevant stakeholders and physical monitoring is recommended moving forward should these areas present further erosion and require action. It is our understanding that the City has previously evaluated coastal erosion and the feasibility of installing structures to manage the shoreline. The City has implemented a physical monitoring program to collect beach surveys and has evaluated the condition of the submerged breakwaters and their effectiveness of mitigating end losses north into Golden Beach. APTIM is a proponent of responsible beach management and supports these efforts. We recommend the development of a robust Beach Management Plan to support the short‐ and long‐term management of your shoreline that will incorporate all of your previous efforts and identify new, valuable projects. We have developed these plans for many Florida municipalities. The plan will allow you to be proactive, rather than reactive, when addressing your marine and coastal engineering needs. Many of the concepts and strategies used by other municipalities could be applied to the City’s shoreline to the benefit of all stakeholders. The Beach Management Plan would clearly identify the City’s objectives for coastal management including stakeholder engagement, timeframe, and purpose. The Plan may include a coastal process assessment using the latest numerical models to evaluate littoral transport, sea level rise, or coastal flooding based on new data. A storm vulnerability evaluation can also be incorporated, which is an invaluable tool to quantify the current level of storm protection in the City and identify areas for improvement considering climate change. A cost‐benefit analysis can be used evaluate the capital expense of structures, continued beach nourishment through the Federal project, or consider the value of City‐sponsored beach projects. Other components may also include: identifying additional funding opportunities, a hurricane preparedness plan, waterfront park development/improvements, bulkhead condition assessments (asset management), and integration with the City’s Comprehensive Plan.