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,St. Johns Diver
Water Management District
Ann B. Shortelle. Ph.D., Executive Director
4049 Reid Street • P.O. Box 1429 • Palatka, FL 32178-1429 • (386) 329-4500
On the Internet at floridaswater.com.
NOTICE OF DECISION
DATE: June 12, 2015
TO: All Respondents
Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program:
2015-2016 Annual Work Plan Request for Project Proposals
FROM: Frank Sakuma, Projects Administrator
SUBJECT: Notice of Decision
As a result of the above-mentioned Request for Project Proposals, the District's Governing Board approved
the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Advisory Board's proposal ranking and project funding
as follows (More detailed information is provided in Attachment 1):
1. Marine Resources Council of East Florida, Inc. (Education and Communication)
2. The Brevard Zoo (Outreach and Restoration)
3. University of Central Florida (Titusville Shoreline Restoration)
4. Brevard County Natural Resources Management (Channel Denitrification)
5. FL Department of Environmental Protection (Shoreline Restoration)
6. Marine Resources Council of East Florida, Inc. (Be Floridian in the IRL)
7. St. Lucie County BOCC (Lagoon Life Education Program)
8. Marine Discovery Center (Project H2O)
9. Volusia County (Drainage Improvements)
10. Sebastian City (Oyster Reef Restoration)
11. Cape Canaveral Scientific, Inc. (Grant Writing)
12. Brevard County Natural Resources Management (Today's Leaves Education Program)
13. Indian River State College (Novel Optical Techniques with UAS)
14. Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program (Event & Conference Sponsorship)
Attached please find the ranking and funding document (Attachment 1) and a document entitled "Notice of
Rights" (Attachment 2), which describes certain rights you may have regarding this decision. You should pay
close attention to the time limitations specified in the Notice of Rights.
If you have any questions or comments based on the above recommendation, please call me at (321) 984-
4944.
Enclosures
Attachment 1— Final Rankings of Funded Proposals
Attachment 2 — Notice of Rights
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ATTACHMENT 1— FINAL RANKINGS OF FUNDED PROPOSALS
Final scores and funding:
Rank
Average
Applicant
Project Title
CWA320
IRL
Project
Total Project
Score
Funding
License
Partner
Cost
Plate
Match
1
Required
Marine
Indian River
69,192.00
69,192.00
Resources
Lagoon Program
Council of
Education
East Florida,
Coordination
Inc.
2
87.5
Brevard Zoo
Community
69,375.00
71,770.00
141,145.00
Outreach,
Restoration and
Monitoring of
Intertidal Oyster
Reefs in the IRL
3
84.9
University of
Preparing
40,610.00
44,948.00
85,558.00
Central
Titusville for the
Florida
Future:
Developing a
Shoreline
Management
Plan and
Constructing a
Shoreline
Restoration Pilot
Project
4
80.1
Brevard
Brevard County
32,000.00
33,948.00
65,948.00
County
— Channel
Natural
Denitrification
Resources
Treatment to
Management
Reduce Nutrient
Department
Loading to the
Indian River
Lagoon
5
78.0
FL
Indian River
53,052.00
57,897.00
110,949.00
Department of
Lagoon
Environmental
Shoreline
Protection
Restoration
Project
6
77.8
Marine
Be Floridian in
53,000.00
39,200.00
92,200.00
Resources
the IRL:
Council of
Landscape
East Florida,
Fertilizer
Inc.
Awareness
Campaign
7
75.9
St. Lucie
Lagoon Life
29,469.00
10,000.00
39,469.00
County BOCC
Education
Program
8
70.0
Marine
Project H2O:
50,700.00
10,000.00
60,700.00
Discovery
Promoting
Center
Healthy Habitat
through
Outreach
9
70.0
Volusia
Wilbur by the
80,000.00
203,961.00
283,961.00
County
Sea Drainage
Improvements
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Rank
Average
Applicant
Project Title
CWA320
IRL
Project
Total Project
Score
Funding
License
Partner
Cost
Plate
Match
10
60.7
Sebastian City
Sebastian Oyster
402.00
23,598.00
23,928.00
47,928.00
Mats
11
49.5
Cape
2015-16 Grant
60,000.00
18,750.00
78,750.00
Canaveral
Writing &
Scientific, Inc.
Capacity
Building to
Support the
IRL-CCMP
12
46.3
Brevard
Todays Leaves
11,000.00
2,000.00
13,000.00
County
and Grass
Natural
Clippings;
Resources
Tomorrows
Management
Indian River
Department
Lagoon Muck
(NRM
13
35.8
Indian River
Novel Optical
45,000.00
60,000.00
105,000.00
State College
Techniques
Utilizing Drones
to Characterize
Water Quality in
the Indian River
Lagoon
14
N/A
Indian River
Event &
6,200.00
6,200.00
Lagoon
Conference
National
Sponsorship:
Estuary
IRL Symposium
Program
$2,500,
American
Assembly
$2,500, IRL
Envirothon
$1,200
Total
600,000.00
23,598.00
576,402.00
1,200,000.00
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ATTACHMENT 2 — NOTICE OF RIGHTS
Pursuant to § 120.57(3), Fla. Stat., and Rule 28-110.003, Fla. Admin. Code, any person adversely
affected by a District decision or intended decision to award a contract, or to reject all bids,
proposals, or qualifications, must file a Notice of Protest within 72 hours after receipt of the
decision or intended decision. Pursuant to §287.042(2)(c), Fla. Stat., any person who files an action
protesting the decision or intended decision must post with the District Clerk at the time of filing
the formal written protest a bond, cashier's check, or money order made payable to the St. Johns
River Water Management District in an amount equal to one percent of the District's estimated
contract amount.
Pursuant to § 120.57(3), Fla. Stat., and Rule 28-110.004, Fla. Admin. Code, the protester must also
file with the District Clerk a Formal Written Protest within ten days after the date the Notice of
Protest is filed with the District. The Formal Written Protest must state with particularity the facts
and law upon which the protest is based.
No additional time will be added for mailing. All filings must comply with Rule 28-106.104, Fla.
Admin. Code, and must be addressed to and received by the District Clerk at the District
Headquarters in Palatka, Florida within the prescribed time periods. The District will not accept as
filed any electronically transmitted facsimile pleadings, petitions, Notice of Protest or other
documents. Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in § 120.5 7(3), Fla. Stat., or failure to
post the bond or other security required by law within the time allowed for filing a bond will
constitute a waiver of proceedings under chapter 120, Fla. Stat. Mediation under § 120.573, Fla.
Stat., is not available.