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THIS AGREEMENT made this 26t~ day of February, 1996, by
between the City of Sebastian, a municipal corporation of
the State of Florida, 1225 Main Street, Sebastian, Florida,
("City") and Carroll and Associates, ("Consultant"), 1160 38tn
Avenue, Vero Beach, Florida.
WHEREAS, the City has budgeted
twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000) for the implementation of the Scrub Jay
Habitat Management Plan for the Sebastian Municipal Airport and
agreed to both the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and
WHEREAS, the City desires to insure that all protected
species that might be subject to any Federal regulation that
could restrict the future approvals of FAA approvals at the
Airport are identified as to
W~u~REAS,
services in conducting a protected
Biological management oversight of the
Scrub Jay Habitat Management Plan.
as
type and location; and
the Consultant has agreed to perform professional
species survey and
implementation of the
1. Recitals.
if set forth in
2.
the implementation of
IT IS T~EREFOREAGREED as follows:
The above recitals are incorporated herein
their entirety.
A~ree~ent. The Consultant agrees to assist the City in
the Scrub Jay Habitat Plan and to provide
the City with a protected species survey as outlined within the
letter from Carroll and Associates to the City Manager dated
January 23, 1997 and is referenced as Exhibit "A".
3. Pro~ect Schedule. The Consultant will undertake the
the Protected Species Survey within the month of March 1997.
The management plan tasks as outlined in Exhibit "A" shall
commence upon request by the City, but such requests shall allow
reasonable time for the Consultant to schedule his start time,
but in no case shall it be more than thirty (30) days following
a written request for commencement from the City.
4. Disbursements.
following completion
Exhibit "A".
Manager upon
shall be made by the City
said invoice.
The consultant shall invoice the City
of each phase of work as outlined within
Approval of payment shall be made by the City
determination of satisfactory service. Payment
within thirty (30) days of receiving
5. Hold Harmless The Consultant shall hold harmless the
City, its agents, and employees, from all suits, actions,
claims, demands, damages, losses, expenses, including attorney's
fees, costs and judgments of every kind and description
resulting from or growing out of the services of the Consultant.
7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by
the laws of the State of Florida.
IN WITNESS W-~EOF, the parties hereto have caused
these presents to be executed, the day and year first above
written.
ATTEST:
Kathr~fl M. O'Hallo'~an
CMC/AAE, City Clerk
THE CITY OF $~.RASTIAN
Thomas W. Fl,~ame
y Manager
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C SSOCI ?ES'
[~ .~9~,~! ~l Veto Beach, Florida 32960
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January
23,
1997
Mr. Tom Frame %~%~
City Manager
City of Sebastian
1225 Main Street
Sebastian, FL 32958
Sebastian Airport Property
Indian River County
Dear Tom:
The following is a proposal to assist in carrying out a management
plan for 3+ acres at the Sebastian Airport, and to perform scrub
jay surveys on airport property likely to be affected by proposed
leases and subsequent development. We previously performed a
protected species survey, concentrating on the Scrub Jay for the
northwest side of the Airport for the City of Sebastian in 1995. In
1996 we prepared the Management Plan which has been subsequently
adopted and approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
It is my understanding that the city is intending to perform the
tasks required by the plan with it's own staff where possible. At
our last meeting you had suggested that your staff would be
providing me with a schedule and the tasks thought to necessarily
be performed by a biologist. In the absence of this information,
I have proceeded to prepare a proposal using my ideas as to the
level of involvement of my firm in these management tasks.
To ascertain the wishes of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, I
talked to Diane Bowen of that office. She was helpful and she felt
that a biologist should be involved in overseeing all operations
that would impact the threatened scrub jay. She included the
clearing operation, debris removal, and exotic treatment and
removal in that category. I interpret that to mean their should be
involvement in getting the job started the right way and to review
the completed task to determine whether it was completed properly.
March is clearly the best month to perform scrub jay surveys,
therefore I request that you at a minimum allow me to engage in the
field time necessary to determine if scrub jays are using the
management area and the lease area between Roseland Road and the
runway in March.
For the management plan tasks, I have typically included a 6 hour
day to assure the tasks start out correctly, for each different
operation to be carried out by city crews, and a 4 hour followup
visit to ascertain whether the work is completed properly.
My proposal is to provide a scrub jay survey for $2150, and
management plan implementation support for $3825 for a total of
$5900 for both actions. For this project in our home county we have
waived charges for travel time and mileage. As in all our
proposals these are not to exceed amounts.
In addition, we can perform the tree marking in phase 1 of the
clearing plan for $25 per hour and it would be expected to take 7
hours. (Total $175)
Attached on the following page, you will find a
Call if you have any questions about or wish
proposal. Look forward to working with you.
cost breakdown.
to discuss this
Sincerely,
Protected Species Survey
Orientation to property and set field stations
Field scrub jay survey for 3+ Acre Mgt area
Field scrub jay survey for lease area
HOURS
=4 hours
= 7.5 hfs
= 20
Review past reports, contact county staff for maps,and FWS
biologists and write report = 7 hours
TOTAL for Scrub Jay Survey = 38.5 hours
Field Biologist 29.5 b_rs @ 50/ hr $1475
Senior Biologist 9 hours @75.00/hr $675.00
Mileage
(36 miles round trip x .25/mi x 5 =
WAIVED
Total scrub jay Field Survey ............... $2,150.00
Management Plan Implementation
Management Plan tasks(initial Year)
Exotic Control (typical 6 b_rs startoff, 4 hfs check)
Australian Pine 10 hfs
Melaleuca 8 hfs
Brazilian Pepper 10 b_rs
Clearing (first Phase) 10 hrs
Firebreak construction 4 hrs
Photography Stations
Set Up and initial 4 hfs
Revisit after first management actions 2
Coordination with FWS, city and Water Mgt Dist3
Senior Biologist 51 hours @ 75/hr. =
$3,825.00
Mileage
(36 miles round trip x .25/mi x 8 = WAIVED
(70 miles round trip x .25/mi.x 1 = 17.50
Total $3,842.50