On March 9, 2016, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2016-29332 approving a Department Funded Agreement (DFA) between the City of Miami Beach (City) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for the cost sharing of a construction project on Indian Creek Drive from 26th to 41st Street. The infrastructure improvements under this agreement, designed to meet the new flood elevation requirements, included a new storm water drainage system, pump station, seawall, roadway, sidewalks, curbs and gutters. The scope also includes the replacement of driveways, light poles, signs, signals and pavement markings to match the new roadway alignment and configuration.

On June 8, 2016, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2016-29456, approving the award of a professional services agreement to Ribbeck Engineering, Inc. (Ribbeck), in the total amount of $407,851.00, to develop the Design Criteria Package (DCP) and conceptual plans for approximately 0.85 miles of Indian Creek Drive in accordance with FDOT design criteria as well as the City’s contract requirements.

On April 26, 2017, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2017-29839, authorizing the negotiation of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ribbeck, in the amount of $863,171.92 plus a $86,317.19 contingency, for a total amount of $949,489.11, to prepare a set of “Interim” construction plans from 25th to 26th Street, and 26th to 41st Street, including side streets along the entire project limits. The approximate length of roadway for this expanded project scope was 1.7 miles.

On October 18, 2017, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2017-30070, authorizing the negotiation of Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ribbeck, in the amount of $1,056,347.77, plus a $158,452.17 owner's contingency of fifteen percent (15%), for a total amount of $1,214,799.94, to complete the construction plans for the “Ultimate” Phase for the entire project limits. The scope of work included detailed plans for roadway, traffic control and analysis, seawall, drainage, signage, signalization, pavement markings, lighting, and related improvements. The scope also included a Design Variations memorandum, reports including crash data analysis, cost benefit ratios required by FDOT, electrical and mechanical design of the pump station.

On October 30, 2018, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2018-30547, authorizing Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ribbeck, in the amount of $308,364.46, plus a ten percent (10%) owner’s contingency in the amount of $30,836.05, for a total of $339,196.51, to perform subsurface exploration to further identify potential utilities conflicts, modifications to roadway and drainage design resulting from owner’s requests to modify harmonization plans for the adjacent properties, parking lanes modification to meet FDOT criteria, additional utility coordination, special handrail design to meet new Historic Preservation Board (HPB) criteria and additional coordination efforts.

On September 11, 2019, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2019-30943, authorizing Amendment No. 4 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ribbeck, in the amount of $383,670.00, for performing post design services, reviewing contractor’s submittal responding to requests for information (RFI’s) and attending bi-weekly project meetings.

On June 24, 2020, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2020-31292, authorizing Amendment No. 5 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ribbeck, in the amount of $350,270.73, including a 20% allowance for unforeseen design tasks, for design revisions associated with the generator relocation, geotechnical services, permitting assistance and post design services.

On July 28, 2021, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution 2021-31792, authorizing Amendment No. 6 to the Professional Services Agreement with Ribbeck, in the amount of $125,541.19, to provide additional engineering services for the seawall component of the project.

The community representatives have requested the incorporation of a protected bicycle lane through the replacement of the bike lane delineators (the vertical plastic poles) with a modular segregation system and associated pavement markings. The Zicla Zipper is a modular bike lane separator product made of recycled plastic that is approximately 11 inches in width and approximately 5 inches in height. The width at the bottom requires modification to the existing bicycle lane configuration to allow for its installation. This modular segregation system is designed to improve safety and mobility for road users and bicyclists by providing a curb-like barrier. As Indian Creek Drive is an FDOT roadway, in order to install the requested bike lane separators, coordination with and approval from FDOT is required. The bike lane separators were conceptually discussed and coordinated with FDOT. However, the final design must be submitted to FDOT for review and approval.

Ribbeck submitted a cost proposal, for Amendment No. 7 (Exhibit A) to the Agreement, in the amount of $68,500.00, to conduct roadway analysis, design the Zicla Zipper bike lane separator system, obtain the FDOT approval, and provide post design services. Among other tasks, the major design scope will require Ribbeck to conduct the necessary analysis and modeling to reduce the width of the inside lane (east lane) from 11 to 10 feet, provide a dedicated 5.5 feet of bike lane and conduct a speed analysis along the corridor in order to reduce the posted speed limit from 35 mph to 30 mph. Amendment No. 7 in the amount of $68,500.00 to design and obtain approval from FDOT, has been reviewed by staff and was found to be fair and reasonable. This Amendment No. 7 will revise the total agreement amount to $3,839,318.48.