At its March 9, 2016 meeting, the City commission approved Resolution 2016-29332 approving an agreement between the City and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for the cost sharing of a construction project on Indian Creek Drive from 26th to 41st Streets. The infrastructure improvements will include a new storm water drainage system, pump station and seawall. The existing roadway, curbs, gutters and sidewalks will be elevated to meet new flood elevation requirements. Driveways, light poles, signals, signage and pavement markings will be replaced to match the new roadway alignment and configuration.

At the June 8, 2016 meeting, the City Commission authorized the award of a professional service agreement with Ribbeck Engineering, Inc. The total sum of the contract for this engineering firm and subcontractor was $407,851 which consists of developing a Design Criteria Package (DCP) and conceptual plans for approximately 0.85 miles of Indian Creek Drive. The conceptual plans are required as reference to the DCP and will be performed in accordance with FDOT design requirements. The DCP will include FDOT design criteria as well as City of Miami Beach contract requirements necessary by the Design-Build Firm to properly submit.

Continuing with the initiative to protect residents from tidal flooding within the City of Miami Beach, the City Commission approved revisingthe scope of work from Ribbeck Engineering, Inc., for the preparation of a set of Interim construction plans from 25th to 26th street and 26th to 41st Street including side streets along the entire project limits on April 26, 2017 by adopting Resolution 2017-29839 and authorizing Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $949,489.11.

The approximate length of roadway for this expanded project scope is 1.7 miles. The construction plans will include detailed roadway, traffic control plans and analysis, seawall plans, drainage analysis and plans, signing, pavement markings and signalization components. The interim construction plans were required in order to construct a 72” main trunk along Indian Creek Drive as well as to provide drainage improvements along the aforementioned side streets by upsizing the existing drainage lines to 24 inches.

In furtherance of the initiative to expedite the construction of the ultimate phase and protect residents from tidal flooding, the Public Works Department requested an additional scope of work from Ribbeck Engineering, Inc., for the preparation of a set of complete signed and sealed construction plans from 25th to 41st Street, including side streets along the entire Project limits of approximately 1.7 miles of roadway.  The construction plans will include detailed roadway, traffic control plans and analysis, seawall plans, drainage analysis and plans, signing, pavement markings, lighting and signalization components, and related improvements, and the scope will include a design variations memorandum and reports including crash data analysis and benefit cost ration which are required on FDOT projects, and which will adhere to FDOT design criteria as well as City of Miami Beach contract requirements.  Most importantly, these complete plans will allow the project to be put out to bid rather than design/build contracting, which is a preferable method to FDOT.  This will help strengthen the case that must be presented to Tallahassee to obtain the additional funding that we believe will be necessary.

These plans will also include the electrical and mechanical design of the pump station which will reduce the time and cost of temporary pumps necessary during tidal events.  The cost proposal of the Amendment No. 2 is in the amount of $1,056,347.77 for the preparation of Ultimate construction plans, plus a contingency of fifteen percent (15%) ($158,452.17) that has been added, for a total amount of $1,214,799.94.