M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, Town Manager
Date: September 27, 2017
Re: Issuance of a Purchase Order to AMEC Foster Wheeler, to provide additional Professional Services developing the Town's Watershed Master Plan
REQUEST
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER TO AMEC FOSTER WHEELER ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. (F/K/A AMEC ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.) TO DEVELOP THE TOWN'S WATERSHED MASTER PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Town of Cutler Bay (the "Town") adopted Resolution Number 12-56 on October 17, 2012, authorizing the issuance of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Professional Services for the development of the Town's Flood Mitigation Plan. On February 20, 2013, the Town awarded RFQ #12-03 to AMEC Foster Wheeler. On June 20, 2013, the Town executed a Professional Services Agreement with AMEC Foster Wheeler for the development of the Town's Flood Mitigation Plan via Resolution #13-14.
Watershed is frequently used to refer to the entire area that water flows across, under and through on its way to a common body of water, such as Biscayne Bay. A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it flows or runs off into the same place. For the South Miami-Dade watershed this means that all of the water in this part of the County flows into Biscayne Bay, either from a canal, through a wetland or through the aquifer. One of the main functions of a watershed is to temporarily store and transport water from the land surface to the water body and eventually on to the ocean.
The objective of the Watershed Master Plan is to prove the Town with a tool that can be used to make decisions that will reduce the increased flooding from developing on a watershed-wide basis. Stormwater management regulations can r...
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