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City of Sunny Isles Beach Continuing Professional Consulting Services (CCNA) Page 5 RFQ No. 20-07-01; Structural Engineering and Environmental Engineering Cummins Cederberg, Inc. South Miami ▪ Fort Lauderdale ▪ Jupiter ▪ Tallahassee Ph: 305-741-6155 ▪ www.CumminsCederberg.com necessary to conduct an environmental assessment and the importance of reviewing regulatory terms and conditions with the state and federal resource agencies, as well as local stakeholders and special interest groups. Permitting and design are often considered as separate entities. However, our experience is that design and permitting are so interconnected that the final permitted design often is the construction design. The Cummins Cederberg team has a proven history of implementing projects throughout South Florida utilizing this mindset. By involving regulators and stakeholders from the pre- conception phases all the way through final construction, and working through environmental, property or other concerns at the onset, we can move through the permitting process smoothly The Cummins Cederberg team is proud of our excellent working relationships with the FDEP, USACE, DERM, FWS, FWC, and NMFS agency staff. The former regulators on our team have a unique understanding of regulations and pride themselves in their ability to prepare comprehensive permit applications and responses to requests for additional information that result in shorter permitting process durations and associated consulting costs. The environmental regulatory agency staff are tasked with enforcing their agency’s rules, while working with applicants to arrive at a permittable project. In southeast Florida, where protecting upland infrastructure is paramount, the nearshore ecological resources must also be protected. It is our job to provide the regulatory agencies with the information they need to verify and document a project’s compliance with the guiding regulations so that agency staff can recommend issuance of a permit. Benthic Assessment & Monitoring The Cummins Cederberg team of marine biologists includes eight (8) biological divers, six (6) of whom are trained Scientific Divers as per 29 CFR 1910.410 and American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS), all of which have professional experience in conducting hardbottom monitoring surveys. All staff have a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in marine biology, five (5) of which have a Master of Science or Master of Professional Science degree in the field of marine science. Our biologists are experts in stony coral, octocoral, and sponge taxonomy. The team is also proficient in the identification of seagrass, algae, and local marine fauna, including ichthyofauna. Cummins Cederberg biologists have conducted benthic monitoring, hardbottom mapping, and mitigation monitoring, as well as seagrass surveys, mapping, and monitoring programs for numerous beach nourishment, inlet/port expansion projects, and marinas including, but not limited to: Manatee County-Anna Maria Island, Town of Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Collier County, North and South Boca Raton, Town of Palm Beach (multiple Reaches, under the Beach Management Agreement), Town of Hillsboro Beach, Broward County Segments II and III, Town of Hollywood, PortMiami, Bakers Haulover Inlet, and Higgs Beach in Key West. Cummins Cederberg most recently conducted benthic and marine resource assessments and mapping for both the U.S. Coast Guard (January 2019) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (October 2019). Our professional team is highly versed in seagrass and water quality data collection, including: ✓ Line-intercept mapping of seagrass beds ✓ Collecting short-shoot data