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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 3 <br />27CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SERVICES RFQ NO. 16-06-02 <br />Vizcaya Southern Lagoon & Northern Canal Tidal Swamp <br />Landscape Environmental Restoration <br /> <br />Client Miami-Dade County, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust <br /> Contact Ian Simpkins <br /> 3251 South Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida 33129 <br /> Tel. (305) 860-8430 Fax. (305) 285-2004 Email. ian.simpkins@vizcayamuseum.org <br /> <br />Project Date(s) 1/2012 – 1/2015 <br /> <br />Project County Miami-Dade <br /> <br />Location 3251 S. Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida 33129 <br /> Project Budget/Fees $123,412 Project Construction $188,000 <br /> <br />Description <br /> <br />Vizcaya Gardens and Museum, built in 1915 by Industrialist <br />James Deering, was acquired in 1952 by Miami-Dade County and <br />is a U.S. Historic National Landmark site. Devastation from <br />Hurricanes Wilma and Katrina in 2005 wreaked havoc on the <br />gardens and grounds, designed for Deering by the Columbian <br />Landscape Architect Diego Suarez, resulting in debris and <br />sedimentation blockages in the canal and tidal pond system that <br />connects to Biscayne Bay. Nuisance and exotic species <br />infestations, and declining water quality from a loss of tidal <br />flushing resulted in a loss of fish and wading bird usage of the <br />gardens and waterways. Rare coastal hammock hardwood forest <br />habitat was also destroyed. <br /> <br />E Sciences prepared a multi-disciplinary landscape architecture and environmental restoration plan for the waterways and tidal <br />pool which balances ecological function with creative landscape aesthetics, recreational functions and values, and <br />improvements to water quality, and planting designs based on historic flora inventories — including mangroves, native <br />hardwood hammock and coastal scrub species. <br /> <br />E Sciences developed design plans to dredge the south canal at Vizcaya. A collapsed retaining wall at the mouth of the south <br />canal, in addition to encroachment of mangroves and other emergent wetland vegetation, through the deposition of organic <br />material and the capturing of sediments by their roots, has resulted in interruptions to the intended tidal fluctuations with in the <br />canal. E Sciences applied for a Class I Permit from Miami-Dade County Regulatory and Economic Resources Department, a <br />permit exemption from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and a Letter of Permission from the U.S. Army Corp <br />of Engineers to conduct maintenance dredging activities involving the removal of approximately 1,410 cubic yards of silt and <br />sediments from the bottom of the canal. The objective of this project was to enhance and restore lost hydrologic and biologic al <br />functions to the canal. <br />ESciences, Inc.