TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve Work Assignment No. 2026-02PW With HighSpans Engineering, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for the North Sumter Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Replacement in the Amount of $319,912.00.
Recommended Action
Option 1: Approve Work Assignment No. 2026-02PW with HighSpans Engineering, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for the North Sumter Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Replacement in the amount of $319,912.00.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Approve Work Assignment No. 2026-02PW with HighSpans Engineering, Inc. for Prfessional Engineering Services for the North Sumter Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Replacement in the amount of $319,912.00.
* Pros: Allows the City to proceed with the design and eventual replacement of the closed pedestrian bridges, restoring safe and continuous pedestrian infrastructure along North Sumter Boulevard.
* Cons: Funding in the amount of $319,912.00 will no longer be available for other potential Public Works needs.
Option 2: Deny Work Assignment No. 2026-02PW with HighSpans Engineering, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services for the North Sumter Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Replacement.
* Pros: Funding in the amount of $319,912.00 would remain available for other potential Public Works needs.
* Cons: Prevents the City from proceeding with the design and eventual replacement of the closed pedestrian bridges, resulting in continued disruption to safe and continuous pedestrian infrastructure along North Sumter Boulevard.
Background Information
In November 2025, Work Assignment No. 2025-14PW was issued to HighSpans Engineering, Inc. to conduct thorough inspections of eight City-owned and maintained pedestrian bridges. The inspections determined that three wooden pedestrian bridges along North Sumter Boulevard, over Retention Ditches No. R-76 and R-86, had suffered severe corrosion and rot a...
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