TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Discussion regarding parking lot additions/improvements in support of Myakkahatchee Creek S. Trail Head (Skate Park), Blue Ridge Park, Community Educational Center, and North Port Aquatic Center.
Recommended Action
Provide staff direction regarding the budgetary shortfalls for the parking lot additions/improvements planned at the Myakkahatchee Creek S. Trail Head (Skate Park), Blue Ridge Park, and the Community Education Center, and address a parking shortfall for the future North Port Aquatic Center at Butler Park.
Background Information
As part of the FY16/17 Capital Improvement Program (CIP), project P17BGA - Blueways/Greenways Access was approved to locate and develop access points/parking areas along the Myakkahatchee Creek Greenway trail system and Blueways. The locations identified in the FY16/17 CIP were Myakkahatchee Creek S. Trail Head ($100,000); Blue Ridge Park ($50,000); Hennessey Street ($75,000); and Delmar Drive ($75,000). During preliminary design, staff identified that funding for this project would not be sufficient to develop four parking areas and requested, from the City Manager's Office, permission to move both Hennessey Street and Delmar Drive to a future CIP funding year, leaving the $300,000 budgeted for design and construction of the Myakkahatchee Creek S. Trail Head and Blue Ridge Park parking lots. For reference, the Myakkahatchee Creek S. Trail Head is referred to as North Port Blvd. on the CIP project sheet.
Myakkahatchee Creek Trailhead Parking Lot
* Through a continuing contract, the City approved a work assignment with DMK Associates on July 3, 2017 in the amount of $19,820 to update the City's existing plans (originally designed in 2009) for the trailhead parking lot, obtain SWFWMD permitting, develop construction plans, and provide a current opinion of probable cost.
* DMK has completed the design and provided...
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