Lake City Report - May 21, 2010
Bonds
- Grants - Wastewater - Engineers
Columbia County, FL (Posted May 22, 2010 07:40 am)
by City Manager Wendell Johnson and
staff
From City Manager Wendell Johnson
Capital Improvements:
The City's Series 2000 Sales Tax Bond
refunding process was completed this week.
$2,000,000 in new revenue for general fund
capital projects is available.
The Staff will move aggressively to develop
the capital improvement schedule for streets,
curbing, sidewalks and storm water upgrades and
intends to begin work within the next 90 – 120
days.
These funds will be dedicated to those areas
of the City having the most critical need and
will be prioritized for Council consideration.
Neighborhood Revitalization Block Grant
To supplement this effort the Staff has
initiated discussion with the North Central
Florida Regional Planning Council
representatives to discuss application for a
Community Development “Neighborhood
Revitalization” Block Grant. The initial
meeting is scheduled for next week. This would
be a $750,000 grant.
Kicklighter Waste Water Treatment Plant:
The City Finance Team and Raymond James &
Associates, Inc. continue the refunding process
for the Series 1998A and 2000 Utilities Revenue
Bonds.
$18,000,000 of new money is expected for the
Kicklighter Treatment Plant and various
improvements to the St. Margaret’s Street Plant.
Funding arrangements should be completed during
of July 2010.
The City has received eight responses to the
Request For Qualifications (RFQ) for
professional engineering services. The request,
RFQ-017-2010, is available
here.
Proposals were submitted by:
1. Jones Edmunds –
Gainesville, FL.
2. CPH Engineers – Jacksonville, FL
3. URS – Lake City, FL
4. Chastain – Skillman – Lakeland, FL
5. Hatch Mott – Jacksonville, FL
6. Eutaw Utilities – Tallahassee, FL
7. Mittalier & Associates – Orange Park, FL.
8. WET Engineering – Jacksonville, FL
A Staff committee will complete the
evaluation of these proposals and make a
recommendation at the June 21, 2010 Council
meeting to award the contract.
The design process will take about six months
and we hope to begin construction in the first
quarter of 2011.
The City Staff Report is available in pdf format
here.
