Lake City Report - Feb 19, 2010
Community clean up,
Airport Terminal Project
Columbia County, FL (Posted
Feb 20,
2010 • at 7:30am)
by City Manager Wendell Johnson and
staff
From City Manager Wendell Johnson
Community Cleanup
The City staff and local community volunteers
are planning the 2nd annual “Take Pride in Your
Community” Cleanup Campaign. This “Green Team”
event will take place from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00
noon on April 24, 2010 staging at the Richardson
Community Center. The area of
concentration for the cleanup will be within the
city’s northeast quadrant from beginning at
Duval/Marion Street east/north to Martin Luther
King, Jr. Blvd.
A NOTE OF THANKS
On behalf of the Mayor and City
Council, I extend my sincerest appreciation
to all the administration, public works,
utilities, police, and fire department
personnel who worked to make the 32nd Annual
Olustee Festival a success.
Thank all of you so much for making Lake
City look GOOD and keeping everyone safe
throughout this event!
GREAT JOB EVERYONE!
Wendell
The participation of all residents within the
area, civic clubs, religious organizations, and
youth groups is encouraged and will be greatly
appreciated. Food and fun activities will be
provided for all event volunteers.
For further information, contact Jackie Kite at
(386) 719-5766.
Airport Terminal Project
Staff met this week with Don Ramdass of
Passero & Associates to discuss the funding
status of the proposed Air Terminal.
Construction scheduling cannot be finalized
until the City is assured of anticipated Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) monies. We
have received notification that the FAA’s
funding will be available after June 2010 under
their Part B funding scenario.
To meet the FAA schedule, the City will take
the following actions:
- Resubmit our Grant Application in the
early part of June to receive the FAA Grant
Funding Offer.
- Submit the Grant Offer to the City
Council for their approval and execution.
- Submit the Grant Offer back to the
FAA-ADO. (Maximum 30-day turn around)
Staff anticipates that the FAA-ADO Grant
approval process will take the allotted 30 days
for full execution between the FAA and the City.
Therefore, we have requested the selected
contractor to extend their bid offer until July
2010; their bid is presently valid only until
April 21, 2010. We optimistically
anticipate a construction contract between the
City and the contractor and a notice to proceed
can be finalized for this project before the end
of July 2010.
The City Staff Report is available in pdf format
here.
