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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
-o. Honorable Mayor and Members of DATE: Qi 1900 FILE:
the City Commission
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SUBJECT: Lawrence Waterway Canal
- Public Hearing
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Cesar H. Odio
City Manager ENCLOSURES:
RECOMMENDATION
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It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission consider
all factual information concerning needed improvements proposed
for the Lawrence Waterway Canal and give direction to the City
Administration with respect to possible land acquisition by
condemnation.
BACKGROUND
The Department of Public Works has completed an investigation of
the conditions of the Lawrence Waterway Canal in response to a
petition for improvements by adjacent property owners. Last year
approximately 26 property owners petitioned the City to d'r_edge
and cleanup a segment of the Lawrence Waterway between N.W. 7
Street and the 836 Expressway. As a result of that request,
funds were appropriated in the amount of $1,500,000 for dredging
the canal bottom, shoreline stabilization and rebuilding of the
adjacent streets, i.e., N.W. 17 Place and N.W. 18 Avenue.
Several outstanding issues have delayed the implementation of
this project. Environmental concerns relative to the final
disposal site of the. dredged material, an approved type of
shoreline embankment and stormwater outfall modifications can be
resolved within several months. However, the acquisition of the
privately owned submerged bottom land of the canal itself and
several outlots immediately upland from the canal will take
considerable time since it appears that condemnation will be
required if we are to proceed with the project.
The Administration requests that the City Commission authorize
commencement of condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of
the submerged bottom land of the Lawrence Canal and the remaining
upland outlots.
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