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CITY OF MUMS. FLoRIoa
iNTIR-OFFICE MEMOliANOUM
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Sergio Pereira We April
24, 1985 OILE:
City Manager
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SUBJECT Resolution Concerning
Virginia Key
Carl Kern, Director
Parks and Recreation Department REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES.
"It is recommended that the
State of Florida be authorized
to de -obligate the $200,000
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grant received from the
Florida Recreation Development
Assistance Program for the
development of Virginia Key,
per the attached resolution."
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On July 22, 1982, by Resolution No. 82-632, the
City Commission
authorized the City Manager to accept a $200,000
grant award from
the Florida Recreation Development Assistance
Program for the
development of Virginia Key Park. This grant
was matched with
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$250,000 which had been previously appropriated
by Ordinance No. I
9353, on November 12, 1981, for a total project of
$450,000.
After the completion of the Competitive Selection Process the City
Manager was authorized by Resolution No. 82-1142, of December 9,
19820 to execute an agreement in the amount of $135,000 with
Synterra Ltd. for design services for a $315,000 construction
project.
Synterra subsequently completed approximately 90% of the design;
enough to develop cost estimates. A review of the cost estimates
revealed that utilities and sewer connections on the park site
would cost almost half of the construction budget, leaving an
insufficient amount to develop a viable park site.
The City Commission by Ordinance Nos. 9783 and 9784, on January 26,
1984, approved a $35,000,000 Park and Recreational Facilities Bond
Program and authorized a special municipal election for its
approval by the voters. This bond program included $5,000,000 for
the development of Virginia Key Park. The proposal was
subsequently defeated at the polls on March 13, 1984.
Since that time, no new sources of funding have been identified for
this project.
The Parks and Recreation Department recommends that the $200,000
grant be de -obligated and that the $35,473.60 already received as a
reimbursement be returned to the Florida Department of Natural Re-
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Sergio Pereira
April 24, 1985
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sources. It is further recommended that the approximately $130,000
match t
ral
balance of the Ccosts todevelopaapending
comprehensivema terh plan ufor
and engineering including both the proposed park and Marine
the entire key,
Stadium.
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cc: John Baldwin, Grants Administrator
Robert Clark, Law Department