Item 9
A~;ENDA 1TLM #9
JUNE 28, 2004
June 21, 2004
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim Hanso
rty Manager
SUBJECT: City Mana is Report
Beach Renourishment; Newspapers recently ran a story that the Duval County Beach
Renourishment Project had been allocated $750,000 in the House Energy and Water
Appropriations Bill. This is clearly short of the five million dollars in construction costs that is
needed to make the 2005 renourishment project a reality. However, this funding should be
considered "good" news for a couple of reasons. First, there are only a few beach renourishment
projects nationwide that received any funding in this appropriations bill. Having the project with
some funding in this preliminary bill allows Congressman Crenshaw to work to increase the
funding to the full five million dollar request prior to adoption of the final budget. No word has
been received to as yet as to the status of similar legislation on the Senate side.
Workshoa Schedule; The first workshop dealing with the preservation of community character
~.. as discussed in our strategic planning sessions has now been scheduled for 5:00 pm on Monday,
July 12th. The meeting will be in the City Commission Chambers. Sandwiches will be served
prior to the regular commission meeting scheduled to begin at 7:15 that evening.