Item 9A~"
AGENDA ITEM #9A
NOVEMBER 8, 2004
November 2, 2004
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim Hanso
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SUBJECT: City Manag is Report
Change in Administration Policy Concerning Beach Renourishment Proiects; Some time
~* ago it was reported that President Bush had proposed a change in policy relating to beach
renourishment that would affectively remove the federal government from the funding process in
the fixture. Apparently the President has heard enough from our senators, congressmen and the
general public that the following guideline was issued from the top level at the Corps of
Engineers;
"Although the administration had proposed that, beginning in FY 2005, beach
renourishment would be considered anon-federal responsibility equivalent to operation and
maintenance responsibilities and other types of projects, the administration does not plan to
implement this new policy without congressional concurrence."
Skate Board Park; At the last meeting, it was reported that the city had received only one bid
""' for the skate park construction and would rebid the project to encourage more bids. The current
plan is to amend the requirement requiring aminimum offive-years experience in skate park
construction and allow instead that any company with either skateboard construction experience
~'""' (bowl type skateboards) or swimming pool contractors could bid the job. However, a point
system will be put its place that gives substantial credit for past experience in skate park
construction. The date for the next round of bidding is November 23`d.