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Council awards $4.95 million Central Basin culvert and drainage project amid neighbor concern over communication and park impacts
Summary
City Council approved a $4,950,424 contract for Central Basin culvert work and a $114,850 construction-administration agreement after residents raised concerns about notice, park impacts and environmental protections.
Jacksonville Beach's City Council unanimously approved an award for the Central Basin culvert improvement and basin desilting project on Sept. 2, approving a base contract of $4,950,424 with AWA Contracting Company Inc. and a construction-administration agreement with Jones Edmunds (listed as Jones Evans in the staff motion) for up to $114,850. Public comment at the meeting focused on neighborhood notice and park impacts. Tony Komarack (533 Eleventh Avenue South) and Martha Backer (410 Thirteenth Avenue South) told the council they had not received adequate advance notice about the work and asked for project details such as expected park closures, fencing, playground relocation and project hours. Komarack asked the council to “pause this until communications go out to the residents.”…
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