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Parks staff outline monthly project report, propose Clay County piggyback contract to speed purchases
Summary
Parks bond staff told the Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation Board they are issuing a monthly, citywide parks project report and plan to use a Clay County solicitation to speed procurement for park equipment; staff said they will return to the commission with financing details for signature parks in April or May.
Ben Rogers, acting assistant city manager, told the Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation Board that the parks bond team has begun producing a citywide monthly report that lists every parks bond project, its status and which party is responsible for next steps. “We’ve created a citywide report, all the projects, park on projects. We issue it to the city commission by the fifteenth of every month,” Rogers said.
The report, Rogers said, will be roughly 15 pages, organized by district with an itemized status for each park and notes about outstanding permitting, stakeholder input or community meetings. The monthly report is intended to increase transparency and to show which projects are awaiting action by the city, outside agencies or other stakeholders.
Rogers told the board the parks team has…
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