City approves Lakeside Park phase 1 improvements, OKs amendment allowing new tower equipment
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Coconut Creek commissioners approved a contract for Lakeside Park Phase 1 upgrades — including pickleball courts and two half basketball courts — and separately authorized a lease amendment allowing a wireless carrier to modify tower equipment at the park.
The Coconut Creek City Commission on June 12 approved a contract for Phase 1 improvements at Lakeside Park and separately authorized an amendment to the park’s communications-tower lease that will let the tenant upgrade equipment in exchange for higher rent.
By roll call vote the commission awarded the Lakeside Park phase 1 construction contract to HG Construction Development and Investment Inc., under IFB number 04-09-25-12. Parks staff described the primary Phase 1 elements as four new pickleball courts, two half basketball courts, a batting cage and sidewalk improvements on the existing park footprint. Construction is slated to run about six months; staff said the park will be closed for the work and an adjacent five-acre vacant field will be used as the staging area.
Parks staff noted the bid amounts varied widely among proposers. Commissioner Riedell asked staff to explain the disparity. Parks staff said it is common to see low-, middle- and high-end bids and that the agenda included a construction contingency for budgeting purposes; the contingency is not part of the vendor contract.
Nearby residents spoke in support. Benita Mariette of the Regency Lakes neighborhood, which borders the park, told the commission she appreciated the public outreach and welcomed the inclusion of basketball and pickleball after earlier draft plans omitted them.
Commissioners pressed staff on operations during and after construction. Parks staff and the contractor said gates would be unlocked during park hours and locked after dusk; the park will be closed while work is underway. Commissioner Riedell asked staff to ensure Tradewinds Elementary School families and others who use the park as a neighborhood cut-through are notified; staff said an existing license agreement that allows overflow parking for the school’s carpool would remain in place.
In a separate ordinance reading the commission approved Ordinance 2025-22 to authorize the mayor to execute an amendment to the ground-lease with New Singular Wireless PCS LLC (successor to AT&T Wireless Services of Florida). City staff said the amendment allows the tenant to add antennas and modify ground equipment, increases the tower load factor, clarifies access easements between the tenant compound and the tower, and provides an increase in rent. Commissioners confirmed the tower structural review would be completed before any equipment modifications.
Both the construction award and the lease amendment passed on unanimous roll-call votes.
