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St. Augustine update: Vickers Park design advances; dog-park access and kayak launch timeline remain uncertain
Summary
City staff said design documents for Eddie Vickers Park are about 60% complete and that separate bids will be issued for individual park elements. Staff said key fob access for a future Lincolnville dog park is not legally feasible for a city-owned, tax-funded park; kayak-launch permitting is underway with state and federal agencies.
Jamie Perkins, Neighborhood Services and Community Redevelopment Agency manager for the City of St. Augustine, told the Lincolnville Community Redevelopment Association on Jan. 13 that the Eddie Vickers Park work is at roughly 60% of the construction-design documents and that each major element will be bid separately because of funding and timing constraints.
Perkins said the city expects to complete construction documents “tentatively by spring” and will move individual elements into permitting and separate bids. The implementation of the dog park and an additional parking area is “tentative for this calendar year,” she said, adding she could not give a specific month. The kayak launch requires permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and those processes are “moving along” but not…
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