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Live Oak outlines nearly $86.4 million in projects, presses for hazard mitigation grant
Summary
City officials described a long list of completed and planned capital projects tied to private development, reported approximately $86.37 million in project value to date, and said they are pursuing a hazard mitigation grant (about $60 million) to address recurrent flooding; the grant has not yet been awarded.
Speaker 3 delivered a detailed capital-projects update to the City Council, listing water, drainage and paving projects, ongoing lift-station and sewer work, recent and prospective business openings and grant awards tied to those efforts.
The speaker said projects include watermain loop work near US 129, paving and drainage across multiple streets, the Heritage Square parking project (CRA), a Hale Park rebuild in coordination with Suwannee County, and several CDBG-funded water-well projects. The speaker cited grant awards including a $507,195 award for the Park Street drainage well and said combined projects and grant activities amount to roughly $86,370,000 in value "for the City of Live Oak." Speaker 3 also said they have secured about $686,000 in fire-related grants and $620,000 for police projects so far.
A major focus was a hazard mitigation grant for downtown flood mitigation described as "about $60,000,000." Speaker 3 said that award had not been finalized in the transcript and described recent outreach, virtual meetings with outside consultants and letters of support submitted to strengthen the application. On the animal-control facility, Speaker 3 said a large oak tree fell on the center and "completely destroyed it," and described local offers of donated materials and labor to rebuild; the speaker said design work and engineering drawings were underway and that concrete procurement was a principal cost concern.
Council members asked follow-ups about the status of budgeted work on 6th Street and paving for Brown and Broom streets; the council was told engineers are reviewing scopes and that utility fixes must precede paving.
The council discussion provided project-scale totals and grant figures but did not record a vote or formal committee action on those projects in the transcript.
