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Commissioners approve state-funded design for County Road 13 sidewalk serving Cuba school
Summary
The commission unanimously approved Resolution 11-2025.3 to accept state municipal funding to design a walking path/sidewalk on County Road 13 in the village of Cuba; the director said the school and village will be included in the design and the project prioritizes child safety.
The commission voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 11-2025.3, authorizing participation in and receipt of state municipal funds to design a walking path and sidewalk on County Road 13 in the village of Cuba.
Director of Public Works Mark Hatzenbuehler told commissioners the project is intended to create a walkway from the main approach to the local school, link down to a park and then up to another park. He said the state would provide $289,285.88 and the local match would be about $15,002.25; he described the total project credit as roughly $305,451.10 (figures provided by the presenter and partially garbled in the record). “What you have in front of you is a request for motion for Resolution 11-2025.3 to proceed to participate and receive funding from the municipal department regarding a road project in Seminole County,” Hatzenbuehler said, noting the design phase would include the school and the village in the planning process.
Commissioner Jones asked that, contingent on passage, staff keep the mayor and village council updated. Hatzenbuehler said staff had met with the school about three weeks earlier and that the village had participated in those conversations; “we're including the school as part of the design,” he said.
Commissioner Brooke expressed support for moving forward, stressing the project’s safety benefits: “I just want to say I'm glad that we're moving forward with this … the reasons that this is so valuable is for the safety of the children, and for access in that area.” No commissioners registered objections during the discussion.
Clerk-conducted roll call recorded affirmative votes from the chair, Vice Chair Juarez, Commissioner Brooke, Commissioner Hur and Commissioner Jones; the motion passed unanimously. Commissioners subsequently approved use of electronic signatures for related documents when prompted.
Next steps identified in the discussion include design work that incorporates input from the school and village council and routine project coordination by Public Works; formal design and construction timelines, exact final budget and procurement steps were not specified in the record.
