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Residents press Kissimmee for local-first approach on fire station and Man Street work
Summary
Public commenters urged the city to prioritize local contractors and asked Toho Water Authority to share costs for Man Street repairs; city staff explained the Lakeside Fire Station project used a construction-manager-at-risk professional-services selection and that Core Construction ranked highest on the committee.
Multiple public commenters at the meeting urged the commission to keep construction dollars local and seek outside cost-sharing for neighborhood street repairs.
Ray Parsons (speaker 13) thanked commissioners for working on Man Street improvements near MLK and Oak Street and said he believed Toho Water Authority should pay the bulk of the cost because the authority is using the neighborhood as driveway access to its parking lot. "It'd be a great savings to the city," he…
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