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Bonita Springs emphasizes stormwater master plan and major transportation projects in CIP review
Summary
City staff presented the capital improvement plan, prioritizing a stormwater master-plan update to identify risk areas and conceptual projects, and highlighted several transportation projects including an $18 million East Terry Street job and FDOT-permitted Old US 41 intersection work.
City staff used the workshop to review the capital improvement plan and major project priorities, placing stormwater resiliency at the top of the list and previewing several transportation and pedestrian projects that will shape future capital budgets.
On stormwater, staff described a forthcoming master-plan update that will refine the city’s hydraulic models, identify flood-risk areas, and produce conceptual projects (what-if scenarios and high-level costs) for council consideration. Matthew (staff) emphasized the study will “identify the areas of risk which we already know” and provide conceptual projects rather than fully developed construction-ready designs; staff estimated consultant selection and initial model updates would begin in the fall with project concepts available in the following spring or summer.
Staff noted several stormwater-related capital activities: septic-to-sewer conversions paired with partner funding, an equipment storage facility to protect large hydraulic pumps now exposed to the elements, and previously funded HMGP home-elevation efforts that rely on pre-identified program participants and have limited substitution. The Quinn Downs/Dean West imperial-river projects and potential levies along the Imperial River were discussed as high-cost, longer-term options; staff said some projects are grant-funded and others would require substantial funding decisions.
Staff also described intergovernmental coordination: the county’s larger berm/bur(m) project will be incorporated into city modeling and city staff will leverage county outputs where appropriate rather than redoing county-wide modeling.
On transportation and pedestrian infrastructure, staff highlighted: the Beach Road Quadrant (contingent on two small property acquisitions), Old US 41 intersection improvements awaiting FDOT permits, multi-use path projects using CDBG pass-through funding, and the Goodwin corridor — a nearly mile-long, complicated right-of-way corridor that will require design modifications, potential condemnation and a year-long acquisition process. The Pine Avenue multi-use path has a $400,000 federal grant and is designed; staff said funds are expected to be released soon so the project can proceed to construction. East Terry Street is fully designed, under contract with Quality Enterprises, and staff expects construction to start in September with about a two-year schedule.
Staff also discussed public input and constraints on projects that affect private property: West Terry Street path comments were about evenly split among written respondents, and the narrow platted rights-of-way in some corridors will necessitate careful legal and design work. The Rosemary drainage project is fully designed and permitted but cannot advertise for construction until a $2 million federal funding agreement is executed.
Next steps: staff will begin consultant selection and model updates for the stormwater master plan in the fall, pursue funding agreements for federal appropriations, and bring design-change orders and right-of-way acquisition items back to council for action as projects move from planning to construction phases.
