River Ridge reviews long‑range plan: $291,500 backup well, gatehouse estimates and $2.5M loan forecast

District staff distributed an updated Long Range Plan and reviewed several capital items during the April 28 meeting. Eric Long presented the Traffic Calming Project cost for the radar sign and camera at $26,739 and said the project was completed. He detailed a backup irrigation well with an estimated additional cost of $291,500; Long said he expects the current pump to be installed and operating within the next couple of weeks and that water‑quality tests will be conducted on both wells at an appropriate time.

Long provided gatehouse and monument cost estimates: four neighborhood monuments were held at an estimate of probable cost of $250,000; gatehouse renovation estimates are $615,775 for Fiscal Year 2026 and $407,240 for Fiscal Year 2027. He also noted coordination with FPL, which will replace a transformer by the Turnberry pool and add another transformer at no cost to the CDD, and that the Village of Estero has already approved the stormwater management permit while SFWMD approval remains pending. Staff noted the overall change in the CIP will necessitate a loan of approximately $2.5 million; staff and counsel discussed procurement thresholds and permit timing.