TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Caryn Gardner-Young, Acting Director Public Works and Utilities
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: June 18, 2019
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APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 91-19 TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ROSSO SITE DEVELOPMENT, INC. FOR SEACREST BLVD. FROM NE 22ND STREET TO GULFSTREAM BLVD. CONSTRUCTION PURSUANT TO ITBC NO. 2019-027 (PROJECT NO. 17-010(16-095)) IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $1,935,830
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve Resolution No. 91-19 to award an Agreement with Rosso Site Development, Inc. for Seacrest Blvd. from NE 22nd Street to Gulfstream Blvd. Construction pursuant to ITBC No. 2019-027 (Project No. 17-010(16-095)) in an amount not-to-exceed $1,935,830.
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Background:
The NE 2nd Avenue/Seacrest Beautification projects initiated in response to the requests from the Del Ida Park Neighborhood Community for a more aesthetically pleasing streetscape that addressed pedestrian and bicyclist safety along a main corridor leading directly into downtown Delray Beach. The City of Delray Beach (City) and Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) have acknowledged the need for beautification and other necessary improvements through the development of the Seacrest/Del-Ida Park Neighborhood Plan, which was adopted by the City Commission on March 3, 1998. The City’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan, as well as the Transportation Planning Agency (TPA) (formerly called the Metropolitan Planning Organization) Master Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation Plan, also recommends the provision for bicycle facilities along the NE 2nd Avenue (a.k.a. Seacrest) corridor. As a result, the Seacrest Beautification project was initiated to provide for and/or increase the use of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, while creating an appropriately improved streetscape within a highly visible neighborhood.
The Seacrest Beautification project was divided into multiple phases. Phase 0 limits were from Lake Ida to NE 8...
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