Placement: Resolutions
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Resolution 22-R58, Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property Described as a Portion of Tract C, Block 450, Port St. Lucie Section Ten, as Recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 49, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida, for the Floresta Drive Improvement Project.
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Submitted By: Frank Knott, Manager, Engineering CIP & Support Services
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Frank Knott, Manager, Engineering CIP & Support Services
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and St. Lucie County School Board
3. Purpose: To acquire a portion of real property located at 1501 SE Floresta Dr., Port St. Lucie, FL, for the Floresta Drive Improvement Project, in exchange for parking improvements at Floresta Elementary School.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New
5. Duration: N/A
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): The cost to remove the existing parking and construct new parking will be included in the project cost of the Floresta Improvement Project.
Presentation Information: Staff will be available to answer any questions.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve of the acquisition of a portion of real property located at 1501 SE Floresta Drive for the Floresta Drive Improvement Project.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the acquisition of real property.
2. Move that the Council not approve the acquisition and provide staff direction.
Background: Improvements to the Floresta Drive corridor are a priority for the City Council and at the 2017 Summer Retreat, Council directed staff to model the corridor from a traffic standpoint for both a 2-lane and 4-lane roadway section. The new modeling was performed, and it included the new Crosstown Parkway Extension Project connection to U.S. Highway 1 at Village Drive, for the projected traffic volumes in the year 2037. The results/recommendations were presented to City Council on October 30, 2017, for consideration. The City Council unanimously passed the motion for the approval of the 2-lane conceptual improvement roadway plan for Floresta Drive.
Public Information workshops were conducted in January and March of 2018 and were well attended. The Master Plans were revised pursuant to public comment and input received. The final decision on the Floresta Drive Corridor Master Plan layout and amenities were approved by the City Council on May 14, 2018.
Issues/Analysis: The subject property is included in Phase II of the Floresta Drive Improvement Project, and it will be utilized to construct roadway improvements associated with the “oval-about” proposed at the intersection of Bywood Avenue and Floresta Drive and the right turn lane improvements on Bywood Avenue at the school entrance.
Financial Information: On November 6, 2018, the one-half cent sales tax voter referendum was approved and one of the projects included by the City Council on the list of projects to be funded by the new sales tax is the design and construction of the Floresta Drive Corridor from Southbend to Prima Vista Boulevard. The contribution will be in exchange for parking improvements on the school site.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The real property to be acquired by the City is located at 1501 SE Floresta Drive.
Attachments:
1. Resolution
2. Exhibit “A” to Resolution - Interlocal Agreement
3. Location Map
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: 6273
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Margaret M. Carland, Senior Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by James D. Stokes, City Attorney.