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5919 MAIN STREET .  NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34652 . 727.853.1016


TO:City of New Port Richey City Council
FROM:Robert M Rivera, Public Works Director
DATE:6/7/2016
RE:Presentation: 2015/2016 Downtown Landscaping Improvements Design Project

REQUEST:

There is no request from staff for City Council.



DISCUSSION:

As City Council may recall, the 2015/2016 Downtown Landscaping Improvements Project was included and approved in the City's 2015/2020 Capital Improvement Program.  Elements of the project are as follows:

 

·       Downtown parking lot frontage improvements designed to meet minimum requirements to the City's Land Development Code.

·       The removal of existing Drake Elms Downtown and the replanting of those trees around the City's stormwater pond located at Main Street and Old Main Street and along the railroad right of way adjacent to Grand Boulevard between Cecelia Drive and Pasadena Drive.  

·       The removal of the existing galvanized fence and the installation of a new black vinyl fence around the existing stormwater pond located at Main Street and Old Main Street.

·       The replanting of appropriate trees for an urban setting Downtown.

·       Ground cover upgrades in all medians located on Main Street in the Downtown area.           

 

Mr. Jim Gilman, Landscape Architect, Associate Vice President of the Genesis Group is present tonight to discuss the project and answer questions City Council may have of the project design.  



RECOMMENDATION:

There is no recommendation from staff for City Council.

 



BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no budget impact at this time.

 

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