Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-13-08 regular agenda — reading text

Bid Memorandum: ITEM NO. /DESCRIPTION RESPONSE 16. Number of Bids Solicited 10 17. Number of Bids Received 1 18. Number of Responsive Bids 1 24. Tabulation Attached Yes 30. State Contract No MCT /mhj O z 0 Soo GQ VOO S Cl) 0 ia  CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mav 13, 2008 Consent Agenda Update on the FDOT Beautification Assistance Grant, regarding Beal Parkway and Memorial Parkway medians Public Works Director) Council Action 1st 2nd Vote: Agenda Item Number: 5 awl,  City ofFort Walton Beach MEMORANDUM TO: Joyce Shanahan, City Manager FROM: Thomas Murray, Public Works Director DATE: May 5, 2008 SUBJECT: Update on the Florida Department of Transportation Roadside Beautification Assistance Grant —Informational Item Regarding Beal Parkway and Memorial Parkway Background: The City Council accepted a $ 250,000 Roadside Beautification Assistance grant and approved the associated FDOT Roadside Beautification Assistance Joint Participation Agreement ( JPA) in November 2007. FDOT processed the grant and returned the fully executed agreement in January 2008. The grant includes the following improvement locations: SR 30 ( Miracle Strip Parkway) —Medians SR 30 ( Miracle Strip Parkway) —Downtown SR 189 ( Lewis Turner Blvd.) —Golf Club frontage SR 189 ( Beal Parkway) —Cemetery frontage SR 188 ( Racetrack Road) —Medians In March, Staff presented the proposed SR 30 —Medians improvements for the City Council' s information. Since that time, Public Works has been working with FDOT and PBS & J ( the grant program administrator for FDOT) to fine tune the project details. This information item presents another phase of the overall project, the proposed Beal Parkway and Memorial Parkway improvements, for the City Council' s information. Discussion: The objective for these improvements is to beautify the Cemetery frontage by providing low maintenance, attractive landscaping, with an overall unifying theme including the following features: The existing trees, Redbud (Cercis canadensis) and Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana Bradford'), will be removed, since they are blighted and are short-lived species that are underperforming and have become unsightly. The proposed landscaping will exhibit diversity in flowering, size, form, texture, and species. The layouts will facilitate mowing maintenance, provide a more manicured look, and create a visually appealing contrast between turf and bed line.  The plant species will include: Camellia japonica Professor Sargent' Pink Perfection' Camellia sasanqua Northern Lights' Cleopatra' DwarfIndian Hawthorne Alba' Eleanor Tabor' DwarfAsiatic Jasmine St Augustine Palmetto ' (Turfi Beal Parkway is the primary project location for this phase. Memorial Parkway is the secondary project location for this phase, which would carry the beautification " around the corner" to include Memorial Parkway. ( Additional FDOT approval is required to expand the project into this local street.) The two project locations will have different appearances, even though they will contain the same plant species. This will be achieved through different landscape bed configurations. For Beal Parkway, all plantings will be contained within a continuously flowing landscape bed made up of large shrubs, small shrubs, and groundcover. The bed has a curvilinear theme that allows for an aesthetically pleasing landscape. For Memorial Parkway, the small shrubs will be contained within a linear landscape bed between the fence and sidewalk. The large shrubs and groundcover will be contained within numerous curvilinear landscape beds between the sidewalk and curb. The attached reduced -size drawings show the proposed landscaping. Full -size drawings, with greater detail clarity, are available in the additional materials folder. Materials acquisition and installation will commence after FDOT' s final approval of the plans. Submitted By: s-AX0 Date homas Murray, Public Works rector Reviewed and Concur: tfye anahan, City Manager Date Attachments: Reduced -size drawings  00 cC0nL E c a, Z Q) 0 u0 0 0 EL- Q) in z CC 22 Q > C) 00 V) BB C:) L q) lulu Z 5 0 c Cn c N N q) 0 N a- Lr) ujUUuj 33 00 N CC B'-B'- 0 zc0 D 00 ss 0 Ln LL mm 0 E LLJ 00 — A o o0— Dr 0 S CN E c a- t Od O 0 0a tn. Of d F !! y0 0 cl - J D 0. V) LO 0 0 in 0 Ca3: 0 Ln In >-. uj C*4 uj C c6 Z Atwmkk Ln 0 LL 4141 MM mm uu mm 0- 4 trtr LnLn Lu LL.LL. LU U) am QQ 0 UJ 0. LL 0 ww 2:2: F.F. F. ujuj LULU M:M: u  C 0 Q) Q) E co S C) C- D C) 0 -t O 00% Cn Q) 4 fu 00 O U) C) O D 0 0 I+— U Iz)— ( I- 41 U) c 4J 4 0 z fu i .............................. i I IDM@P! S 14- 0 1 t1 m vbr  r4f-lip m