Marco Island City Council on Monday unanimously approved documents that estimate it will cost the city approximately $22.9 million to replace Fire Station 50 and renovate Veterans Community Park.
The city would spend $12.5 million to replace the fire station with a new station and an emergency center, and $10.4 million to renovate the park.
The new fire station will be approximately 22,366 square feet with administrative offices, meeting rooms, sleeping quarters and bays for the equipment, according to a city staff report.
Miguel Carballo, fleet and facilities manager with the city, said the fire station and emergency center will include a fueling station, the IT department, a community training center and a training tower. The project will also include renovating pavement and landscaping across the City Hall campus.
White House Announces Several Nominations To Interior Leadership
The White House today announced the intent to nominate several officials to serve at the Department of the Interior, including:
Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary
Winnie Stachelberg, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget
Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
The nominations will now be considered by the U.S. Senate.
“Our nominees each have deep experience leading on energy and environmental issues, working across federal, state, local and Tribal governments, and coordinating engagement with a variety of stakeholders. I look forward to working with them to advance Interior’s mission to steward America s natural, cultural and historic resources and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes,” said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers met Monday with about 150 online viewers.
Discussions focused mostly on hydrological modeling that considered more than 100,000 water management scenarios or iterations for the lake. Iteration 1 is done, said Col. Andrew Kelly, head of the Army Corps Jacksonville office. Holy smokes. It’s been a long time coming and lots of great work by everyone to get us to this point, and the reality is we are here now where we’ve got a plethora of data that we’ve gotten through Iteration 1. Now it’s about applying that information and coming up with a finalized plan in July.
What s Happening at the Center for Watershed Protection Conference?
The Center for Watershed Protection s 2021 National Watershed and Stormwater Conference will be held virtually this year starting on April 13.
The Center for Watershed Protection National Stormwater & Watershed Conference kicks off on Tuesday, April 13 and runs through Friday, April 16. The conference aims to provide a forum for watershed and storm water professionals to network and share solutions on how to increase water resilience in communities across the country. This year’s conference will be fully virtual on Zoom.
In addition to workshops and panels discussions, the conference will also include educational sessions.Topics range from flood resiliency and community engagement to data collection and the blue-green economy. To prepare, SWS is highlighting a time block from each day with sessions covering various topics pertinent to the industry.