CLEARWATER â In an effort to keep the redevelopment of Coachman Park within budget, city leaders decided Dec. 3 to abandon $6.42 million in renovations to the Main Library.
Assistant City Manager Michael Delk advised the City Council to make the move in order to bring construction costs down to $55 million and retain the core elements of the Imagine Clearwater project at the park. The overall cost of the project, however, will remain at the $64-million-plus mark because nearly $10 million has already been paid to the Stantec and Skanska engineering and design firms or is allocated for future use.
âI believe that the consultant team has done an outstanding job trying to preserve the central components of what was most important to the plan in terms of the water features, some children family play areas as well as our major priority installation there, which is the amphitheater and the stage event,â Delk said. âIt really is a spectacular waterfront plan thatâ