The coming week in City government

On the agenda for Monday’s meetings of the various committees of the Pensacola City Council (the last committee meetings of the current Council!):

Committee of the Whole

• Dr. Coy Irvin will give a presentation on the Celebrate Pensacola 450th anniversary festivities.
• Staff will provide to Council the “initial evaluation” of the CMPA development agreement by Abramson and Associates.

Community Redevelopment Agency

• The CRA will award a contract to Roads, Inc. in the amount of $724,723.70 for Alcaniz Streetscape Phase 1B. Additionally, the CRA will pay Hatch Mott McDonald $24,250 for additional permitting services (they have already been paid $19,017 for prior permitting work on this project).
• City staff is asking the CRA to approve “an additional expenditure, not to exceed $25,000″ with Abramson and Associates for “evaluation” of the CMPA development agreement, as well as an additional “up to $25,000″ expenditure to The Cardwell Law Firm for “legal services for the drafting of Agreement amendments.”

Enterprise Operations

• The City will pay Gulf Power $28,401 for “electrical infrastructure improvements” at Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport.
• More property acquisition in the College Heights area.  Due to an standing FDOT grant, the City only has to fund 25%, which will be $33,409.75 in this case.
• The City will spend $160K on a “Ditch Witch” drilling machine for ESP.  The machine is used for gas main installation, which is currently contracted out.  According to City staff, “it will be more cost effective to purchase this equipment and perform the work in-house with existing personnel.”

Neighbourhood Services

• The City will spend $49.633.79 on truck bodies for five ESP and Public Works vehicles.
• The Pensacola Fire Department will receive a FEMA grant for around $70K; the City will kick in another $17.5K to meet the 20% matching requirement of the grant.  The money will fund “the upgrade of physical fitness equipment at all City fire stations and a fitness assessment of all department members by an occupational medical facility.”

Links

• Committee of the Whole agenda
• CRA agenda
• Enterprise Operations agenda
• Neighbourhood Services agenda