DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
Community Services
Title
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Florida Boating Improvement Program Grant Agreement for Ainger Creek Boat Ramp.
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
recommendation
Recommended Action:
a) Approve Grant Agreement between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Charlotte County in the amount of $725,000 for the Florida Boater Improvement Fund for Ainger Creek Boat Ramp Improvements; and
b) Approve Resolution for budget adjustment BA26-222 in the amount of $725,000; and
c) Approve Amendment to Capital Improvement Project "Boating Improvements - Ainger Creek" to recognize grant funding.
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budget
Budgeted Action:
Approve Budget Adjustment BA26-222 amending the FY26 budget for CIP project "Boating Improvements - Ainger Creek" to recognize grant funding in the amount of $725,000. Grant funding will be provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The local cost share of $250,000 will be provided by the Boater Improvement Fund (State). The remaining balance of the local cost share in the amount of $2.718M will be provided from Capital Projects Fund, ad valorem.
**Change, Updated wording, 3/20/2026**
**Change, Added attachment - Conceptual Plan, 3/23/2026**
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BACKGROUND (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
The boat ramp at Ainger Creek Park is over 40 years old and the County's oldest public boat ramp. Configuration of the ramp focuses vessel prop wash at the mangrove shoreline resulting in scouring. The park's existing trailer parking spaces are narrow and not adequate in length, resulting in reduced parking capacity. The existing stormwater management system does not function as designed, some finger piers are closed, and the seawall is deteriorated. Risks include, but are not limited to, seawall failure, further shoreline erosion/loss of mangroves, and increased impacts to vessel navigation from continued channel shoaling. The grant application ...
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