DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
Community Services
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Ainger Creek Boat Ramp 2025 Florida Boater Improvement Program Grant
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
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Recommended Action:
a) Approve grant application with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission in the amount of $725,000 for renovation of the Ainger Creek Boat Ramp; and
b) Approve Resolution authorizing the application for the grant and designating the County Administrator, or his designee, to apply, execute, and administer the grant; and
c) Authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution.
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budget
Budgeted Action:
No action needed. A project and budget amendment to the Capital Improvement Project “Boater Improvement-Ainger Creek” will be brought to the Board for approval, if awarded. Grant funding of $725,000 will be provided by Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and local share of $2,257,486 will be paid by Boater Revolving Fund and Capital Projects, ad valorem.
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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 provides additional funding to complete the project.
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