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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute An Authorization To Proceed With Langan Engineering And Environmental Services, Inc. For Professional Environmental Services Related To The Orangebrook Golf And Country Club Revitalization, A General Obligation Bond Project, In An Amount Not To Exceed $295,000.00.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
In a City of Hollywood Special Election held on March 12, 2019, voters approved a variety of projects to be funded by a General Obligation Bond. The Orangebrook Golf Course and Country Club Revitalization Project was approved as one of the projects to be funded.
During the Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments for the adjacent New Police Headquarters project, contamination was discovered on the existing Orangebrook Golf Course Driving Range. Due to the Driving Range being owned and operated as part of the Orangebrook Golf Course, Rule 62-780.600 of the Florida Administrative Code requires that an assessment also be conducted for the entire Orangebrook Golf Course property.
Orangebrook Golf and Country Club was originally envisioned to be designed concurrently with the New Police Headquarters project. In that scenario, the survey and environmental work would also have been completed concurrently for both projects. However, the design phase of Orangebrook Golf and Country Club will now be starting later than the New Police Headquarters project, which is currently in the Schematic Design phase.
The City originally intended that the stormwater from the New Police Headquarters site would be managed on the property used for Orangebrook Golf and Country Club.
In order to design and permit these off-site stormwater retention areas for the New Police Headquarters project, the environmental work must be completed for th...
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