Remember that time last year when the City of Westlake’s request for park funds was line-item vetoed by the Governor? And then remember when THIS YEAR the City was awarded $600,000 for our big park (wholly due to our killer lobbyist Karl Rasmussen)??? And remember that it was a “matching” award with the City for a total of $1.2 million? And then Seminole Improvement District (SID) agreed to split the $600,000 matching part with the City of Westlake so that both the SID and the City were putting in $300,000 each??? Wow. What a wild ride that was, right?
Well all of this means Phase I of the big park is officially out for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)! And here are the details of the hardscape/utility infrastructures.
NOT shown are the public fishing fixtures that are also included in Phase I, but will be installed by a separate contractor.
If things move swiftly, we could be fishing by FourthFest 2027!
Thanks to SID Engineer Ryan D. Wheeler for these super technical plans!
Seen below, located at the stars, flag poles will be installed as well as memorial monuments: one proposed monument is a Blue Star Veterans Memorial sponsored by the Wellington Garden Club and the other monument is proposed to be a 9/11 memorial funded by Westlake’s Art in Public Places (AIPP) program.
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