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Community Projects
Housing and Neighborhood Development Services’ Projects include Public Facilities and Improvements in low to moderate income neighborhoods in Palm Bay such as drainage projects, sidewalk projects, park improvements, street paving and the like. Notable projects both recently completed and under construction include:
N.E. PALM BAY CDBG STREET ASPHALT
PAVING PROJECT
In August of last year
work was completed on the Northeast Palm Bay Street CDBG Asphalt Paving project
that utilized $279,331.24 in CDBG funding. The paving project included the
paving of twenty-five (25) streets in low/mod neighborhoods in the Northeast
Palm Bay, specifically six (6) streets in the Farview Neighborhood; six (6)
streets in the Hiawatha Gardens Neighborhood; three (3) streets in the Plat of
David Neighborhood and ten (10) streets in the Plat of Tillman Neighborhood were
completed.
The improvements to the
existing roadways included increasing the overall structural number (integrity)
of the roadways by approximately 20%, which allows the roadways to sustain
higher traffic volumes. The improvements also increase the skid resistance of
the roadways, which increases stopping ability and reduces the possibility of
hydroplaning
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N.E. PALM BAY STREET CDBG-R ASPHALT PAVING PROJECT PHASE I
Under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the City of Palm Bay’s HANDS division has
received $166,081 in CDBG-R supplemental funding. Funds received under the
Recovery Act have the clear purpose to stimulate the economy through measures
that modernize the Nation’s infrastructure, improve energy efficiency, expand
educational opportunities and/or provide access to health
care.
The
City’s CDBG-R supplemental funding has been utilized to continue the paving
improvements, already underway in the low/mod income neighborhoods in Northeast
Palm Bay, specifically in the Tropicana neighborhood and other streets in
Northeast Palm Bay not previously improved. To date, the Public Works
department has completed eight (8) streets in the Tropicana neighborhood
expending $104,192 of the stimulus funds. To expend the remaining stimulus
funds, six (6) additional streets are scheduled for paving in May of this
year.
The paving improvements
include increasing the overall structural number (integrity) of the roadways by
approximately twenty (20%) percent, which will allow the roadways to sustain
higher traffic volumes. The improvements increase the skid resistance of the
roadways, which increases stopping ability and reduces the possibility of
hydroplaning. Drainage improvements are also being made as necessary to comply
with current state regulations
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N.E. PALM BAY
STREET CDBG-R ASPHALT PAVING PROJECT PHASE II
Under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the City of Palm Bay’s HANDS division has
received $166,081 in CDBG-R supplemental funding. Funds received under the
Recovery Act have the clear purpose to stimulate the economy through measures
that modernize the Nation’s infrastructure, improve energy efficiency, expand
educational opportunities and/or provide access to health
care.
The City’s CDBG-R
supplemental funding has been utilized to continue the paving improvements,
already underway in the low/mod income neighborhoods in Northeast Palm Bay,
specifically in the Tropicana neighborhood. Phase II included six (6)
additional streets in Northeast Palm Bay not previously improved including
Eaglerock Street; Dovewood Street; Cashew Street; Richards Drive; Magnolia
Street and Southover Drive. To date, the Public Works department has completed
all fourteen (14) streets in the neighborhoods of Northeast Palm Bay expending
the entire $166,081 of the stimulus funds.
The paving improvements
include increasing the overall structural number (integrity) of the roadways by
approximately twenty (20%) percent, which will allow the roadways to sustain
higher traffic volumes. The improvements increase the skid resistance of the
roadways, which increases stopping ability and reduces the possibility of
hydroplaning. Drainage improvements are also being made as necessary to comply
with current state regulations.
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DRISKELL PARK SECURITY LIGHTING AND
PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
The City of Palm Bay’s
Housing And Neighborhood Services, a division of the Growth Management
Depart-ment utilized Community Development Block Grant funds from the Federal
government to finance, security lighting and park improvements to Driskell Park
that were completed by the City’s Parks and Recreation department. Driskell
Park is located at 2155 Monroe Street, N.E., in Palm Bay.
Park improvements included
the placement of additional security lighting near the rest rooms as well as,
the purchase and installation of a swing set, a wall climber, a bench in the
play area and three additional sets of bleachers that were positioned by
the two basketball courts. Work was recently completed in April
Area resident James Bartell, Co-Chairman of the Powell
Neighborhood Watch Asso-ciation stated the improve-ments to Driskell Park have
made a tremendous differ-ence for our children who live in the area and play at
the park. The security lighting that has been recently installed has made the
park a safer place for neighbors who reside in the area surrounding the Park.
We also appreciate the continuing efforts the City’s Housing and Neighborhood
Development Services division, the Parks and Recreation department and the
Public Works department have continued to make with recreation and drainage
improvements in the Driskell Heights neighborhood.
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BASIN 3 MAIN STREET PERVIOUS PARKING
LOT IMPROVEMENTS
The Main Street Pervious
Parking Lot is located on the east side of Palm Bay Road, just north of Hessey
Avenue and west of the Florida East Coast (FEC) railroad within the eastern
portion of the Main Street right‐of‐way. The Parking lot
consists of 9,660 square feet of pervious concrete that allows for two (2)
disabled parking spaces along with fourteen (14) standard parking spaces in the
area of the Main Street Right‐Of‐Way. A raised curb
encompasses the perimeter of the site for support of the pervious concrete and
course aggregate base. The Course aggregate base is in accordance with the
Florida Department of Transportation’s Standard Specifications for Road and
Bridge Construction and consists of recycled concrete graded to provide the
drainage porosity of forty (40%) percent. The project was completed by the
Public Works Department on time and within budget in July of 2010 with a Federal
Community Development Block Grant through the City of Palm Bay’s Housing and
Neighborhood Development Services Division
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BOUNDARY CANAL BAFFLE BOX RETROFIT
IMPROVEMENTS
Work on the Boundary Canal
Baffle Box included making improvements to the
existing baffle box that was originally installed in 2000 just south of the
Turkey Creek bridge on the west side of Port Malabar Blvd. Baffle box design
has evolved since that time, with features which include a screening device to
collect trash, a device to absorb oil and a turbidity barrier to reduce the
re-suspension of solids (sand). All of these retrofits are consistent with
meeting the City’s future Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) targets for clearing
debris from runoff prior to entering the Turkey Creek Canal. The project was
completed by the Public Works Department on time and within budget in July of
2010 with a Federal Community Development Block Grant through the City of Palm
Bay’s Housing and Neighborhood Development Services Division as well as an
Indian River Lagoon grant from the St. John’s Water Management District’s
National Estuary program
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FY 2010/2011 COMPLETED CDBG
COMMUNITY
PROJECTS
PALM BAY PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING & PALM BAY COMMUNITY CENTER HANDICAP DOOR ACCESSIBILITY
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BASIN 3 MAIN STREET REALIGNMENT/DRAINAGE PROJECT
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FY 2011/2012 COMPLETED CDBG
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
FRED LEE PARK HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS
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FY 2011/2012 HOME CHDO
IN-FILL HOUSING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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