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Dog Park Opening Planned For 2009

By MICHAEL D. BATES

Hernando Today

Published: November 11, 2008

BROOKSVILLE - County Parks Director Pat Fagan will ask county commissioners on Wednesday that an additional $25,000 from park impact fees be used to complete phase one of a combination community park and dog park on 7.82 acres in Spring Hill so that it can open in early 2009.
Phase one includes the dog park, which is about 90 percent complete. The restroom, lining of the parking lot and sidewalks are still under construction.
The county partnered with the Spring Hill Central Rotary Club in February 2004 to develop the park, bounded by Sandlor Street, Portillo Road and Landover Boulevard.
Because of the downturn in the economy, the Rotary Club is having a hard time raising funds to complete the project, Fagan said.
The club has been receiving support from businesses, individuals and organizations to help defray the cost for park development. Hernando County also provided $50,000 from park impact fees to assist with permitting and project development.
Fagan will make his request at the Land Use Hearing, which begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Hernando County Government Center, 20 North Main St. in downtown Brooksville.
Also at Wednesday's Land Use Hearing:
County commissioners will be asked to approve a change order for Cliff's Construction Services for $5,160, bringing that Brooksville firm's total charges for interim cleanup of the contaminated former Department of Public Works building to $33,812.
Cliff's removed the top 2 feet of contaminated soil at the W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard site and on several adjacent properties.
The final cost came in $5,160 more than originally agreed to because Cliff's ended up doing additional digging.
Purchasing and Contracts Director James Gantt will recommend commissioners accept a $2.9-million bid from Brooksville-based Goodwin Bros. Construction Inc. to do the County Road 550 widening project.
Goodwin submitted the lowest of 11 bids.
The project calls for the widening of 3.4 miles of CR 550.