Amended Agenda Packet

Board of Commissioners Meeting · 2026-09-08 · agenda_packet

[201 E. Green Street, Perry, Florida (meeting location); not stated for individual projects] The document is a suggested agenda for the Taylor County Board of County Commissioners meeting on September 8, 2026, at 6:00 PM, at 201 E. Green Street, Perry, Florida. It lists multiple agenda items, including consent items, bids/public hearings, constitutional officers, general business, county staff items, county attorney items, and county administrator items. The document does not state a decision on any project; it is a meeting agenda. The document does not state any public comment or stakeholder sentiment. The document does not state a specific project for contractors to pursue, but lists several potential opportunities, including: approval of a shortlist of contractors for the construction of Fire Station 7; a request for qualifications for professional design, engineering and permitting services for the Hodges Park Rehabilitation at Keaton Beach; receiving bids for the Ash Street Widening/Resurfacing LAP/SCOP Project; approval of a construction engineering and inspection services task order from RS&H for the 13th and Central USACE Floodplain Mitigation Project; approval of the bid committee's recommendation to execute a contract with Lampl Herbert for the Steinhatechee Commercial Seafood Facility Planning and Feasibility Study; and approval of the bid committee's ranking of HMGP Stormwater Grant Proposals. The document does not state an address, parcel, size, or zoning change for any of these projects. [case Agreement No. MS047] The Taylor County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting sealed Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified professional firms for professional architectural, engineering, and related design services for the Taylor County Special Needs Emergency Shelter Project. The project is funded by a $4,969,425.00 Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) award under Florida Department of Commerce Agreement No. MS047. The facility will be a new hardened emergency shelter located adjacent to Doctors' Memorial Hospital as part of Taylor County's Public Safety Complex. The project includes a hardened storm-shelter structure, redundant emergency power, special-needs support spaces, mechanical/electrical/plumbing and life-safety systems, civil/site improvements, communications/security systems, accessibility, testing, commissioning, and closeout. The facility is intended to provide local shelter capacity for medically vulnerable and elderly residents and shelter-in-place space for emergency personnel. The recommended action is to approve the SOQ. The meeting date requested is September 8, 2026. SOQs must be submitted to the Clerk of Court, 1st Floor Courthouse, 108 North Jefferson Street, Suite 102, Perry, Florida 32347, no later than 4:00 P.M., local time, on [INSERT DUE DATE]. SOQs will be opened at [INSERT OPENING TIME] on [INSERT OPENING DATE] in the Taylor County Administrative Complex, 201 East Green Street, Perry, Florida 32347. The project must be designed in accordance with applicable ICC/NSSA 500 storm-shelter requirements and the Florida Building Code for Risk Category IV essential facilities. The selected firm must provide a complete multidisciplinary design package signed and sealed by appropriately licensed Florida professionals, including a Professional Engineer licensed in the State of Florida. The document does not state a street address for the project site, acreage, number of units, or square footage. The document does not state any public comment or stakeholder sentiment. The document is a Taylor County Board of County Commissioners agenda item for September 8, 2026, requesting approval of the Certificate of Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll for multiple subdivisions and solid waste, as submitted by Mark Wiggins, Tax Collector. The recommended action is to approve. The document also includes a separate agenda item for the Board to consider approval of a request to advertise a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for professional design, engineering, and permitting services for the Hodges Park Rehabilitation at Keaton Beach, with a fiscal impact of $1,765,495. The RFQ is for design, engineering, and permitting services only, not construction. The project involves demolition and reconstruction of the park's restroom and picnic pavilion facilities, a new ADA-compliant playground with shade coverings, a sand volleyball court, parking facility reconstruction using permeable pavers, and associated site, security-lighting, and landscaping improvements. The RFQ has a 60-day deadline for design. The project is funded through the RESTORE Act Spill Impact Component under Gulf Consortium Subrecipient Agreement No. 220037102.01, with a total subrecipient award of $1,765,495.00. The document lists specific lot counts and fees for each subdivision in the assessment roll: Bowden (20 lots, $83.94 per lot, $1,678.80 total), Deerwood (186 lots, $35.00 per lot, $6,510.00 total), Gulf Coast Estates (14 lots, $320.70 per lot, $4,489.80 total), Oak Ridge Estates (25 lots, $45.00 per lot, $1,125.00 total), Ocean Pond (144 lots, $35.00 per lot, $5,040.00 total), Scallop Bay (8 lots, $313.19 per lot, $2,505.52 total), Steinhatchee Acres (98 lots, $207.81 per lot, $20,365.38 total), Strickland Landing (111 lots, $50.00 per lot, $5,550.00 total), and Warrior Creek (44 lots, $35.00 per lot, $1,540.00 total). The solid waste assessment roll total is $1,834,290.00. The document does not state any public comment or stakeholder sentiment. [21275 Keaton Beach Drive, Keaton Beach, Taylor County, Florida; case RFQ — Hodges Park Design & Permitting Services FSEP 10-2 | Subaward 220037102.01] Taylor County is soliciting qualifications-based proposals for design and permitting services for Hodges Park, located at 21275 Keaton Beach Drive, Keaton Beach, Taylor County, Florida, Parcel ID 06836-000, Section-Township-Range 35-07-07, approximately 8.20 acres, the County's only public beach. The project involves designing and permitting nine approved elements including demolition of existing parking, new ADA-compliant restrooms and picnic pavilions, a playground with shade coverings, sand volleyball court, parking reconstruction with permeable pavers, sidewalk and boardwalk to the fishing pier, beach re-nourishment, invasive vegetation removal and native planting, security lighting, and an informational kiosk. The applicant is Taylor County Board of County Commissioners. The case/file number is RFQ — Hodges Park Design & Permitting Services FSEP 10-2 | Subaward 220037102.01. The decision is not stated; the document is a request for qualifications. Key dates include a pre-submittal conference and site visit, written questions deadline, SOQ submission deadline, and BOCC approval of shortlist, all with dates not stated. The business opportunity is a design and permitting contract; construction is not part of this engagement and will be competitively procured separately. The document does not state any public comment or stakeholder sentiment.