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Final Design Presentation for the Beach Marina Replacement Project (21-0008-MA).
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SUMMARY:
The Clearwater Beach Marina has been in existence since the 1950’s. The last significant renovations occurred in the late 1970’s and early 80’s. In 2005, the City pursued a replacement of the docks only at an estimated cost of $8 million dollars. That project was never initiated.
In October 2021, due to the advanced age of all overwater structures and utilities, City Council authorized the engineering consulting firm Moffatt & Nichol to begin the design and permitting process to replace these components. At that time, the design team was provided the direction to incorporate a vision for a Marina Walk to integrate with Beach Walk and a requirement to solicit input from the iconic commercial fleet to accommodate their needs. The preliminary budget for this ambitious scope of work was $18.3 million dollars.
The design team held meetings with commercial fleet representatives and presented the master plan to the Marine Advisory Board in March of 2022. Moffatt and Nichol gave a presentation on the design and the planning exercises to the city council work session on October 3, 2022. The engineer’s estimate of probable construction cost at the time of presentation was approximately $28 million dollars.
City Council recommended the design be completed with an emphasis on quality of form and function including but not limited to a new seawall and a combination of fixed and floating docks. Council requested a follow-up presentation when the design approached completion.
Subsequent to the design team’s presentation, staff will be requesting for council comments on the proposed marina design.