- April 23, 2024
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Flagler Beach’s boardwalk will soon get a little bit longer.
The Flagler Beach City Commission voted unanimously Thursday for a proposal to extend it to A Street in the south and Fourth Street in the north — an extension of about 1,000 feet — and to add overlook structures.
The city might also add lighting and security patrols, Flagler Beach City Planner Chad Lingenfelter said at the commission meeting.
The project is expected to cost $608,256. The money would come from federal funding.
Commissioner Kim Carney voted for the measure, but said she was concerned about its environmental impact.
“I’ll support it, but I feel bad for our dune system,” she said.
Lingenfelter said the boardwalk extension would be elevated on pilings.
Golf course renovation
Companies that would like to take over Flagler Beach’s old Ocean Club Golf Club might soon be able submit proposals to the city for consideration.
But it probably won’t be a simple process: Flagler Beach’s draft request for proposal, laying out the city’s requirements for potential new managers or owners, is 18 pages long.
The commission discussed the golf course RFP at a commission meeting Thursday and decided to workshop it next month.
“I would want nothing less than these 18 pages. It shows a seriousness; it shows a professionalism,” Commissioner Kim Carney said. “If we do get somebody, it looks like we have a great starting point.”
City Manager Bruce Campbell, who drafted the document, said he’d seen complaints that the RFP was “too technical,” but noted that it describes the city’s requirements for the course’s management as well as the initial renovation.
The RFP also lays out the possibility of a company leasing or buying the course.
“We wanted to get this RFP out there before we spent any additional money on some concepts that we might want to adopt in terms of what we might want to do with that property,”Campbell said.
Commission Chairman Steve Settle thought the darft RFP may be too demanding. “I think one of the main problems you can have with an RFP is if you ask for too much,” he said. “If it becomes too difficult for someone to take the time to answer your proposal, you wind up getting nothing.”
The commission will workshop the RFP at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20.
