TEMPLE TERRACE \u2014 The Riverside Park project is officially moving into its next stage after the Temple Terrace City Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing phase one.<\/p>\n
The resolution, passed Feb. 3, authorizes Halff and Associates, the consulting and design firm handling the project, to being permitting and contract bidding.<\/p>\n
The council held a public workshop on Jan. 8, deciding to break the project into phases as the overall price tag for the park rose.<\/p>\n
It worked out some of the final details with Halff, keeping what it deemed most important in phase one, while holding off on some other improvements for later.<\/p>\n
According to Halff, the first phase will cost roughly $3.44 million. That includes more than $950,000 in contingencies to deal with uncertain construction pricing and conditions. Karl Langefeld, the city\u2019s Leisure Services Director, said the $3.44 million figure could change once bids begin rolling in.<\/p>\n
The renovated park is expected to play a key role in the revitalization of the downtown area between Bullard Parkway and the Hillsborough River and bordered to the east by N. 56th Street. The city has $3.8 million available for the project.<\/p>\n
The bulk of the funding, around $3 million, will come from the city\u2019s unassigned fund balance.<\/p>\n
The project will also draw on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds through the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). Finance director James Ingram said the county previously allocated $400,000 in TIF funds prior to this current year\u2019s budget, when it added another $400,000.<\/p>\n
The council has insisted the first phase include a riverwalk boardwalk, a small parking lot, upgraded bathrooms and a concrete pathway around Springdale pond.<\/p>\n
At the workshop, the council also expressed hope that the observation tower on the river shore could be squeezed into the first phase.<\/p>\n
A fishing pier, kayak launch and large open lawn area could potentially be incorporated in later phases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEMPLE TERRACE \u2014 The Riverside Park project is officially moving into its next stage after the Temple Terrace…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[23754,72004,72005,276,72007,105,72008,7595,72006,22497,135,137,136,11019,11123,33041,8609],"class_list":["post-148875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-economic-policy","tag-fiscal-policy","tag-government-finances","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-macroeconomic-policy","tag-outdoors","tag-payments","tag-public-finance","tag-public-policy","tag-riverside-park","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tax","tag-tax-increment-financing","tag-tax-policy","tag-temple-terrace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}