City of Dunedin officials say providing boaters with the amenity of a sludge pump-out facility is needed to protect the environment. Vince Gizzi, director of parks and recreation, presented officials with a grant opportunity at Thursday's city meeting.
It’s about time that Dunedin boaters had a permanent pump-out station, city commissioners agreed Thursday when presented with a grant opportunity to have one installed at the marina downtown. The pump-out station would provide a safe and environmentally-friendly way for boaters to remove waste from their vessel's holding tank and not be tempted to dispose of it in some illegal way, like dumping it into the water. Vince Gizzi, director of parks and recreation, told officials at Thursday's city commission meeting that Dunedin has an opportunity to apply for a federally-funded grant, administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. It could cover up to 75 percent of the estimated $60,000 cost to install the station, he said…
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Officials decided on Thursday (May 3) that a stone VFW memorial in the Dunedin Marina parking lot will be moved 100 feet east for $8,600.
The city is moving a stone memorial from a parking lot to make way for more parking spaces at Dunedin Marina, officials agreed at last week's commission meeting. The project costs an estimated $8,600. The asphalt parking lot that developed around the distinct stone Veterans of Foreign Wars memorial at Dunedin Municpal Marina is not an appropriate place for it any longer, city staff proposed Thursday. So officials agreed to move it about 100 feet east, nearer to the flag pole inside Edgewater Park. The relocation would open up two parking spaces inside the marina lot. The stone memorial, built of stones from each state, was constructed on the site in 1970 to honor all those who served in the United States military. The parking lot …
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Cisco
7:29 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
After all the Obama visits we sure do need a pump out. more ›