City creates Public Safety Committee DUNEDIN – The Dunedin City Commission on Nov. 19 unanimously voted to form a public safety committee to be an advisory committee to the commission.
The committee will help assess quality of life issues related to public safety in the city and identify recommendations, according to a memo to the commission by City Manager Rob DiSpirito. It will consider areas such as law enforcement, fire protection and emergency services, short and long term disaster planning, and identification of cost efficiencies concerning public safety. The advisory board will have the power to conduct investigations, surveys and public forums, but it will not be an oversight board for operational issues of the city’s public safety services, the memo said.
The board must have at least one member with experience in law enforcement, at least one with experience in fire, and at least one member at large. The board will have seven members who serve three-year terms, and initially four members are to be appointed for three years and three members for two years. Afterwards, all future appointments shall be for three-year terms, the memo said.
Dunedin applies for SWFWMD grants DUNEDIN – The Dunedin City Commission unanimously voted to authorize city staff to apply for Southwest Florida Water Management District/Basin Board Cooperative grant funding at a meeting Nov. 19.
The grants would be for three projects: The Orangewood Outfall Treatment Facility project, the San Christopher and Bass Stormwater Treatment project, and the Fleet/Solid Waste Site stormwater improvements project. The total cost of these projects is $2.9 million, but staff estimates that $920,000 of the project cost could qualify for these grant funds, according to a memo to the commission by City Manager Rob DiSpirito.
Commission purchases Grove Tract DUNEDIN – The Dunedin City Commission unanimously voted for the land acquisition of the “Grove Tract” from the Dunedin Country Club to be used for flood control and water quality improvements.
The parcel of land begins at the southeast corner of the intersection of Greenway Avenue and Palm Boulevard, and it cost about $250,000 plus closing costs for the little more than three acres of land. Currently, Greenway Avenue has flood problems, but this land could help fix that, the commission said. The land also will help filter the water runoff from the golf course, the commission was told.
