- March 14, 2025
Just one week after the City Council unanimously agreed to continue using S.E. Cline Construction Inc. for its Belle Terre sidewalk project — as well as other citywide projects — City Councilman Bill McGuire asked city staff for an update on the sidewalk project.
“As of right now, they are still basically where they were before,” Landon said. “The southern end still hasn’t been completed. The area there, in the P-section, still isn’t completed — it’s still closed.”
Last week, Cline representatives said completion of the third phase of the project along Belle Terre parkway was about two weeks from completion.
But according to City Manager Jim Landon, the project likely won’t be completed until the end of September.
McGuire acknowledged that inclement weather has likely set the project back.
Landon agreed.
“We’re at least a month away,” Landon added. ... “There are still a variety of issues going on. We’re trying to stay on it and get it done as quickly as possible.”
McGuire to replace Meeker on TDC board
City Councilman Bill McGuire will likely replace City Councilman Frank Meeker on the county’s Tourist Development Council advisory board.
McGuire volunteered himself at Tuesday’s workshop, but Meeker must officially nominate him at next week’s regular meeting (6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the Community Center).
Meeker has been the city’s representative, but because he has resigned from the City Council, his seat will be vacated.
City Manager Jim Landon said the County Commission will have to make the formal appointment, but historically, whoever the City Council designates will sit on the board.
“This is an advisory board that is appointed by the County Commission,” Landon said. “It focuses on tourism and the uses of bed tax to promote tourism and visitors in Flagler County.”
Landon: Swales complaints are pouring in
Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall has slammed Palm Coast and Flagler County for the past several weeks, but as Tropical Storm Isaac churned off Florida’s west coast Monday, the swales throughout Palm Coast began reaching capacity, according to officials.
“The swales complaints are starting to pour in,” Landon said at Tuesday’s workshop.
Swales along Bird of Paradise Drive were flooded into the streets Monday afternoon as the rain continued to fall.
Despite so much rainfall, Landon said the city’s system is “handling it quite well.”
“We have some that are very high and at capacity, but definitely no structural flooding,” Landon said.
