Bayview Park Flea Market

I'm pleased to say that beginning in March, Bayview Park will host a weekly Saturday flea market. The weekly market will run through September. Thanks to our Parks & Recreation Department for this exciting program.

Vendors needed! For $10 a day or $65 for the entire season (1st Saturday of
the month March-September) tables will be available for vendors to set up and
display merchandise to sale to the public in Bayview Park. If you are interested
in becoming a vendor please call Addie Quina at 436-5190 or e-mail at aquina@ci.pensacola.fl.us

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ECUA water quality

By now, many of you have probably heard about a report claiming Pensacola's tap water (from ECUA) ranked last in water quality out of 100 water systems across the country.

You can read more about the report at Yahoo Green. Local media has also started reporting on the issue.

I have asked City Manager Al Coby to see how the City of Pensacola can help improve this situation. Also, the City Council plans to ask ECUA to send a representative to an upcoming council meeting to address the report. The Emerald Coastkeepers are also aware of this issue.

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Bayou Boulevard work postponed

Resurfacing work on Bayou Boulevard was set to begin next week. Unfortunately, the contractor and FDOT have decided, for several reasons, to push the project back until after the New Year. I am disappointed in the delay but hopeful that this long-needed work on an important roadway will be completed soon.

Please see the below email from the contractor:

Mr. Johnson,

The schedule for the milling and resurfacing on Bayou Blvd. has been changed. Due to the current weather conditions and patterns along with the close proximity to Cordova Mall the start date will be pushed out until this first week after New Years. After meeting with FDOT we decided this would be better time frame than what we had looked at before due to the additional traffic prior to Christmas in this area. This should cause the least inconvenience to the traveling public. I will keep you informed and provide you an updated schedule after the first of the year.

Regards,
Butch

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Bayview Park lights

Last week, I was made aware of an issue with non-working lights at Bayview Park, and asked the Parks and Recreation Department to look into it. Mr. Charles Morgan of Parks and Recreation reported to Mr. David Flaherty, the Director of Parks and Recreation the below email. I have also asked Mr. Al Coby, City Manager, to put the repairs into the next fiscal year budget.

David,

We have looked into this problem earlier and have determined the problem to be shorts or breaks in the underground electrical wiring to these lights. To repair or replace the wiring will require the excavation of the parking lot and the estimated cost will be $20,000. as funding was not available in the present budget to address this problem it is our intent to ask for the funding in the upcoming 2011 budget.

Thanks, Charlie

In the future, if anyone sees any problems in District 4, please let me know at ljohnson@ci.pensacola.fl.us so that I can make sure they are addressed.

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