AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF LAKESIDE PARK, AN EXISTING CITY PARK FACILITY LOCATED AT 5555 REGENCY LAKES BOULEVARD, LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(PUBLIC HEARING)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was tabled at the June 8, 2023, City Commission Meeting. As discussed at that meeting and throughout the 2024 Budget process, funding restraints have resulted in the need to phase the construction of improvements to Lakeside Park. A multiple phase approach will be used with the first phase of construction anticipated to start in 2024. Phase 1 will focus on the existing park property and will include the construction of four (4) pickleball courts, two (2) half-basketball courts, a batting cage, and sidewalk improvements.
Lakeside Park, located at 5555 Regency Lakes Boulevard, was originally approved in 1996 as part of the larger master planned community of Regency Lakes. This site plan is made up of two (2) separate parcels. The southern parcel is the existing Lakeside Park, fronting along Regency Lakes Boulevard. The northern parcel, immediately north of the existing park, is vacant and fronts Johnson Road.
The original Regency Lakes Plat was approved by the City Commission on September 21, 1993, by Ordinance No. 129-93. Pursuant to that Ordinance, conditions of approval required an 8.2 acre site dedication to satisfy a portion of the required parks and recreation impacts for the Regency Lakes development. Conceptual park design was developed during the rezoning and incorporated into what would become the Regency Lakes Planned Unit Development (PUD).
Desirous of expanding the existing Lakeside Park facility, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 2016-008 at its February 25, 2016, meeting, authorizing the purchase of the vacant 4.84 northern parcel along Johnson Road from the School Board of Broward County.
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