City Commission Work Session Meeting (2025-06-24)

CITY OF HOLLY HILL, FLORIDA CITY COMMISSION MINUTES ● JUNE 24, 2025 Large Conference Room Work Session 5:00 PM CITY HALL 1065 RIDGEWOOD AVENUE HOLLY HILL, FL 32117 City Clerk’s office: (386) 248-9441 - Fax: (386) 248-9448 City of Holly Hill, Florida Printed: 7/9/2025 2:36 PM Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Arrived John Penny Mayor Present Debra Snow City Commissioner Present Penny Currie City Commissioner Present Jeffrey DeLanoy City Commissioner Present Roy Johnson City Commissioner Present 3. WATER TOWER DISCUSSION 1. Elevated Water Tower Discussion with Mead & Hunt, Inc. (Requested by Valerie Manning, City Clerk) Brad Blais, Mead & Hunt, Inc., Public Engineer Client Manager/Water shared a PowerPoint presentation with the Mayor, Commissioners, and staff pertaining to the Water Tower - Demolition or Retention. Below is the information shared and discussed. (A copy of this workshop in its entirety is available on CD upon request in the City Clerk’s Office or available online on the city’s YouTube channel). WATER TOWER Functions of Water Tower: Water Storage, Maintaining Water Pressure, Emergency Support; the City owns and operates an existing 0.15 million gallons (MG) elevated steel tank, which was constructed more than 50 years ago PROJECT OVERVIEW Proposed project location - 1120 Jarecki Avenue and Streets affected - Jarecki Avenue and LPGA Boulevard WATER TOWER CHALLENGES Volume <10% total storage, Pressure provided insufficient - offers up to approximately 60 psi to the distribution system and cannot provide desired level of service and fire flow; Challenges with water quality in tank - balancing chloramine and inhibiting biological growth ALTERNATIVES 1. Retrofit: keep the water tower in service with modifications; add new booster pumps and hydraulically separate from system; allows system to operate at desired pressures 2. Landmark: decommission and remove connection to system and maintain existing

Minutes City Commission June 24, 2025 City of Holly Hill, Florida Printed: 7/9/2025 2:36 PM Page 2 maintenance contract 3. Disconnect and Remove Elevated Tank: decommission, disconnect from distribution system, and remove the elevated tower and add dedicated generator at WTP COST ESTIMATE RECOMMENDATION 1. Prepare design and specifications to disconnect and remove tank 2. Bid project with tank demolition as an “Additive bid alternate” 3. WTP project will include 10% contingencies within the grant funded portion of the project budget 4. Demolition is not a critical path item. Prior to end of project, available contingencies can be used to fund demolition. There was consensus from the City Commission to go with Mead & Hunt’s recommendation as presented to them during the PowerPoint presentation. 4. ADJOURNMENT The workshop adjourned at approximately 5:45 PM.