May 22, 2006

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners Cordially Invites You to Attend the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Lee County Depot 1 Renovation Project

on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 1:00 P.M.

at 190 Evergreen Road

North Fort Myers, Florida 

Commission Chairwoman Tammy Hall will serve as master of ceremonies. 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION 

LEE  COUNTY  DEPOT   1 

1965 – 2000……Lee County Department of Transportation ( DOT ) facility……

This site was used  by ( DOT ) as a depot for 35 years.  In November 2000, DOT moved to a new facility in the Billy Creek Commerce Center in East Ft Myers.   

During those years, Depot 1 was a base for the following DOT operations: 

1.                  Roadside Ditch Cleaning

2.                  Roadside mowing/slope mowing

3.                  Concrete work/pipe work

4.                  Road patching

5.                  Culvert pipe flushing

6.                  Sign shop that replaced stop signs, street signs, dead end markers

7.                  Road striping

8.                  Service equipment, oil change, minor repairs

9.                  Bridge maintenance service, grease, paint 

2006……Depot  1 major renovation…….

A selective environmental site clean up was required before demo of buildings.  Lee County Utilities preformed this task. 

The present location for the warehouse footprint contained the existing depot buildings that where demolished. The site was redesigned with parking, fencing & landscaping. 

The project cost  $1,822,579.  The new 20,000 square foot warehouse is shared by the Utilities Department ( 33 % ) and Public Safety Department ( 67 % ). 

2006….Depot  1  inhabitants…….

A)  Public Safety

The Public Safety portion contains record storage and supply storage for the Emergency Operations Center and record storage for Emergency Medical Service ( EMS ).

EMS also has a high pile storage area for ambulance supplies along with offices for staff, laundry rooms, restrooms and an outside steam cleaning area for cleaning body boards from ambulances. 

EMS moved its storage and distribution operation to Depot 1 in 2000 when the DOT Sign Shop left for Billy Creek.  EMS had formerly been located near the Shady Rest Nursing Pavilion but had outgrown the capacity of that site.   

B)  Utilities

The new warehouse utilities portion contains a fabrication shop for lift station equipment repair & other repair & fabrication functions along with office, conference/ lunch room, restrooms with locker & shower area. A separate record storage area is also provided. 

C)  Marine Services

Marine Services utilizes the old building to house their equipment used in maintaining County navigational aids, boating speed zone signage, and derelict vessel removal. In addition, the areas vacated by EMS will be utilized by the Division of Natural Resources. 

2006……DOT road improvement project……….

The $ 1.3 million Evergreen Road project was done to provide new water for domestic and fire protection along with sewer for this site.  Additionally, improvements to Evergreen Road were needed due to the wear and tear of 35 years of DOT vehicles  running out of Depot 1.  As part of the project, sidewalks were added to improve safety for the children as they come and go from the bus stops on a daily basis.

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