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-Maggie Paluch, Acting City Manager

• Tue, Jul 18 | 4pm | City Commission Work Session | How to Participate
• Thu, Jul 20 | 1pm | Budget Input Session | Save-a-Lot
• Sat, Jul 22 | 10am | Splash's Treasure Hunt | Highland Family Aquatic Center
• Sat, Jul 22 | 1pm | Back-to-School Bash | Largo Public Library
• Mon, Jul 24 | 6pm | Housing For All Forum | Largo City Hall

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FY2024 PROPOSED BUDGET

Each year, community priorities help to determine how tax dollars are spent within the City of Largo's annual budget, totaling nearly $250 million of local investment. The City is currently planning for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget, which begins in October. The proposed FY2024 budget continues to support the focus areas and initiatives in the City’s Strategic Plan established by the City Commission.

Current organizational priorities influencing budget decisions include focusing on downtown Largo, homelessness and housing, resilience, investing in team members, and maintaining healthy fund balance levels.

To learn more about past accomplishments, the proposed budget for FY2024, and opportunities to provide feedback to inform future spending, visit Largo.com/Budget.

HOUSING FOR ALL COMMUNITY FORUM

Monday, July 24 | 6-8pm | Largo City Hall | RSVP to Event

HOUSING FOR ALL is a new initiative in the City of Largo that seeks to expand housing options to meet current and future needs through different sizes and scale of housing such as accessory dwelling units, townhomes, cottage homes, and more. 

The City is hosting a Community Kick-Off Forum for this initiative. We invite the public to attend to meet the planning team, learn more about current and future housing options in the City of Largo and share your ideas. This forum is open to the public and we hope to connect with renters, homeowners, community leaders, and anyone who is interested in sharing their ideas and experience about housing options in Largo.

Learn more about this new initiative at Largo.com/HousingForAll. We invite the public to check back on the website for project updates and for a community survey that will be launching soon.

CONSTRUCTION SOON UNDERWAY ALONG GLADYS STREET

Construction for the Gladys Street improvement project will be underway in a few weeks. The project site includes Gladys Street from the intersection at Dryer Avenue to the intersection at Wilcox Road. Pinellas County will be making infrastructure improvements to the potable water system prior to roadway improvements planned in the City project.  

Residents may see County workers prepping the site and providing notices to residents as early as Monday, July 17. Residents and roadway users should be prepared for road closures starting Sunday, July 23. Specific detour information to follow. The City’s roadway improvements which will include pavement, sidewalk, curb, and traffic calming updates will follow in late 2023.

ROAD CLOSURE NOTICES

Bolesta Road

The northbound lane of Bolesta Road is closed between Roosevelt Blvd and Bay Isle Circle due to a roadway failure. This closure will be in place for several weeks. The southbound lane of Bolesta Road will remain open. Currently, the extent of the repair work is being determined. This closure may be extended to accommodate the needed repairs.

150th Ave North

Due to safety concerns, 150th Ave N is closed in both directions between 58th Street N and 62nd Street N for emergency repair purposes. The road will be closed for several weeks due to the extent of the repair work required. Eastbound local traffic will not be able to proceed beyond the Pinellas Technical College driveway entrance. Westbound local traffic will not be able to proceed beyond High Point Village Community entrance.

Drivers are asked to proceed with caution and follow detour routes. For questions about these closures, please contact Largo Engineering at nshaw@largo.com or 727-587-6713 Ext. 4417 

1st AVENUE NW RECLAIMED WATER MAIN EXTENSION PROJECT UPDATE

City contractor Biltmore Construction has begun constructing a new reclaimed water (RCW) main from the Pinellas Trail (Howard Drive NW) to the Horizon property at 4th St NW. In addition to providing a sustainable source of cooling, irrigation, and restroom flushing to the entire Horizon property, the RCW main extension will also provide connections to the West Bay Apartments. 

Construction consists of open trenching in the south (eastbound) lane of 1st Avenue NW, beginning at Howard Drive and progressing to the east. The contractor intends to work essentially block by block and plans to restore the road surface at the end of each day. The contractor will place detour signs accordingly. The exception to open trenching is at Clearwater-Largo Road, where the pipe will be installed via subsurface directional boring to avoid traffic impacts there. Construction duration is estimated to be 6 months, barring weather and other unforeseen events.

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS

Big Man's Moving - 4860 East Bay Drive

On June 30, Planning & Development Services approved a small-scale review case number SPR223-014 for Big Man's Moving, located at 4860 East Bay Drive. The property is located approximately on the north end of East Bay Drive and west of Pine Forest Drive. This approval allows the applicant to establish a 7,903-square-foot gravel pad to store eight oversized moving tucks on the subject property.

Radiant Church Artificial Turf - 1739 S Martin Luther King Jr Ave

On July 6, Planning & Development Services approved a small-scale review case number SPR223-016 for Radiant Church Located at 1739 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. The property is located on the southeast corner of South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Wyatt Street. This approval allows the applicant to install 3,607 sq. ft. (1,804 sq. ft. permeable) of artificial turf on the subject property.