Tiger Point Ceylon Lift Station Rehab

PROJECT STATUS:

9.21.2026: Construction is currently underway on the Tiger Point/Ceylon Lift Station Rehabilitation Project. During construction, unforeseen site conditions required adjustments to the planned work. Utility Services has developed an alternative approach that will allow construction to proceed. A portion of this work will be performed at night and will require a temporary road closure, which has been coordinated with Santa Rosa County. The contractor and City staff continue to coordinate on remaining construction activities as the project progresses.

5.8.25: Staff is awaiting the final bid plans and technical specifications from Baskerville and Donovan, Inc. (BDI) and then this project will be sent to Procurement and City Attorney for review prior to advertising.
4.23.2025: The city will present the construction engineering inspection (CEI) proposal to the GBRWS Board on June 9 for a recommendation of approval to the City Council. Once that is received, it will need to be presented to the City Council for final approval, and then the project will be advertised.

3.10.2025: On March 2024, the City Council authorized the advertisement for this project. As of March 10, 2025, staff has been directed to begin advertising for it. Staff has contacted the engineer to review the plans and the Opinion of Probable Cost (OPC) and make any necessary changes. Additionally, the city will conduct an internal review. Once all documents have been reviewed, staff will submit them to Procurement for approval and advertisement.

7.18.24 Staff waiting for approval to advertise the project. 

City Council approved the advertisement for bid on 3.4.2024. Bid package needs to be approved by City Attorney prior to advertisement.
City received 100% design plans, technical specifications and OPC from BDI on 2.14.2024.
City 100% review meeting: 2.22.2024
Change Order approved on 12.13.2023 for electrical engineering design
Design Phase – 60% as of 12.5.2023

The Tiger Point/Ceylon lift station was installed in 1994. Since then, there have been several emergency repairs and replacements to the pumps; however, the pumps have not held up very well, and one is currently in the shop for evaluation. Due to the lift station's age, it requires considerable maintenance upgrades. The concrete structure and the associated plumbing inside the wet well show signs of significant surface erosion due to the corrosive gasses created in that environment. This requires replacing the pipes, pumps, and the wet well with a cementitious coating or fitting with a fiberglass insert.

In keeping up with GBRWS's new lift station specifications, staff recommends above-ground with the discharge piping. This would allow for the removal of the existing underground vault for the associated valves. Staff would also like to look at the pump selection to ensure that they are large enough to handle significant rain events as this station receives flow from all of Tiger Point East, Sterling Point, and the commercial area surrounding the Tiger Point Walmart (Lowes, Publix and all of their outlying parcels), approximately 14 different stations.

The existing electrical components of this site are currently in satisfactory condition, and any maintenance associated with them will be performed by staff as needed.

The City has entered into an agreement with Baskerville-Donovan, Inc., to perform the necessary design/engineering and permitting for the project. The project construction cost is estimated to be approximately $325,000, which was determined by similar projects in 2022. Funding for this project is available under the Capital Improvements for Sewer Lift Station rehabilitation and is part of the deferred maintenance expenditures.