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VOLUME 11, NO. 11
CITY TO ADD CROSSWALK AT INTERSECTION OF COLLINS AND new crosswalk in downtown will be aimed at J ARDEN MAYS STREETS The improving pedestrian safety.
MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
Walking across the heavily traveled Collins Street in downtown will soon get a little easier. At its last meeting, the Community Redevelopment Agency adopted a resolution approving a budget adjustment to appropriate $30,000 for pedestrian crossing im-
provements at Collins Street and J Arden Mays Boulevard. The crosswalk will feature pedestrian buttons and a solarpowered flashing b acon (RRFB) designed to alert drivers the crosswalk is in use and improve pedestrian safety. “The project comes after input from the public as well as observations by staff, there’s a pubic parking lot on one side of the road so you get a lot of people crossing there
AMVETS POST 44 HOSTS 16TH ANNUAL PATRIOT DAY OBSERVANCE AND REMEMBRANCE RIDE
to get to the businesses across the street,” said City Manager Bill McDaniel. “It’s a safety issue and the intersection is wider there because of the way the road is configu ed around the railroad tracks, it makes it difficult or pedestrians who want to cross the street.”
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More than a hundred motorcycles rumbled into the parking lot at the AMVETS Post 44 Saturday morning for its 16th Annual Patriot Day Observance and Remembrance Ride, an event sponsored by Ladies Auxiliary AMVETS Post 44, AMVETS Chapter 33 Riders FL and AMVETS Post 44 , Plant City, dedicated and patriotic groups of motorcycle riders with unwavering respect for the nation, flag and the mili ary. The large group of riders started at River’s Edge Bar & Grill in Gibsonton, meandered through the backroads of Riverview, Lithia, Boyette and Valrico and ended at the AMVETS Post 44 on State Road 60.
Tickets were $15 per person and benefi ed James A. Haley Recreational Services, local fi st responders and veteran programs. “Our mission is to bring the community together to raise money for great causes,” said Mike Graham, Commander of Post 44 and a retired Army veteran with 20 years of service. Eric Cobb, AMVET Post 44 Riders President, led the ride from River’s Edge on a 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide. “It was a beautiful day for a ride, we didn’t have anybody go down, lot of red lights but it was a good ride,” he said. “We love to ride and have fun and we raised a lot of money.”
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The City Commission has set a second hearing scheduled for Monday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall to declare its intention to adopt a capital improvement budget for Fiscal Year 2023-24. The balanced budget totals
$108,779,353. The millage rate will be set at 5.7157 mills ($5.7157 per $1,000 of assessed property value). For more information about the budget visit plantcitygov.com.