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Meeting Notice for Request for Qualifications Urban and Community Design, Infill Conceptual Planning Professional Services (CCNA) 

LAKELAND, FL (October 22, 2024) | The City of Lakeland is working with several agencies in ongoing efforts to mitigate the sustained flooding on Lake Bonny.  The City of Lakeland has been coordinating with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Polk County, US Army Corp of Engineers, and the State of Florida to develop a flood mitigation plan.

Residential Garbage Collection resumed normal operations. This includes garbage, recycling, and yard waste.  Expect delays in bagged and containerized yard waste collection. Place any extra bags of garbage next to the green garbage cart and it will be picked up. 

Lakeland Electric reports that power has been reinstated for customers who can safely receive service. As clean-up efforts continue, hanging tree limbs may impact service and cause isolated outages. Customers with damaged electrical equipment or those dealing with flooding may be unable to safely receive power until the floodwaters recede or their equipment undergoes assessment and repair by a qualified electrician. Once the property owner has made repairs, customers should contact 863-834-9535 to have power safely reconnected.

There are some areas around Lakeland that were hit very hard with flooding (photo attached) due to the impacts from Hurricane Milton.  The Lakeland area experienced over 12 inches of rain in 24 hours taxing the City’s stormwater system.  All area lakes are flooded, and it is very difficult to alleviate flood conditions and lower lake levels. Most of the drainage lakes, tributaries and rivers have high levels and that is not helping flood situations because of the higher-than-normal rainfall over the summer.  

This is a notice for the Interview Letter of 2024-RFQ-289 Construction Trade Professionals for Continuing Contract 

Residential Garbage Collection resumed normal operations on Monday, October 14^th. This includes garbage, recycling and yard waste.  Expect delays in bagged and containerized yard waste collection. Place any extra bags of garbage next to the green garbage cart and it will be picked up.

LAKELAND, FL (October 15, 2024) - The City of Lakeland has launched a new program to identify any lead or galvanized drinking water service lines that may be in the Lakeland water distribution system.  The Pipe Inventory Program is in response to Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2021.  This requires all utilities to develop a service line material inventory and, if found, address locations that may have elevated levels of lead. 

Residential Garbage Collection resumed normal operations on Monday, October 14, 2024. This includes garbage, recycling, and yard waste.  Expect delays in bagged and containerized yard waste collection. Place any extra bags of garbage next to the green garbage cart and it will be picked up. 

Gas is being delivered from the port of Tampa, there are stations in the area that are running normal operations with regularly scheduled fuel deliveries. 

Residential Garbage Collection inside the City of Lakeland resumed normal operations today, Monday, October 14^th. This includes garbage, recycling and yard waste.  For example, if a customer has Friday as their normal day for collection, please place carts out for a Friday pickup.  Expect delays in bagged and containerized yard waste collection. Place any extra bags of garbage next to the green garbage cart and it will be picked up.

Hurricane debris including large yard waste piles and household items will be collected by FEMA Contractors and city claw trucks. No need to call in large piles of tree or household debris. The City’s contract debris haulers have been mobilized and the City of Lakeland is getting debris sites ready.  These are FEMA contractors so we must adhere to the FEMA rules with debris.

• Keep debris away from trees, poles, structures, fire hydrants, and meters. 
• Do not block the roadway with debris
• To simplify things, curbside Debris needs to be separated into these categories

• Construction debris
• Vegetation debris
• Appliances