Decisions › County Commission meeting of Feb 24, 2026
Approved awarding the Sun Eden Water Quality Retrofits construction project to Estep Construction Inc. for $938,625.
The result is from the Clerk's Board ActionThe Clerk's same-week record of what the County Commission decided on each agenda tab. Vote tallies and discussion come later in the Board Minutes. Clerk of Court, Board Action and Board Minutes on Municode. The vote by name appears here when the official minutes are posted, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
In plain words
A construction contract award for the Sun Eden Water Quality Retrofits project, which will install nutrient filtration systems and restore drainage swales in a 1950s-era development on the southern side of Lake Harris.
What changes Estep Construction Inc. will be hired to build the water quality improvements, and $303,625 will be moved from the Lower Palatlakaha Basin project budget to the Lake Harris/Little Lake Harris Basin project budget.
Who and the money The project is in Commission District 3 and costs $938,625 total, with $285,000 from a grant and $653,625 as a county match.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "This area was identified as a Water Quality project candidate in a 2007 Basin Study of Lake Harris and Little Lake Harris and is included in the Basin Management Action Plan."
Where Sun Eden
Why (staff, quoted) "This area was identified as a Water Quality project candidate in a 2007 Basin Study of Lake Harris and Little Lake Harris and is included in the Basin Management Action Plan."
Paid from Lake County Water Authority Stormwater Treatment Grant
Backup in the packet: Vicinity Map (p. 1017), Other Bidders (p. 1017), Bid Comparison (p. 1017), SUN EDEN Construction Plans (p. 1017), Sun Eden Water Quality Project Area (p. 1017), BUA for Sun Eden - Move from 30006 (LOWER P-HA) TO 30005 (LAKE HARRIS- LITTLE LK HARRIS BASIN) (p. 1017), Agenda Item 39313 (p. 1017), LCWA Sun Eden Grant (p. 1017)
Written from the Board Action and the staff cover sheet, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Staff memo
From the record
Request from Public Works to recommend approval: 1. To award the Sun Eden Water Quality Retrofits construction project (Contract 26-706) to Estep Construction Inc. for $938,625. 2. Of a budget transfer in the amount of $303,625 from the Lower Palatlakaha Basin project to the Lake Harris/Little Lake Harris Basin project. The fiscal impact is $938,625 — $285,000 (revenue/expenditure - grant funded) and $653,625 (expenditure - county match). Commission District 3.Clerk of Court, Board Action, Feb 24, 2026, page 5. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved a change order to the Old 441/CR 19A at Eudora Road Roundabout contract to add a small roundabout at Bay Road and Short Street.
- Next item: Approved a resolution declaring the Empire Church Road collapse an emergency event and raising the emergency repair contract limit from $250,000 to $3,000,000.
- All 27 items from Feb 24, 2026
More on water and environment
- Oct 27, 2026 Discussed suing the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Mid-Florida Mining & Materials for negligence, trespass, and nuisance, and approved filing a verified complaint and obtaining a bond.
- Jul 14, 2026 Discussed transferring ownership and maintenance of the Lake Nellie Crossing subdivision wastewater system from the HOA to Lake County.
- Jun 23, 2026 Approved a resolution opposing the Heart of Florida Deep Well Injection Project and a cover letter to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
- Jun 9, 2026 Approved an agreement with the Lake County Water Authority to accept $1,000,000 for the Distributed Wastewater Treatment System Program.