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https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/08/23/canaveral-cruise-terminal-future-uncertain.html Port Canaveral leaders eye space on south side for next cruise terminal With the north side off the table, south side could be considered. Canaveral Port Authority commissioners, who voted 4-1 on Aug. 21 to reverse their decision to build another cruise terminal at North Cargo Berth 8, may revert to their older plans to build the next cruise terminal on the south side. The reversal happened because state officials objected to the use of North Cargo Berth 8 for a cruise terminal rather than commercial spaceflight-related infrastructure. "I want to underscore how much we really do work with commercial spaceflight," Commissioner Wayne Justice told Orlando Business Journal. "We have an average of about two Falcon 9 lifts from the barge per week. We’re intimately part of this industry." Justice, who spoke with OBJ during the 2024 Space Coast Symposium Aug. 23 at Kennedy Space Center, said the port authority board always is open to conversations about how to use its space. He said he wishes state officials had picked up the phone to express their concerns instead of sending a strongly worded letter to the port earlier this month intimating funds would be redirected elsewhere if the cruise terminal plans for North Cargo Berth 8 were not scratched. "But what's done is done, and that's how they chose to do it," he said. “FDOT invested over $13 million in improvements to [North Cargo Berth 8] to support cargo operations,” the state's letter read. "Now, Port Canaveral has decided to unilaterally repurpose those state-sponsored improvements for alternative purposes. ... That decision must, therefore, be reversed." DOWNLOAD the free OBJ app for breaking news alerts on your phone. Justice said the now that the port did reverse the decision, it is considering building the new cruise terminal in the area near Terminal 3. "Victory Cruise, one of the gambling boats, ties up there, but they don’t need a huge pier. So, there’s an option to do something there." Prior to its May 9 announcement about building a north end cruise terminal, Port Canaveral CEO Capt. John Murray on Feb. 28 said a cruise terminal project was planned for the south side, taking the space on Scallop Drive occupied by Bluepoints Marina. The objective was to move Bluepoints' operations, which provides indoor and outdoor boat storage services, over to the Cape Marina property at the sea hub — about an eight-minute walk west. _____________________________________________ https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/08/21/port-canaveral-cruise-terminal-north-south.html Port Canaveral nixes new cruise terminal plans Canaveral Port Authority commissioners on Aug. 21 voted 4-1 to reverse their decision to build a new cruise terminal at North Cargo Berth 8 (NCB8). Chairman Micah Loyd said the state had asked the port to put its north side cruise terminal plans "on hold." The vote followed a strongly worded letter sent by state officials earlier this month intimating funds would be redirected elsewhere if the cruise terminal plans for NCB8 were not scratched. In it, Florida Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue and Florida Commerce Secretary J. Alex Kelly implied that building a cruise terminal on the now-vacant land violates the state's understanding of how that spot would be used. Perdue and Kelly wrote they believed North Cargo Berth 8 would be reserved for commercial spaceflight-related infrastructure. During the Aug. 21 meeting, Commissioner Fritz VanVolkenburgh said competition for space is a good problem to have. DOWNLOAD the free OBJ app for breaking news alerts on your phone Loyd cautioned that reversing the north side terminal plans could "cost the state an asset, because there's not a lot of room for cruise ships in the state of Florida these days," but said he appreciated competing interests. Jerry Allender, the board's secretary/treasurer, said he's confident solutions can be reached to make good on commitments to the space industry as well as the cruise industry. Allender then made a motion to reverse the prior cruise terminal decision. Commissioner Kevin Markey was the dissenting vote against the reversal. The vote was taken during a scheduled board meeting which previously was to include a vote on approving a contract and fee for the design of the now-reversed cruise terminal plans. Miami-based BEA Architects Inc. was slated to do the work. It is unclear whether BEA Architects will switch gears and take on a different port project. An email to the architecture firm was not replied to by the time of publication. The port's Director of Communications and Public Affairs Steven Linden also was not immediately available for comment. _________________________________________ RPQ No: 2022-010.01D - Cruise Terminal G and Administrative Building LAN Room relocation to CT D ESTIMATED COST: $2,135,616.31 LICENSE REQUIREMENT: General Building Contractor SBE-Service: 1.00% NIGP Code: Hauling Service (NIGP 96239) & Janitorial/Cleaning Service (NIGP 95863). Requests for Information: All requests for clarification of a RPQ must be submitted in writing by Friday, July 5, 2024, by 12:00 PM. Written communications must be in the form of e-mail addressed to Frank Ramirez at sprfi@miamidade.gov with a copy to the Clerk of the Board at clerkbcc@miamidade.gov and a copy to Alexander.Shepard@miamidade.gov. The contractor shall provide all necessary labor, tools, equipment, materials, and other necessary items to relocate the existing LAN Rooms at Cruise Terminal G and Administrative Buildings to Cruise Terminal D, located at Miami-Dade County Seaport Department. The scope of work includes, but is not limited to: o Partial demolition of existing data rooms 216, 217, and 256 on second floor of Cruise Terminals D. o New equipment and AV racks inside LAN room. o New HVAC system inside LAN room for energy load. o New UPS system inside LAN room. o New rooftop condensing units. o Expansion of conduits for low voltage/IT wiring across terminal, from first floor Telecom and RCC rooms to second floor LAN room. o Expansion of conduits for low voltage/IT wiring across terminal conduits from second floor LAN room to third floor data closets. o New pre-action, clean agent sprinkler system for LAN room. o New terminal manager''s office, near east vending area room 224, with network connectivity, lighting, and power. o Replacement of existing UPS inside electrical rooms. o Structural steel reinforcement & connections