House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1325

Clearwater Brownfields Remediation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Cynthia Goudeau

Organization:

City of Clearwater

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Clearwater Brownfields Remediation

Date Submitted:

01/26/2000 4:33:06 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

John Morroni

Service Area:

City/Town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Pinellas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

City of Clearwater

Contact:

Cynthia Goudeau

 

112 South Osceola Avenue

Contact Phone:

(727) 562-4092

 

 

Clearwater, Florida 33756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Clearwater Brownfields Area currently has a total of 217 regulatory listed sites within its boundaries.  Aproximately 100 of these sites have reported contamination.  Additionally, the City has automotive salvage yards located in the Community Redevelopment Area and along the Stevenson Creek Estuary that will ultimately require assessment and remediation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Remediation funding is a necessity in order to return environmentally impaired properties to productive reuse as viable economic and community development projects in Clearwater and throughout the state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Creation of jobs.  Cleanup of blight.  Increase tax base01.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$2,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

1999-2000

Amount:

$300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Yescontinued assessment & remediation

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

Unknown

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Brownfields Pilot Status . Environmental Data Base Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Pinellas County Legislative Delegation

 

Meeting Date:

01/13/2000