House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1932

North Fork New River Restoration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Stephen Higgins

Organization:

Broward County Dept. of Planning and Environmental Protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

North Fork New River Restoration

Date Submitted:

01/28/2000 6:03:47 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Josephus Eggelletion

Service Area:

County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Broward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Broward County Dept. of Planning & Environmental Protectio

Contact:

Stephen Higgins

 

218 S.W. 1st Avenue

Contact Phone:

(954) 219-1230

 

 

Fort Lauderdale 33301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restoration of water quality, sediment quality, and ecological characteristics through dredging, shoreline revegetation and water quality studies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Restoration/Enhancement of a Rare Urban Natural Waterway; Improvement in esturine water quality; Community Stewardship Development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Improve water/sediment quality; exotic removal and native revegetation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$544,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$2,336,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$100,000

In-Kind Amount:

$73,850

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

1996-1998

Amount:

$600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

No

 

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

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

New River Study (BCDPEP, 1991), New River Restoration Plan (BCDPEP, 1994)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Overall project endorsed by Broward County Commission (Resolution No. 1997-0073)

 

Meeting Date:

02/05/1997