House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2626

City of Winter Garden Historic Downtown Area Renovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Jack Quesinberry

Organization:

Mayor of Winter Garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

City of Winter Garden Historic Downtown Area Renovation

Date Submitted:

01/31/2000 2:21:41 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Randy Johnson

Service Area:

City/Town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Orange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

City of Winter Garden

Contact:

Hollis Holden

 

251 West Plant St.

Contact Phone:

(076) 564-1112 246

 

 

Winter Garden 34787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restoration/beautification of Historic Downtown Area.

Specific projects anticipated include, but are not limited to: replacing broken sidewalk, redesigning street configuration to provide safer connection with West Orange Trail, resurfacing street, burying utility lines and replacing overhead lights, developing centralized identification such as fountain, gazebo, public art, etc., as well as providing for adequate public parking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

City has agreed to accept jurisdiction and maintenance once improvements are completed, removing responsibility from FDOT.  Increase of Economic Multiplier Effect through tourist dollars. Increase of 184 new jobs for State through Multiplier Effect, formulated at 36.9 jobs/$1,000,000.00 spent on project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Increased revenue for downtown merchants, increased sales tax revenue for State.  Increased civic pride and concommitant disincentive of neglect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$5,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$1,100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

City of Winter Garden Downtown Improvement Funding Justification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

City of Winter Garden City Commission

 

Meeting Date:

03/14/1996