House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3022

Blue Springs Recreational Facility Improvements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Jackson County Board of County Commissioners

Organization:

Jackson County Board of County Commissioners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Blue Springs Recreational Facility Improvements

Date Submitted:

01/31/2000 7:16:21 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Bev Kilmer

Service Area:

County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Jackson County Board of County Commissioners

Contact:

Rick Pettis

 

4487 Lafayette St

Contact Phone:

(850) 482-9846

 

 

Marianna 32448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This project will include construction on picnic facilities, providing playground equipment, fishing pier/canoe launch and a picnic pavillion, and restroom facilities, upgrading the bath house, in-ground septic system and picnic area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

(This project is in the Governor's designated Area of Economic Critical Concern) Jackson County has been awarded a fifth (50)year lease on 211 acres of State owned property surrounding Jackson Blue Springs.  The site includes an old bath house, a snack bar, a picnic area and an abandoned clubhouse.  The spring, which is a listed First Magnitude Spring of Florida, supplies water to Merritt's Millpond, a nationally known fishing site.  This project funding will renovate and secure this site for future visitors from all over and for the citizens of Jackson County.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Provide a fishing pier/canoe launch, picnic pavillion, and recreational area for citizens of Jackson County, the State of Florida, and visitors from all over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$112,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$150,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$27,500

In-Kind Amount:

$10,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Yes

 

 

Agency:

Environmental Protection, Department Of

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

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Jacksonn County Comprehensive Recreation Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Unknown