Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1345FY0001

Land Acquisition along North Fork New River

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Steve Somerville, Director

Organization:

Broward County Department of Planning and Environmental Protection (DPEP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Land Acquisition along North Fork New River

Date Submitted:

2/7/01 5:30:51 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Christopher Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

To provide substantive ecological improvements related to Everglades Restoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Broward County Department of Planning & Environmental Protec

Contact:

Rosemarie C. Fallon, Senior Planner (DPEP)

 

218 S.W. 1st Avenue

Contact Phone:

(954) 357-6644

 

 

Ft. Lauderdale 33301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Broward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Government Entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of natural lands and open space adjacent to the North Fork New River, and shoreline easements, as appropriate, along the river banks, for conservation, preservation and potential greenway use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of some of the sites identified in Exhibit "1" of State Appropriation Proposal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify item(s) in the Appropriations Bill to be reduced:

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation #:

1465

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation Title:

Department of Environmental Protection, Executive Direction & Support Services Expenses, $1,638,911.00

 

 

Amount to be reduced:

$300,000

 

 

 

 

Fund Source:

General Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$450,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Local

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total In-Kind Amount:

$300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Passage of Land Preservation Bond Issue by the Broward voters on November 7, 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Broward County Board of County Commissioners

 

Meeting Date:

1/23/01