Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #261FY0001

Centralized Downtown Stormwater Basin & Park, City of Gainesville

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Wayne Bowers

Organization:

City of Gainesville

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Centralized Downtown Stormwater Basin & Park, City of Gainesville

Date Submitted:

02/07/2001 1:16:45 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Ed Jennings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

This facility will provide stormwater treatment to runoff currently discharging to Paynes Prairie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

City of Gainesville

Contact:

Wayne Bowers

 

P. O. Box 490

Contact Phone:

(352) 334-5010

 

 

Gainesville 32602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Alachua

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Government Entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centralized stormwater basin to assist in continued redevelopment of downtown and Depot Avenue area. Also, will provide treatment of runoff into the state owned environmentally sensitive Payne's Prairie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

The proposed 20 acre basin will provide capacity for treatment of stormwater runoff from approximately 50 acres of Downtown Gainesville's developed properties.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$2,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation #:

1591G

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation Title:

Grants & Aid to Local Governments

 

 

Amount to be reduced:

$2,000,000

 

 

 

 

Fund Source:

General Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$13,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Federal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Cash Amount:

$11,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

1999

Amount:

$400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Comprehensive Plan, City of Gainesville

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

City Commission, City of Gainesville

 

Meeting Date:

09/18/2000