Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #346FY0001

Land Acquisition along North Fork New River

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Steve Somerville

Organization:

Broward County Department of Planning & Environmental Protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Land Acquisition along North Fork New River

Date Submitted:

01/30/2001 2:43:55 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Matthew Meadows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

Restoration of the North Fork New River, to provide substantive ecological improvements related to E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Broward County Department of Planning & Environmental Protec

Contact:

Rosemarie C. Fallon

 

218 SW 1st Avneue

Contact Phone:

(954) 357-6644

 

 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 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 Cash 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 Nov.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:

01/23/2001