Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #704FY0001

Dover Strawberry Research Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Chip Hinton

Organization:

Dover Strawberry Research Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Dover Strawberry Research Center

Date Submitted:

2/9/01 4:24:53 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Johnnie Byrd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

The mission of the Center is to keep pace with the changes in cultural practices through research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Dover Strawberry Research Center

Contact:

Charles Hinton

 

13138 Lewis Gallagher Road

Contact Phone:

(813) 752-6822

 

 

Dover 33527

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Hillsborough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Private Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research will be conducted by research biologists, field technical positions, graduate students and faculty; including plant physiology, entomology, biotechnology, post harvest, and technology transfer to meet the evolving needs of the strawberry community and the efficient transfer of that technolgy to growers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

This project continues to expand, with local support, to protect the competitive advantage for the Florida Strawberry market in the world economy.  Each acre of strawberries generates over $25,000 per year to our community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$850,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation #:

 

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation Title:

 

 

 

Amount to be reduced:

$

 

 

 

 

Fund Source:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Private

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Cash Amount:

$285,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

2000

Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Unknown

 

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

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Master Plan for the Dover Research Center, a satellite of the Gulf Coast Research & Education Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners

 

Meeting Date:

12/6/00