Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #650FY0001 Grassy Waters Nature Center Environmental Education Project
Requester:		Mayor Joel T. Daves			Organization:		City of West Palm Beach
Project Title:		Grassy Waters Nature Center Environmental Education Project			Date Submitted:		2/7/01 1:21:56 PM
Sponsors:		Ron Klein
Statewide Interest:		Nature Center will provide environmental education on the Everglades.
Recipient:		Mayor Joel T. Daves			Contact:		Kenneth M. Rearden
		200 2nd Street			Contact Phone:		(561) 659-8085
		West Palm Beach 33401
Counties:		Palm Beach
Service Area:		Government Entity
Project Description:
The City is seeking assistance to construct the Woodlands Environmental Learning Pavilion and Loxahatchee Slough Pavilion providing interactive displays and environmental education programs on the Everglades: Past, Present and Future.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Measurable number of local, state and global ecotourists and students visiting the Nature Center providing awareness of Everglades restoration activities that will support continued funding of the initiative at state and federal levels.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$1,750,000
Total cost of the project:			$10,000,000
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
Type of funding match:		Local
	Total Cash Amount:		$7,198,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		1998		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:		Grassy Waters Nature Center Strategic Plan, December 2000
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		1/17/01