Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1507 Capitol Downtown District Improvement Authority
Requester:	Marilyn Larson		Organization:		Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority
Project Title:	Capitol Downtown District Improvement Authority		Date Submitted:		01/28/2000 12:11:18 PM
District Member:	Jim King		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Leon
Recipient:	Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority		Contact:		Marilyn Larson
	111 S. Monroe Street		Contact Phone:		(850) 224-3252
	Tallahassee 32302
Project Description:
The Downtown Improvement Authority is seeking money for the acquisition of property needed for a centrally located mixed use parking facility at Calhoun and Jefferson Streets. The purchase price of property is $4.25 million. This new facility will be interconnected to and will add an additional 800 spaces to the existing 800 space parking garage owned by Tallahassee at Calhoun and College avenues. The existing facility constitutes the City of Tallahassee's local match. The marker value of that property is $4.29 million. The DIA will issue revenue bonds for construction of the parking facility. Leon County will lease space above the garage to construct a courthouse annex.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
This project meets the statewide priority expressed in Chapter 272 of the Florida Statutes which states that the area described herein as the "Capitol Center" is a vital part of the past, present, and future of the State of Florida and that its development must be regulated in such a manner as to ensure the character and dignity of the public facilities which constitute the capitol building of the State of Florida...and that the downtown area of the city of Tallahassee is, first and foremost, the Capitol Center of a great state..." This facility will serve the over 2 million annual visitors to the Capitol Center/Downtown District, the 12,000 state employees who work within the Capitol Center and the 65,000 immediate area employees/students/citizens.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
This project will provide the public parking garage on the east side of downtown that is needed by the citizens of this state to access their government. It will also eliminate the need to bus legislative employees to parking spaces during the session. Because the existing public garage is at full capacity, along with the surrounding private lotes and the courthouse garage, there is currently no place for visitors, constitutents, and jurors to park. Kleman Plaza is not a solution as there are no spaces available for the new construction already scheduled for the west side.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$4,250,000
Total cost of the project:		$4,250,000

Request has been made to fund:			Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Yes
				In-Kind Amount:	$4,290,000
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:	Capitol Center Planning Commission Master Plan Update; Downtown Urban Action Plan; and others
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Yes
	Hearing Body:	Concept and workshops at Capitol Center Planning Commission public meetings.
	Meeting Date:	06/30/1998