Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #315FY0102

Gaines St. Revitalization & Corridor/Leon County

Requester:

Colleen Roland

Organization:

Leon County Board of County Commissioners

Project Title:

Gaines St. Revitalization & Corridor/Leon County

Date Submitted:

1/17/2002 12:03:25 PM

Sponsors:

Alfred Lawson, Richard Mitchell

Statewide Interest:

This project phase is especially appropriate for legislateve funding assistance.� It endeavors to promote community preservation through economic revitaliztion and environmental repair of an important urban area at the backdoor of the Capitol Complex.� The project provides system preservation by providing additional transportation opportunites- bicycle, pedestrian, transit and auto - on an existing corridor which links a larger system.

Recipient:

Leon County

Contact:

Colleen Roland

301 S. Monroe St.

Contact Phone:

(850) 891-8623

Tallahassee 32301

Counties:

Leon

Gov't Entity:

Yes

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Project Description:

The purpose of this project is to create a gateway to the State Capitol Complex by revitalizing Gaines Street from Lake Bradford (State Road 371) to Apalachee Parkway (US Highway 27).� A boulevard-scale development, this project would provide the preliminary infrastructure to create a sustainable, mixed land use district of residential, retail, and commercial, revitalizing the urban texture of the Capitol Center Planning Area and fostering opportunites for mulitple modes of transportaion.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

As the "backporch" to the State of Florida Capitol Complex, expected outcomes related to this project include safety, economic development, and the movement of goods and services.� The project promotes safety through the construction of a divided road way provideing improved vehicular and pedestrian safety.� Economic development is advanced through the implementation of the Gaines Street Vitaliztion Plan in this underutilzed, centrally located corridor.� Through the improvement of an important of an important link providing direct access from the downtown to the Tallahassee Regional Airport, this project serves to facilitate the movement of goods and services, providing multimedia linkages consistent with current FHWA and FTA guidelines.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$50,000,000

Total cost of the project:

$58,400,000

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

None

Was this project previously funded by the State?

Yes

Fiscal Year:

2000-2001

Amount:

$8,400,000

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:

Tallahassee/Leon County Long Range Transportation Plan Blueprint 2000

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

Yes

Hearing Body:

Leon County Board of County Commissioners

Meeting Date:

9/18/2001