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CBIRS Request 1315
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1315
Northgate Neighborhood Park Development
 
Requester: Mayor Samuel S. Brown Organization: City of lauderdale Lakes
 
Project Title: Northgate Neighborhood Park Development Date Submitted 1/14/2003 3:19:48 PM
 
Sponsors: Dawson
 
Statewide Interest:
This project addresses the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan in a dense urban area.
 
Recipient: City of Lauderdale Lakes   Contact: Anita Fain Taylor  
  4300 NW 36th Street   Contact Phone: (954) 535-2740  
  Lauderdale Lakes 33319
 
Counties: Broward
 
Gov't Entity: Yes Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):  
 
Project Description:
This project is a capital outlay request for the development of a five acre neighborhood park in a substantially underserved urban area. This parcel will be acquired and partially developed through a Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program grant in the amount of $200,000 and a Broward County Bond Challenge Grant of $500,000. The Broward County Comprehensive Land Use Plan establishes a minimum of three acres of park and/or open space per one thousand residents to meet quality of life concerns. The City of Lauderdale Lakes, which has adopted this standard, needs a minimum of ninety-five acres. Even after acquisition of this five acre parcel, the City is deficient by 66 acres or sixty-nine per cent. This project supports the goals of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), which includes, "provide more opportunities for a wide range of resource-based outdoor recreation in both urban and rural areas, with a range of facility development from the primitive to the fully developed
 
Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
An additional five acres of recreational space would be provided, reducing the City's deficiency by six per cent. Additional recreational facilities and amenities including multi-purpose fields and picnic facilities will be provided, in accordance with goals of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP).
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $341,800
 
Total cost of the project: $1,950,138
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local
  Cash Amount $1,609,338  
 
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?   Unknown
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? Unknown
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan and Broward County Comprehensive Land Use Plan
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: City of Lauderdale Lakes City Commission
  Hearing Meeting Date: 11/26/2002