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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #362 |
| Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center (FOCC) |
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| Requester: |
Mark D. Perry |
Organization: |
Florida Oceanographic Cosiety |
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| Project Title: |
Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center (FOCC) |
Date Submitted |
1/10/2003 11:39:45 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Pruitt |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Environmental Education Porgrams to the public based on our capitol expansion to FOCC. |
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| Recipient: |
Florida Oceanographic Society |
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Contact: |
Mark D. Perry |
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890 NE Ocean Blvd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(772) 225-0505 |
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Stuart 34996 |
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| Counties: |
Martin |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Operational expenses for Habitat Restoration & protection environmental educational programs to enhance our expansion including Sea Turtle Pavilion, Gulfstream Shark Pavilion, Fishing Center, Gamefish Lagoon, Touch Tank pavilion and Resource Center. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Current 40,000 visitors to 100,000, tourist residents, school children at buildout. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$4,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$1,200,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$50,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
SWIM Plan for IRL and NEP IRL Comprehensive Conservation Management plan. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Martin County Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
01/01/2001 |
