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Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1261 |
Boat Launching Facilities |
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Requester: |
Elithia Stanfield |
Organization: |
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners |
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Project Title: |
Boat Launching Facilities |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 3:59:00 PM |
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Sponsors: |
Sebesta |
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Statewide Interest: |
To provide safe and sufficient gateways to Florida's water bodies |
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Recipient: |
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners |
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Contact: |
Elithia Stanfield |
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315 Court Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(727) 464-3485 |
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Clearwater 33756 |
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Contact email: |
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Counties: |
Pinellas |
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Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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Project Description: |
The project consists of renovation of boat launching facilities and expansion of five marine boat ramps sites in county parks via installation of floating courtesy docks. The additional docks will ameliorate boat launching conflicts from overuse of existing floating docks and ramps. Sites include Ft. Desoto Park (annual attendance greater than 2, 900,000 ; Belleair Boat Ramp (greater than 596,000) War Veterans Memorial Park (greater than 669,000) Park Blvd. Boat Ramp (greater than 229,000) and Phillipe Park (greater than 919,000) |
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Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
To add 24 courtesy boat launching facilities at five existing County Parks. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,560,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$2,073,120 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$513,120 |
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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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No |
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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: |
Pinellas County Capital Improvement Element and Laws of Florida Chapter 2005-157 |
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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: |
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/06/2005 |
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Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |