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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1871 |
| Regional Collections Curation Facility |
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| Requester: |
Dr. John Cavanaugh, President |
Organization: |
The University of West Florida |
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| Project Title: |
Regional Collections Curation Facility |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 11:15:11 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Clary |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Historic Preservation |
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| Recipient: |
University of West Florida |
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Contact: |
David Mann |
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11000 University Parkway |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 450-4027 |
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Pensacola 32514 |
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Contact email: |
dmann@uwf.edu |
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| Counties: |
Escambia |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Florida, and in particular, the Panhandle region, is home to some of the nation's oldest and most delicate artifacts and antiques. Facilities for the curation and storage of these artifacts suffered greatly during recent hurricanes necessitating state-of-the art facilities for their future care. Florida's rich cultural past will be better preserved as a result of this request which will be used to construct a 14,000 square foot facility. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
Yes |
| If yes, which declared disaster? |
Hurricane Ivan |
| If yes, which year? |
2004 |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Construction of this facility will result in a measurable increase in the number of well preserved Florida artifacts. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$4,500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$4,500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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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: |
Local assessments in the aftermath of Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis, and Katrina |
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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: |
Escambia County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/21/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
