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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2046 |
| Riverside Redevelopment Park |
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| Requester: |
Mayor Joe Affronti |
Organization: |
City of Temple Terrace |
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| Project Title: |
Riverside Redevelopment Park |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 11:44:23 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Crist |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The riverfront park is an integral part of one of the largest planned redevelopment projects in central Florida. A new downtown for the City of Temple Terrace is planned as a pedestrian oriented, walkable community that will set an example of sustainable, urban development in an inner ring City. The project has generated national interest and will certainly be a focus of other communities in the State of Florida. |
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| Recipient: |
City of Temple Terrace |
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Contact: |
Kim Leinbach |
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11250 N. 56th St |
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Contact Phone: |
(813) 989-7105 |
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Temple Terrace 33617 |
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Contact email: |
kleinbach@templeterrace.com |
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| Counties: |
Hillsborough |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Rather than allow its riverfront redevelopment property to be privately developed, 2000 Temple Terrace citizens in the summer of 2004 agreed at public charrettes that 3.5 acres of prime Hillsborough River frontage should become a public park. The proposed park area is included within the City of Temple Terrace Downtown Redevelopment Master Plan, and will anchor a public linear green space component that runs through the proposed redevelopment plan and will be integral to the success of the overall project. Currently undeveloped and canopied with beautiful oaks, the future riverfront park will be designed to enhance its natural attributes, and will accommodate non-motorized watercraft such as canoes, kayaks, and crew boats. Elements of the project will consist of a 150 to 200 foot pier, a pavilion, an urban boardwalk, a floating dock for canoes, kayaks, and crew boats, a storage facility for these boats, a playground, sidewalks, restrooms, site lighting, and a riverfront promenade. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Funding of this project will allow the future park to become a southern anchor for the redevelopment of a blighted portion Temple Terrace. The redevelopment project is anticipated to create 547 new jobs, eliminate 38 acres of brownfields, and bring more than $150 million of new development to the decaying center of Temple Terrace. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,480,000 |
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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 |
$48,000 |
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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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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: |
Master Plan for Downtown Temple Terrace |
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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: |
Hillsborough County Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/16/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
