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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2643 |
| Boynton Beach Emergency Operations Center Hardening |
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| Requester: |
Bill Bingham |
Organization: |
Boynton Beach Fire Rescue |
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| Project Title: |
Boynton Beach Emergency Operations Center Hardening |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 3:32:54 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Klein |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Emergency Operation Centers play a vital role in coordinating local, county and state entities during disasters. The City of Boynton Beach Fire Department currently has no category 5 hardened facilities in the city which limited their ability to function properly during the last hurricane season.
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| Recipient: |
Bill Bingham, Fire Chief |
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Contact: |
Bill Bingham, Fire Chief |
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100 E. Boynton Beach Boulevard |
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Contact Phone: |
(561) 742-6331 |
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Boynton Beach 33425 |
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Contact email: |
binghamb@ci.boynton-beach.fl.us |
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| Counties: |
Palm Beach |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| As a component of our city's pubic safety capital improvement program, a dedicated EOC is
planned for construction on the site of our new public safety campus
(police/fire/communications/ITS). Current budgetary limitations have prohibited us from
hardening this facility to withstand a hurricane with greater than a category 3 designation.
Having witnessed the magnitude of destruction that a category 4 or 5 storm can do to the
infrastructure of a municipal government, it is imperative that we harden this new structure to
protect the integrity of our command and control. Our ability to maintain a fully functioning
government in a post storm environment is critical to the safety, and wellbeing of any post storm
recovery effort. The restoration of essential governmental services provides an indication of
confidence to the public that their government is functioning properly. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Having a fully hardened EOC to house essential governmental services during and after a major
hurricane will provide continued command and control and government leadership necessary to
respond to the immediate needs of the citizens. A true measure of success will be the city's
ability to effectively direct post storm rescue efforts. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$3,500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$15,000,000 |
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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 |
$11,200,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$300,000 |
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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: |
City of Boynton Beach Special Fire Assessment Ordinance (construction to include new EOC facility) |
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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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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
