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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3423 |
| Brevard County Veterans Memorial Center |
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| Requester: |
Maurice Meisner, Chairman |
Organization: |
Brevard Veterans Council |
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| Project Title: |
Brevard County Veterans Memorial Center |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 4:39:53 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Haridopolos |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| STATEWIDE VETERAN SUPPORT FACILITY:
There are 80,000 Veterans in Brevard county served by this facility. Our center supports 77 other Veteran organizations regionally as well as other Statewide Veteran Organizations.
TOURISM:
The Veteran Memorial Center also serves as a central local tourism attraction and springboard to other local attractions such as our Sea Port, Central Florida, Space Port, and surrounding businesses and attractions. |
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| Recipient: |
Brevard County, Veterans Memorial Center |
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Contact: |
Maurice Meisner |
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400 Sykes Creek Parkway |
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Contact Phone: |
(321) 243-3587 |
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Merritt Island 32952 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Brevard |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| New Hurricane-Safe construction for current building expansion. Materials to be of concrete block with steel "I" beam support to protect from potential future hurricanne damage.
This expansion will allow for greater accomodations for larger local and statewide groups for educational and historical tours. Statewide resourse as a museum of Military History and as a Multi-Media Library for Children. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Relating to trourism, this expansion will allow for greater accomodations for larger local and statewide groups for educational and historical tours. Statewide resourse as a museum of Military History and as a Multi-Media Library for Children. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,400,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,400,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$175,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
1988-1989 |
Amount: |
$619,000 |
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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: |
SRI's Museum Expansion Feasibility Analysis |
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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: |
Brevard County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/30/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
