Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1013 | |||||||||
| Mounts Botanical Garden | |||||||||
| Requester: | Palm Beach County -BCC | Organization: | Mounts Botinical Garden | ||||||
| Project Title: | Mounts Botanical Garden | Date Submitted | 12/28/2007 9:58:28 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Deutch | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This project will replace an aging DMV building that has become outdated and overcrowded and has not effectively been able to accommodate a growing western community. At the current location, a new agricultural and cultural facility will be buit to provide cultural enhancement for the county and agricultural education to a region that boasats the highest agricultural production in the state. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Mounts Botantical Garden | Contact: | Audrey Norman | ||||||
| 559 N. Military Trail | Contact Phone: | (561) 233-1711 | |||||||
| West Palm Beach 33415 | Contact email: | amorman@pbcgov.com | |||||||
| Counties: | Palm Beach | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| New location and building for mid-county DMV facility/ building of education center for Mounts Botanical Garden. The new DMV building will be designed to meet the growing needs of this region of Palm Beach County. The new Mounts Botanical Gardens facility will expand the educational space of the Garden and support its mission by providing additional educational space for teaching, display and research | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Better service for DMV facility/increase county citizen and county vistor accessibility to botanical garden | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,900,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,900,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $90,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Mounts Botancial Garden Master Site Plan | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | PBC Board of County Commissioners/ Palm Beach County | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||