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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1915 |
| Belleair Boat Ramp |
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| Requester: |
Elithia Stanfield |
Organization: |
Culture, Education & Leisure, Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners |
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| Project Title: |
Belleair Boat Ramp |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 9:44:19 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Jones |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Provides boating access to Waters of the State. Site is located on Intercoastal Waterway with access to Gulf of Mexico. In 2004 Florida passed California as having the most registered boaters in the nation. The Tampa Bay area has 122,523 registered boaters with 57,096 registered boats in Pinellas County. The Belleair Boat Ramp Park attendance of 596,000 annually is almost exclusively boaters. The site services boaters from out of county and even from out of state as visiting tourists bring their boats on vacation and experience our marine environment. A variety of craft use this boat ramp site, including pleasure boats, speed boats, sail boats, jet skis, canoe/kayaks and commercial and private fishing boats. Having boating access is an increasingly critical issue statewide as existing marinas and ramp sites are being sold to developers for dockominiums, condos or other development, effectively limiting public access to the water. The restoration of this centrally located facility also has statewide impact in terms of tourism and the associated economic impact of those tourists. |
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| Recipient: |
Parks & Recreation Department |
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Contact: |
Debbie Chayet |
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631 Chestnut Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(727) 582-2521 |
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Clearwater 33756 |
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Contact email: |
dchayet@pinellascounty.org |
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| Counties: |
Pinellas |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Complete redesign, redevelopment and construction of Belleair Boat Ramp Park resulting from the replacement of the Belleair Causeway Bridge and the reconstruction of 1.67 miles of roadway. The replacement bridge approach blocks all access to the existing park facility, which will be closed when bridge construction starts. A complete redesign of the facility has been engineered and includes moving three of the existing 6 boat ramps at the site, modifying parking for boat trailers and replacing the existing concession facility that has to be destroyed to accommodate the move in the boat ramps. Mitigation for bridge activities will also be included in the project. The Belleair Boat Ramp Park's attendance exceeds 596,000 users annually. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Restored access to boating from the Belleair Boat Ramp Park.
Improved parking for boat trailers.
Improved concession and rest room facilities.
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$490,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$2,936,880 |
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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 |
$378,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$112,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2007-2008 |
Amount: |
$430,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$500,000 |
To Fund: |
Construction |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission |
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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: |
Pinellas County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Capital Improvement Project #1212 Belleair Bridge |
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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: |
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
