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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #496 |
| Gulf Coast Community College Environmental Education Center |
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| Requester: |
Dr. Robert McSpadden |
Organization: |
Gulf Coast community College |
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| Project Title: |
Gulf Coast Community College Environmental Education Center |
Date Submitted |
1/10/2005 1:14:42 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Clary |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Establishment of an environmental education center that also will function as an international showcase for facilities' integration with the environment and as a laboratory demonstrating and testing best practices in sustainable green building design. |
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| Recipient: |
Gulf Coast Community College |
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Contact: |
Pam Whitelock |
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5230 West Highway 98 |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 872-3814 |
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Panama City 32401 |
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Contact email: |
pwhitelock@gulfcoast.edu |
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| Counties: |
Bay |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Establish a center to provide interactive learning experiences to complement related career prep, enhance workforce development, foster environmental preservation and stewardship and encourage innovation practices to futher ecotourism and economic development. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| GCC Environmental Education Center Multipurpose building constructed |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$4,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$12,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$1,750,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$400,000 |
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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: |
GCCC needs assessments |
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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: |
Bay County Board of county commissioners |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
10/05/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
