FY2012 Budget Worksession Infrastructure & Community Projects –Jobs & Economic Development –Improve Quality of Life Project Selection Goals: –Ready to begin work soon –Lack current funding –Non-recurring expense Background
FRS Savings in General Revenue Reduced General Reserves to 7% Fire Revenues –Fire MSTU FRS Savings –Fire Impact Fees Funding Sources
Uses Of Funds
Project Locations
Safety improvements Add turning lanes Improved signals on mast arms Repair road shoulder erosion Intersection Improvements
Avoid costlier road repairs US Army Corp evaluation process Repairs potholes, patching, rutting, weathering, and cracking Roadway Base Repairs 19 Countywide Locations$4,078,000
Safety improvements Roads at 45 MPH or greater Time to prepare for turning More visible signs Assist aging population & tourists Guide Signs
Safety – Reduce speeding in neighborhoods near schools Traffic Calming
Bus Stop Accessibility Sidewalks –Ranked by Student Pedestrian Safety Committee –OCPS, OCSO, Cities Pedestrian Connectivity
Existing inadequate facility subject to I-4 realignment (1764 sq ft) New facility near average size Space for standard programs Funds for $4.4 mill project: –$900K from FDOT, $600K CRA –$1.5 mill CDBG –$1.4 mill to fill funding gap Holden Heights Community Center
Six acre Summerport –Adjoins school Two acre Park Manor Splash pad similar to other existing parks Parks
Controls flooding Captures stormwater runoff Repairs existing aging drainwells Drainwells
Three lakes are hydrologically connected Improve lake water quality Future: Community MSBU Environmental - Lakes
1992 facility past useful life Brick 6600 sq ft facility meets code Existing land and design Funds from Fire Impact Fees and Fire MSTU FRS savings Bithlo Fire Station 84
Pine Hills Task Force report Revitalization and improved business climate Implement additional projects Supplement Safe Neighborhood funds Pine Hills Task Force
UCF Small Business programs UCF Technology Incubator National (Disney) Entrepreneur Center BBIF Micro Loan program Economic Development
Projects create jobs Improve safety –Fire Station 84 –Roads, Intersections, Sidewalks Improve Quality of Life –Holden Heights Community Center –Parks, Cleaner Lakes Provide Economic Development –UCF programs, BBIF, Pine Hills Summary
Recommended Action Approval to allocate funding in the Fiscal Year budget for the projects in the Infrastructure and Community Projects Report.