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FY18 Governor's Recommended Capital Budget NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 40-00-00 Project Summary Chart STATE CAPITAL FUNDS Project Name FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 Request Recommended Request Request 1. Shoreline and Waterway $1,540,500 $3,161,921 $7,500,000 $3,198,191 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 Management 2. Conservation Cost Share 1,500,000 1,500,000 3,000,000 1,500,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 3. Conservation Reserve 1,000,000 500,000 160,000 500,000 500,000 Enhancement Program (CREP) 4. Clean Water State 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 Revolving Fund 5. Tax Ditches 1,148,700 1,148,700 1,400,000 1,148,700 1,400,000 1,400,000 6. Park and Wildlife Area 5,005,615 3,500,000 8,500,000 3,500,000 8,500,000 8,500,000 Rehabilitation/Critical Facilities 7. High Hazard Dam and Dike 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 Repair/Replacement 8. Statewide Trails and 3,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 Pathways 9. Resource, Conservation and 3,000,000 3,812,800 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 Development 10. Redevelopment of Strategic 3,749,885 2,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 Sites (NVF) 11. Redevelopment of Strategic 1,250,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 2,250,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 Sites (Fort DuPont) 12. Coastal Impoundments and 587,500 500,000 Water Control Structure Rehabilitation/Replacement 13. Killens Pond Waterpark 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 Improvements 14. Delaware Bayshore 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 Initiative 15. Critical Equipment for 740,000 2,726,300 2,000,000 2,000,000 Operations 16. Permitting, Registration and 3,300,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 Licensing 44 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 40-00-00 STATE CAPITAL FUNDS Project Name FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 Request Recommended Request Request 17. Little Creek Boat Ramp 500,000 18. Minor Capital Improvement 1,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 and Equipment 19. Cape Pier Replacement 1,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 20. Customer Relationship 1,000,000 Management 21. Environmental Laboratory 902,426 4,162,312 1,711,356 Renovations - Richardson and Robbins Building 22. Fort Miles Museum 500,000 500,000 500,000 23. Debris Pits 751,600 500,000 500,000 500,000 24. Consolidation of Dover 1,300,000 1,300,000 1,300,000 Campus Offices 25. Water Supply Monitoring 713,000 810,000 Network 26. Dobbinsville Fishing Pier 250,000 27. Poplar Thicket Erosion 2,750,000 Project TOTAL $25,086,300 $25,236,421 $53,116,226 $20,156,891 $64,072,312 $56,311,356 prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, federal cost-shared beach nourishment projects are undertaken 1. Shoreline and Waterway Management on a three to five-year cycle for 50 years. In Fiscal Year 2018, funding is requested to provide a match for federal funds to nourish Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick PROJECT DESCRIPTION Island beaches. The funds requested will support the implementation of phase one of the 10-year Delaware Funding is requested to carry out the State’s Beach Bay Beach Management Plan. Preservation program along the Atlantic Ocean coast and Delaware Bay shoreline, the Delaware Inland Bays Utilizing state resources and private contractors, the sediment management, Indian River Bypass Project and Delaware Inland Bays sediment management multi-year University of Delaware Citizen Monitoring program plan includes emphasis on waterway management efforts. projects and operations and environmental restoration initiatives in and near the State’s Inland Bays. Funding is Under the State’s Beach Preservation program, work requested to construct a beneficial reuse/island typically includes beach nourishment, structural erosion restoration dredging project in the federally-authorized control measures, public dune maintenance and channel in Massey’s Ditch. Funding is also requested to emergency storm repair and cleanup. Work is done only perform ongoing waterway management operations in on publicly accessible beaches and may involve cost the State’s Inland Bays by: placing navigational aids sharing with federal and local governments. Under plans properly marking channels for the boating public; 45 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 40-00-00 removing nuisance accumulations of macro algae from near shore and shoreline areas; and removing abandoned 3. CREP vessels and derelict structures from waterways, to ensure safe navigation. PROJECT DESCRIPTION CAPITAL REQUEST Funding is requested for the renewal of approximately FUNDING 1,000 acres of marginal agriculture land currently STATE FEDERAL OTHER* protected by expiring CREP contracts. The state share of FY 2016 $1,540,500 $1,400,000 $2,225,000 these contract renewals varies from 27 percent to 36 FY 2017 3,161,921 1,400,000 3,225,000 percent, depending on the conservation practice. The FY 2018 7,500,000 1,400,000 3,525,000 requested funding will leverage between $2.0 and $2.4 FY 2019 7,500,000 20,990,000 3,525,000 million in federal funds. The stream buffers and restored FY 2020 7,500,000 11,740,000 3,525,000 wetlands, established through CREP, reduce nutrient and TOTAL $27,202,421 $36,930,000 $16,025,000 sediment loadings; improve water temperature and levels *The sources of Other funds are the Public Accommodation Tax and of dissolved oxygen, which are necessary to support Waterway Management Fund. biology and wildlife; increase upland wildlife habitat; and create wildlife corridors. 2. Conservation Cost Share CAPITAL REQUEST FUNDING PROJECT DESCRIPTION STATE FEDERAL OTHER Funding is requested to expand the Conservation Cost FY 2016 $0 $109,800 $0 Share program. This program is the State’s principal FY 2017 1,000,000 2,000,000 0 financial support mechanism for the design and FY 2018 500,000 1,000,000 0 FY 2019 500,000 1,000,000 0 installation costs of practices that provide water quality FY 2020 500,000 1,000,000 0 improvements; provide wildlife habitat; and protect TOTAL $2,500,000 $5,109,800 $0 human health, natural resources, water supplies and Delaware’s farmland soils. The program provides funds as incentives to landowners or users for the public 4. Clean Water State Revolving Fund benefit. Landowners that receive benefits must pay a portion of the cost to locate, design, install and maintain conservation practices and systems. Of the amount needed for this program, 70 percent will be divided PROJECT DESCRIPTION equally among the three counties to expand their Funding is requested to provide state matching funds for programs. The remaining balance will be directed toward the Federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund nutrient management efforts statewide. Capitalization grant. It is anticipated that Delaware’s 2018 federal grant will be approximately $7 million, CAPITAL REQUEST which requires a 20 percent state match. This funding FUNDING request will support the Water Infrastructure Advisory STATE FEDERAL OTHER Council and its 2017 Intended-Use Plan for facility FY 2016 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $0 projects. FY 2017 1,500,000 2,000,000 0 FY 2018 3,000,000 2,000,000 0 FY 2019 3,500,000 2,000,000 0 FY 2020 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 TOTAL $13,500,000 $10,000,000 $0 46 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 40-00-00 buildings in 32 public access areas on nearly 100,000 CAPITAL REQUEST acres. FUNDING Facility Maintenance STATE FEDERAL* OTHER Funding is requested for deferred maintenance projects FY 2016 $1,400,000 $6,817,000 $0 and upgrades of buildings, as well as the demolition of FY 2017 1,400,000 6,525,000 0 unsafe and unneeded structures. Projects include: FY 2018 1,400,000 7,000,000 0 FY 2019 1,400,000 7,000,000 0 Improvements necessary for continued Americans FY 2020 1,400,000 7,000,000 0 with Disabilities Act compliance; TOTAL $7,000,000 $34,342,000 $0 Safety improvements to facilities statewide; *Fiscal Years 2018, 2019 and 2020, reflect estimated federal funding Renovations of residential buildings throughout the levels. state parks; Improvements to bathhouses, concession buildings, nature centers and visitor centers; 5. Tax Ditches Installation of automated fee machines and similar public service solutions throughout the state park system; PROJECT DESCRIPTION Improvements to campgrounds, cottages and cabins Funding is requested for planning, surveying, throughout the state parks; engineering, permitting, inspecting and constructing Painting of numerous barns, field offices, nature drainage infrastructure, channels and related water centers and residences statewide; management projects. Constructing environmentally- Demolition of unsafe structures at the Aquatic sensitive projects requires minimizing temporary and Resources Education Center location; permanent disturbances to all natural resources in the Replacement of siding on buildings statewide; project area. A portion of these funds will be used to Construction of an office for the Milford Mosquito investigate watershed and drainage resources to provide Control; information for the completion of water management Construction of an office for Fish and Wildlife improvement projects and related construction. This Enforcement (Little Creek); funding also allows the drainage program to provide Repairs and upgrades at Ommelanden Range and technical assistance to more than 215 tax ditch Hunter Education Training Center; organizations, private landowners and public agencies Construction of Woodland Wharf kayak and fishing statewide.
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