FY 2011-12 Florida TaxWatch Turkey List

H=House budget; S=Senate budget; C=Conference budget only

LINE AMOUNT AMOUNT H,S
AGENCY ITEM # DESCRIPTION GR TF or C COUNTY COMMENTS
DOE 15C Santa Fe College - Law Enforcement Labs - Library - Kirkpatrick 750,000 S Alachua Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOE 11 FAMU - PHEREC - Mosquito Lab 500,000 C Bay Added in conference. Not recommended by the Board of Governors.
DOS 2973B Junior Museum of Bay County 100,000 C Bay Added in conference. Bypasses competitive selection process. Did apply but earmark would provide much more $$
DACS 1414 Precision Agriculture Daily Logistics Online Calendar (PADLOC) 500,000 C Brevard Added in conference. Not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DCF 345A National Veterans Homeless Support Group 12,000,000 C Brevard New $12 million GR program added in conference. Not requested by agency.
DOE 15C Brevard Community College - Public Safety Institute 7,500,000 S Brevard Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
AHCA 230 Dan Marino Foundation 500,000 S Broward Not requested by agency or recommended by Governor. Specifying provider bypasses competitive selection.
DOH 434 Nova Southeastern Univ-assign students to rotation in health clinics & hospitals 1,950,000 C Broward Conference. Also funded in the base, new $ not req by agency. Recurring $, so would become part of the base.
DOS 2952A Holocaust Documentation and Education Center Rail Car Ren 250,000 S Broward Local project not request by agency. Bypasses competitive selection process. Turkey last year.
EOG 2442E Greater Caribbean Chamber of Commerce 50,000 C Broward Added in conference. Turkey last year. Vetoed last year.
DOE 15C Edison State College - Rem/Ren Collier - Bldgs 1,5,10 956,481 C Collier Was on PECO list, but added in Conference.
DACS 1437C Turner Agri-Civic Center 100,000 S DeSoto Member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DCF 318 Beaver Street Enterprise Center 900,000 S Duval Not requested by agency or recommended by Governor. Specifying provider bypasses competitive selection.
DMA 2756A contract with Wounded Warrior Project 3,250,000 C Duval Added in conference. Wounded Warrior has historically not received government funding.
EOG 2445E Bayfront Parkway/9th Avenue Roundabout 417,000 C Escambia Added in conference. Not in DOT work program. In addition to $10 million for ED projects in the work program.
DOH 429 Countywide Mobile Health Unit - Gadsden County 250,000 C Gadsden Local project added in conference. Earmarks provider.
DOH 474 Gadsden Nurse Family Partnership 500,000 S Gadsden New local project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor. Earmarks provider.
DCA 1515A Glades Co - Community Operations Center - construction 5,000,000 H Glades Local project not requested agency or recommended by Gov. Construction of non-state facility. No competitive process.
DEA 383A Glades Community Senior Center - construction 1,400,000 S Glades Local project not requested by agency of recommended by Governor. Construction of non-state facility.
DEP 1675U Glades County Wastewater Improvements 850,000 H Glades Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DEP 1675U North Labelle Stormwater Improvements 400,000 H Hendry Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
FWC 1832A LaBelle City Wharf Project 338,335 H Hendry Member project that bypasses competitive grant program. Has applied before but lacked local match.
FWC 1832B LaBelle City Wharf Project 97,779 H Hendry Provides matching dollars need to quality for above loan program.
DOE 15C South Florida Community College - Fire Fighting - Main Comp 2,514,241 C Highlands Added in conference. Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOT 1918B stormwater facility needs - Sebring Airport 1,500,000 C Highlands Added in Conference. Not in Work DOT Program. Bypasses Aviation Grant process.
DLA 1289 Family Justice Center 100,000 H Hillsborough New local project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor. Earmarks provider.
DOE 121 USF Medical Center - Interdis Center for Neuromusculoskeletal Research 500,000 S Hillsborough Not requested by agency. University did not request this earmark. Comes out of its base.
DOH 429 Doctors Memorial Hospital 600,000 S Holmes New local project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor. Earmarks provider.
DOH 482C Lake County Health Department 689,000 C Lake Added in conference.
DCF 314A Bob Janes Triage Center 750,000 C Lee Added in conference. Bypasses matching grant program. Not requested by agency of rec by Governor.
DOE 15C Edison State College - Rem/Ren Bldgs. 1,2,3,4,6,7,9,10,29,30,32,34 - Lee 6,749,586 C Lee Was on PECO list, but added in Conference.
DOE 15D FL Gulf Coast University - Classrooms/Offices/Labs Academic 8 4,500,000 C Lee Was on Board of Governors' PECO List, but added in conference.
DOE 15D FL Gulf Coast University - Innovation Hub Research 5,000,000 S Lee On 3rd year of the Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List. Funded ahead of higher priorities.
DOE 15D Florida State University - Applied Sciences Building 6,000,000 C Leon Was on Board of Governors' PECO List, but added in conference.
DOE 15C College of Central Florida - Levy Co Center 4,000,000 S Levy Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOE 17C Liberty County Public School 150,000 S Liberty Not funded through public school construction process.
AHCA 177 Mount Sinai Medical Center 2,203,000 2,797,000 C Miami-Dade Earmark added in conference.
DCA 1519A We Help Community Development Corp - Miami 100,000 S Miami-Dade Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DCF 334 Here's Help 100,000 C Miami-Dade Added in conference. Not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DCF 347 Gould's Coalition of Ministries & Lay People 100,000 S Miami-Dade Turkey last year. Not requested by agency or rec by Governor. Specifying provider bypasses competitive selection.
DCF 347 Richmond Heights Homeowners Association 100,000 S Miami-Dade Turkey last year. Not requested by agency or rec by Governor. Specifying provider bypasses competitive selection.
DEA 378 Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers 100,000 S Miami-Dade Additional funding over what it gets in the base not req by agency. Recurring $, so would become part of the base.
DEA 378 DeAllapattah Community Center Hot Meals Program 430,298 S Miami-Dade Additional funding over what it gets in the base not req by agency. Recurring $, so would become part of the base.
DOE 15C Miami Dade College - Rem/ren/add Clsrms/Labs Fac 2-Hialeah 6,700,000 S Miami-Dade Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOE 15D Florida International University - Satellite Chiller Plant Expansion - MMC 6,000,000 S Miami-Dade On 3rd year of the Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List. Funded ahead of higher priorities.
DOE 51 Barry University - School of Podiatry 100,000 C Miami-Dade Project and GR funding added in conference.
DOE 51 Barry University - Juvenile Justice Program 100,000 C Miami-Dade Project and GR funding added in conference.
DOE 51 University of Miami - Institute for Cuban American Studies 10,000 C Miami-Dade Project and GR funding added in conference.
DOH 407 Thelma Gibson Health Initiative 25,000 C Miami-Dade Added in conference. Specifying provider bypasses competitive selection.
DOH 434 UM - Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Project 777,169 S Miami-Dade Not requested by agency. Earmarks provider. Recurring dollars, so would become part of the base.
DOH 434 UM - South Florida Fragile X Clinic 10,000 S Miami-Dade Not requested by agency. Earmarks provider. Recurring dollars, so would become part of the base.
DOH 434 Miami Project to Cure paralysis 500,000 C Miami-Dade Conference. Also funded in another area, new $ not req by agency. Recurring $, so would become part of the base.
DOH 474 La Liga 100,000 S Miami-Dade Also funded in the base, new $ not req by agency. Recurring $, so it would become part of the base next year..
DOS 2949 Historic Hampton House - Miami 100,000 S Miami-Dade Local project not req by agency or recommended by Gov. Bypasses peer review competitive selection process.
EOG 2442G CAMACOL - Florida Trade and Distribution Center 350,000 S Miami-Dade Not requested by agency. CAMACOL also receives $150,000 in same line item for Film & Entertainment Dev
DOH 429A Rural Primary Care Residency Slots 3,000,000 C multiple Added in conference.
AHCA 230 Qwest Kids 650,000 C Orange Added in conference. Not req by agency or rec by Gov. Specifying provider bypasses competitive selection.
DCA 1519A Pine Hills Neighborhood Redevelopment Project - Orange County 3,400,000 C Orange Added in conference. Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DCA 1519A Renaissance of the Parramore Neighborhood in Downtown Orlando 900,000 C Orange Added in conference. Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DOE 15C Valencia College - Maj Ren/Rem,Emg repl-Chill w/loop infrastr-East comp 2,718,884 C Orange Was on PECO list, but added in Conference.
DOE 15D University of Florida - Lake Nona Research and Academic Facility 6,000,000 C Orange Added in conference. Not on Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List
DOE 15D University of Central Florida - Physics Bldg 3,877,895 S Orange Not on the Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List. Vetoed last year.
DOE 15D University of Central Florida - Engineering Bldg 3,620,723 S Orange Not on the Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List. Vetoed last year.
DOE 15D University of Central Florida - Classroom Bldg II 5,241,445 C Orange Was on Board of Governors' PECO List, but added in conference.
DOE 15D University of Central Florida - Interdisc, Research and Incubator Facility 6,328,564 C Orange Added in conference. On 3rd year of Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List
 H=House budget; S=Senate budget; C=Conference budget only
LINE AMOUNT AMOUNT H,S
AGENCY ITEM # DESCRIPTION GR TF or C COUNTY COMMENTS
DOH 434 Health Care Center for the Homeless 500,000 S Orange Not requested by agency. Earmarks provider. Recurring dollars, so would become part of the base.
DOH 434 Apopka Family Health Center 500,000 S Orange Not requested by agency. Earmarks provider. Recurring dollars, so would become part of the base.
DOH 435 Healthy Start Coalitions - Orange County 200,000 C Orange Added in conference. Only coalition singled out to receive extra funding over the base.
DOH 502 Howard Phillip Center for Children and Families 200,000 C Orange Added in conference. Specifying recipient bypasses competitive selection.
DOS 2949 Town of Eatonville Historic Preservation 100,000 C Orange Conference. Not requested by agency. Bypasses competitive process. Likely to receive $$ in another grant program.
DOS 2973B Jones High School Historical Society Inc., Museum 50,000 C Orange Added in conference. Local project not requested by agency. Bypasses peer review competitive selection process.
EOG 2442D Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Program - UCF 2,000,000 C Orange Added in conference.
EOG 2442G Sanford - Burnham Medical Research Institute 2,000,000 C Orange Added in conference.
DCA 1519A Marydia Neighborhood Community Center - Osceola Co 350,000 C Osceola Added in conference. Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DOE 15C Valencia College - Library & High Tech Bldg 4 - Osceola (ce) comp 4,191,590 C Osceola Was on PECO list, but added in Conference.
DOT 1918B transportation improvement project at an airport (Kissimmee) 2,000,000 H Osceola Not in Work DOT Program. Bypasses Aviation Grant process. Turkey last year. Vetoed last year.
DOT 1972 Expressway Authority designated in s. 348.9952 (Osceola) 500,000 C Osceola Added in Conference. Not in Work DOT Program. Would pay administrative expenses of the Authority.
DOE 15C Palm Beach State College - Multipurp Clsrm/Admin Bldg, site - West Central 7,300,000 S Palm Beach Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOE 73 Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin Counties 200,000 C Palm Beach, Martin Added in conference. First time individual BBBS chapter funded here. BBBS receives $1.9 million in same line item
DOE 15C Pasco Hernando Community College - Clsrms/Labs/Sup - Wesley Chapel Center 6,935,170 C Pasco Was on PECO list, but added in Conference.
EOG 2445E Wiregrass Ranch Blvd and Reverse Frontage Road 4,000,000 C Pasco Added in conference. Not in DOT work program. In addition to $10 million for ED projects in the work program.
DJJ 1142 pilot program to provide jobs to at-risk youth 1,000,000 HS Pin. Hills, Man Turkey last year. Specifies specific area. No performance measures to determine outcomes
EOG 2442G Florida Holocaust Museum 150,000 S Pinellas Local project not requested by agency. Turkey last year. Also receives $100,000 in line-item 88 (Education).
EOG 2442G International Regatta Sports Center - Nathan Benderson Park 5,000,000 S Pinellas Not requested by agency or recommended by Governor. $4.5 million added in conference.
DACS 1445 Florida Aquaculture Association 25,000 H Polk Did not apply this year through the aquaculture development grant process.
DEP 1675U Frostproof water project loan payments - DEP 25,000 1,925,000 C Polk Added in conference. Makes revolving loan payment to the state.
DEP 1675Y City of Winter Haven Peace Creek Watershed 2,623,823 676,177 S Polk Local project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DEP 1715A Polk County botanical gardens 500,000 C Polk Added in Conference. Not requested by agency of rec by Governor. DEP says the Water MD owns the land, not it.
DOE 15C Polk State College - Institute for Public Safety - Winter Haven 2,000,000 S Polk Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOE 15D University of South Florida - Health School of Pharmacy at Polytechnic 10,000,000 S Polk On 3rd year of the Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List. Funded ahead of higher priorities.
DOE 15D University of South Florida - Polytechnic Interdisciplinary Center of Excellence 1,000,000 S Polk On 3rd year of the Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List. Funded ahead of higher priorities.
AHCA 230 Loveland Center 500,000 S Sarasota Not requested by agency or recommended by Governor. Specifying provider bypasses competitive selection.
DOE 15D New College - Caples Mechanical Renovation, Remodeling 4,650,000 S Sarasota On 3rd year of the Board of Governor's Three-Year PECO Priority List. Funded ahead of higher priorities.
DOS 2949 Government House Interpretive Film and Exhibit - St Augustine 200,000 C St. Johns Added in conference. Local project not requested by agency. Bypasses peer review competitive selection process.
DOS 2949 Government House Museum Renovation 200,000 C St. Johns Added in conference. Local project not requested by agency. Bypasses peer review competitive selection process.
DACS 1335 Precision Agriculture Daily 4,000,000 C statewide Added in conference. Not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DBPR 2113A Comprehensive Gaming Study/OPPAGA/Independent Consultant 400,000 C Statewide Added in conference.
EOG 2442E Florida Small Business Development Center Network 500,000 C statewide Added in conference.
DEP 1675U Port Orange - Nova Canal Flood Control 1,250,000 C Volusia Added in conference. Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DOE 15C Daytona State College - Rem/Add Bldg 220 - Stu Svc/Clsrm/Office 2,400,000 S Volusia Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOE 15C Daytona State College - Rem/Add Bldg 314 - Thermal Storage 3,012,000 C Volusia Added in conference. Not on Division of Florida Colleges PECO Project request list.
DOH 482C Walton County Health Department 800,000 C Walton Added in conference.
EOG 2445E West End Bridge Crossing 500,000 C Walton Added in conference. Not in DOT work program. In addition to $10 million for ED projects in the work program.
DEP 1675U Imperial River - Oak Creek WQ Project and Harbor River Ponds 250,000 C Added in conference. Local member project not requested by agency or recommended by Governor.
DOH 505 Islet Cell Transplantation to Cure Diabetes Project 286,668 C Added in conference. More than doubles its base funding. Additional recurring Funding not requested by agency.

Total 70,757,958 132,194,870

Total Amount $ 202,952,828

Total Items 105