1.	Project Title:	Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park Natural Gas
2.	Senate Sponsor:	Click here to enter text.
3.	Date of Request:	10/10/2017
4.	Project/Program Description:
To relocate water, sewer, reuse lines and fire hydrants along the realigned Citrus Grove Road.
5.	State Agency to receive requested funds:	Click here to enter text.
State Agency Contacted?	Click here to enter text.
6.	Amount of the Non-Recurring Request:
Amount Requested for Operations	Amount Requested for Fixed Capital Outlay	Total Amount of Requested State Funds
Click here to enter text.	$500,000	$500,000
7.	Total Project Cost (include all requested State funds and any other funding sources):	$636,000
8.	Type, amount and percent of matching funds available for this project:
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State (Excluding the amount of this request):	Click here to enter text.	Click here to enter text.
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Other:	Private from Company $136,000	21%
9.	Was the project previously funded by the State?
Fiscal Year(s)	Amount	Vetoed
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10.	Is future-year funding likely to be requested? If yes, indicate non-recurring amount per year.
Not at this time.
11.	Program Performance (if needed, include additional documentation):
a.	What is the specific purpose or goal that will be achieved by the funds requested?
To construct a natural gas line extension to the Chris Ford Commerce Park in Groveland
b.	What are the activities and services that will be provided to meet the intended purpose of these funds?
The Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park is one of the premier industrial parks in Lake County. It is strategically located to capitalize on great access north and south via US 27 and the Florida Turnpike, and has been able to attract quality jobs and companies based on that asset alone. Currently, there is about 230 acres of vacant buildable land left in the park. Three years ago there was over one million square feet of vacant buildings in this commerce park. Today there are only two available buildings inside the park that sit vacant, and there have been many projects that have been extremely interested in those sites that have chosen to locate elsewhere. A majority of the projects have been lost due to not having a dedicated natural gas line that extends to the industrial park. As it sits today, the closest natural gas line to the Ford Commerce Park ends at the Lake Correctional Institute 5 miles away. We feel that if we are able to get a natural gas line extended to the industrial park, it will significantly increase our effectiveness marketing the area, and will be a pivotal step towards bringing diverse and high quality jobs to the community that we have lost out on in the past. If it is added to the park, existing tenants that must use small tanks for their needs currently would be able to utilize the new amenity, and any new buildings built on vacant land would be able to capitalize on it as well. The existing companies in the park who utilize natural gas tanks on their sites today are limited in their ability to grow based on the size of the tanks and the storage for the tanks they currently have. There are at least three companies in the park who are planning to expand in the next two years. The local natural gas provider that covers that Ford Commerce Park area has quoted a cost of $600,000 to extend the line to the park.
c.	How will the funds be expended?
Spending Category	Description	Amount
Administrative Costs:
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Operational Costs:
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Fixed Capital Construction/Major Renovation:
Construction/Renovation/Land/ Planning Engineering	Please see attached budget	$636,000
d.	What are the direct services to be provided to citizens by the appropriations project?
To provie natural gas service to the Ford Commerce Park
e.	Who is the target population served by this project? How many individuals are expected to be served.
Businesses located in the Ford Commerce Park and future tenats that will build there in the future.
f.	What is the expected benefit or outcome of this project? What is the methodology by which this outcome will be mesasured?
Future growth of the Park and the existing companies in the Park.
g.	What are the suggested penalties that the contracting agency may consider in addition to its standard penalties for failing to meet deliverables or performance measures provided for in the contract?
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12.	The owners of the facility to receive, directly or indirectly, any fixed capital outlay funding. Include the relationship between the owners of the facility and the entity.
Lake Apopka Natural Gas owns the ultities and provides the service to the customers.
13.	Requestor Contact information:
a.	Name and Title:	Robert Chandler
b.	Organization:	Lake County Board of County Commissioners
c.	E-mail Address:	rchandler@lakecountyfl.gov
d.	Phone Number:	352.742.3918
14.	Recipient Contact Information:
a.	Organization:	Lake County
b.	Municipality and County:	This facility is in the Cities of Minneola and Groveland in Lake County
c.	Organization type (check all that apply):
☐	For-profit Entity
☐	Non Profit 501(c) (3)
☐	Non Profit 501(c) (4)
☒	Local Entity
☐	University or College
☐	Other (please specify)	Click here to enter text.
d.	Contact Name and Title:	Robert Chandler
e.	E-mail Address:	rchandler@lakecountyfl.gov
f.	Phone Number:	352.742.3918
15.	Lobbyist Contact Information:
a.	Name:	Chris Carmody
b.	Firm:	Gray Robinson
c.	Email Address:	Chris.Carmody@gray-robinson.com
d.	Phone Number:	407.843.8880
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16.	Have you applied for alternative state funding?
☐	Waste Water Revolving Loan
☐	Drinking Water Revolving Loan
☐	Small Community Wastewater Treatment Grant
☐	Other (Please describe)	Click here to enter text.
☒	N/A
17.	What is the population economic status?
☐	Financially Disadvantaged Community (ch. 62-552, F.A.C)
☐	Financially Disadvantaged Municipality (ch. 62-552, F.A.C)
☐	Rural Area of Economic Concern
☐	Rural Area of Opportunity (s. 288.0656, Florida Statutes)
18.	What is the status of construction?
Construction will commence within ninety days of funding approval.
19.	What percentage of the construction has been completed? What is the estimated completion date?
0% it will be completed in 4 months from start date
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