Tuesday, March 19, 2019

First-round of DCA matching-grant appropriation numbers released this morning -- see below.

Suggested follow-up advocacy actions
will be sent to you later.  Thank you.

House TAT Chairman Jay Trumbull
The Florida House Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee (TAT) met this morning to release Chairman Jay Trumbull's proposed budget recommendations for the TAT's FY 2019-20 State Budget -- THESE ARE NOT THE FINAL NUMBERS.   This is a process and these are the first numbers released regarding DOS DCA matching grant appropriations.



What Chairman Trumbull and House TAT recommend today for

 
(this recommendation is 17.5% of the  $42,101,119 state-appropriation investment  needed to fully fund all  478 at their qualified matching-grant amounts )

What would your Cultural and Museum Grant be if $7,376,221 becomes the final appropriation?

IMPORTANT:  Please note that this is NOT THE FINAL NUMBER at this stage of the legislative process:   Go here and many thanks to Curtis Young at DCA for his quick response to this question.



Legislative Projects 
Under the Cultural and Museum Grant Category that are also recommended for funding:

Miami Military Museum Operations ( HB 4411 ) $500,000
PIAG Museum - Art for the Community ( HB 9233) $343,636




Culture Builds Florida:  $2,980,028
( would fully fund all 132 matching-grant applicants)



Under Fixed Capital Outlay Under Cultural Facilities -- House Legislative Projects -- click bill number for details:

Florida Holocaust Museum Security Enhancements ( HB 2207 ) $853,804

Ruth Eckerd Hall Expanding the Experience Campaign (HB 2567) $250,000

Camp Blanding Museum Expansion Project (HB 4141) $750,000

Richloam Museum - Hernando County (HB 4157) $50,000




Other Legislative Projects and Appropriation Pass Throughs Recommended for Funding under today's TAT Chairman's Proposed Budget Under Division of Cultural Affairs:

Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg ( HB 2197) $750,000

Florida Humanities Council ( HB 4401) $100,000

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center ( HB 2145) $257,000


Access 
to House TAT Chairman Jay Trumbull's Complete FY 2019-20 Budget  Recommendations as presented at this morning's   House TAT meeting:  Department of State recommendations are line items 107 through 143 -- DCA starts at line 123 and Division of Historic Preservation Grants are on lines 130 and 139 - 143.


Additional information and follow-up advocacy strategies will be shared with you later.  

Understand this is a process and you must stay engaged and follow through on advocacy alerts.

Many thanks for your continued advocacy efforts.