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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
2820-0100	Urban Parks and Recreation For the administration, operation and maintenance of the division of urban parks and recreation, including for the maintenance, operation and related costs of the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody and control of the division, flood control activities of the division, purchase of all necessary supplies and related equipment, and the civilianization of crossing guards located at division intersections where state police previously performed such duties; provided, that no less than $55,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of Red Rock park on Lynn Shore drive in the city of Lynn including $5,000 for the replacement of dead vegetation in the park; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the athletic fields located on Robinson Street and Hancock Street in the town of Hanson; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for the linked trail system for local and state parks along the Back River in the towns of Weymouth and Hingham; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Eugene Lovely field in Andover; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for park located in Suffolk County on parcel 2102442005; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall be expended for lighting, infrastructure repair and horticulturalist personnel for the southwest corridor park; provided further, that the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care and custody of the metropolitan district commission in fiscal year 2003 shall remain solely under the jurisdiction, custody and care of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided further, that not less than $3,900 shall be expended on the Senator Charles E. Shannon Crossing Guard Corps at the corner of Mystic avenue and Shore drive in the city of Somerville; provided further, that $297,000 shall be expended for the James Michael Curley Recreation Center in the city of Boston; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that the rinks under the control of the department shall remain open and staffed for the full rink season; provided further, that the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2008 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2007; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided for safety improvements by the ponds at Lake Street in the Town of Acushnet; provided further, that not less than $450,000 shall be expended to the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Herter Center in the Christian A. Herter Park located in Allston-Brighton for the purpose of preserving educational and cultural materials that benefit the Commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided to the Lake Singletary Watershed Association for services related to water quality and conservation improvements; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for staffing, management, and maintenance, on the esplanade in Boston; provided further that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Library Park in the city of Woburn; provided further that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety on the Deerfield and upper Connecticut River; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Heritage State Park located in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the Martha's Vineyard Commission; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be provided to the Veterans' Memorial Park in Blackstone; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the sole purpose of restoring, operating, maintaining and ongoing support of the department of conservation and recreation park rangers mounted unit in the Blue Hills Reservation, existing as of January 1, 2004, which shall be located, sited and operated from a stable and facilities in the Blue Hill Reservation; provided further, that not later than December 28, 2007, the department of conservation and recreation shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means an annual report detailing the actual expenditures of funds; provided further, that any funds not so expended solely for this purpose shall be reimbursed to said department of conservation and recreation park rangers mounted unit from the funds allocated for the operation of the office of the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs fiscal year 2007 budget allocation, retroactively; provided further, that the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs is hereby directed to request and obtain the return of all animals, equipment, including: tack and trailers, and personnel of the department of conservation and recreation park rangers mounted unit within their control, custody and possession as of January 1, 2004; provided further, that should additional horses of a comparable or better quality as such horses in said mounted unit as of January 1, 2004 need to be obtained by gift or purchase, that said office of the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs shall incur said costs; provided further, that the secretary of environmental affairs is hereby directed to commence an investigation and study relative to forming a public/private partnership to assist in the maintenance and care of the unit, including: but not limited to, fundraising, operating and maintaining the horses, stables and other facilities in connection with said department of conservation and recreation mounted ranger unit; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for public safety along Nonantum Road in Watertown; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended on Havey Beach in West Roxbury; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with the clean up of the Charles River lakes district; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for improvements to the Hill Park and the William G. Reinstein Recreation Complex in the City of Revere; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for electronic flood gates at the Furnace Brook/Black's Creek on Quincy Shore Drive	26,719,207	28,948,582

Note:  Governor's veto was overridden.  Text in red reflects vetoed language.

Veto Explanation: I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs that are beyond the scope of the agency's mission and I am reducing the appropriation for this item accordingly.

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	13,778	12,278	13,339	14,196	15,457
Pensions & Benefits	786	783	1,198	1,016	1,014
Operating Expenses	6,562	8,640	8,831	9,369	9,646
Aid to Cities & Towns	247	247	297	2,048	2,831
TOTAL	21,374	21,949	23,664	26,629	28,949

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
Charles River Lake District, DCR	75,000
City of Lowell	450,000
Havey Beach	40,000
Heritage State Park	100,000
Herter Center, Christian A Herter Park	75,000
Hill Park, William G Reinstein Park	150,000
James Curley Recreation Center	297,000
Linked Trail System on the Back River	250,000
Lynn Shore Drive Facility	55,000
Maintenance and Horticulturalist personnel at Southwest Corridor Park	225,000
Public Safety Nonantum Road	250,000
Remediation of Hazardous conditions at the Nike/Ajax Missile Site	75,000
School Crossing Guards at Mystic and Shore Avenue	3,900
Staffing on the Esplanade	75,000