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28100100 - State Parks and Recreation
Data Current as of:  10/17/2014





Account Description FY2014
Spending
FY2015
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2810-0100 State Parks and Recreation
For the operation of the division of state parks and recreation; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used: (a) to operate all of the division's parks, parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody and control of the division, flood control activities of the division, reservations, campgrounds, beaches and pools; (b) to oversee rinks; and (c) to protect and manage the division's lands and natural resources, including the forest and parks conservation services and the bureau of forestry development; provided further, that the same properties shall be open in fiscal year 2015 as were open in fiscal year 2014; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that the department may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Blue Hills ski area; provided further, that the rinks under the control of the department shall remain open and staffed for the full rink season; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of Red Rock Park in Lynn; provided further, that the division may issue matching grants of not less than $190,000 to public and nonpublic entities from this item to support free public events and programs on the Metropolitan Beaches as recommended by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the purposes of aquatic invasive species control; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the development and maintenance of a community garden in proximity to the commuter rail and/or track running West to East in the city of Malden; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to Plymouth county for the management and cleanup of pond algae and invasive vegetation; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Pembroke for the management and cleanup of invasive pond vegetation; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to finalize the designs and obtain the permits necessary for implementation of the Mystic River Master plan, including aquatic invasive species control on the Mystic River; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the Blue Hills trailside museum and the Chickatawbut Hill center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Community Boating Center, Inc. in the city of New Bedford for operational expenses and programming for financially disadvantaged children; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for the planning, design and reconstruction of the children's playground and baseball field at Ventura Park in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $22,500 shall be expended for additional police patrols at Wallum lake in the town of Douglas; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and improvement of the Fellsmere Pond Reservoir in the city of Malden; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Central Plymouth County Water District Commission for the improvement and management of lakes and ponds in said district; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of walking trails at Newton Hill and related improvements in Elm Park in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Blue Hills Observatory and Science Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the restoration and repair of the Speaker John F. Thompson Center in the City of Boston; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the community playground at the Burr Elementary School in the city of Newton; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Let's Row Boston program administered by Community Rowing, Inc. of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for waterfowl nuisance management at Flax Pond in the city of Lynn; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the cleanup of Pilayella algae; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a park alongside the Merrimack River in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for long term care and maintenance of Whitman's Pond in Weymouth; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a study to be commissioned for the prospect of a recreational park along the Nashua River in the town of Clinton

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Veto Explanation:   I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.