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28100100 - State Parks and Recreation
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018
| Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 skating 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 2019 as were open in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that the crossing guards located at department of conservation and recreation intersections shall continue to perform the duties where state police previously performed such duties; provided further, that the division may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; 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 department of conservation and recreation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2019, on the utilization of funds towards addressing understaffed parks, extending camping seasons, hiring additional park support operations crew members and hiring additional engineers to plan and build capital improvement projects; provided further, that up to $3,000,000 may be used to support costs of snow and ice removal; and provided further, that additional funds shall be expended to address the needs of state parks in all regions of the commonwealth, including urban parks; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for continued development and implementation of an asset management modernization program within the department with the goal of adequate stewardship and budgeting; provided further, that funds shall be expended for additional staffing, consulting and training; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2019 on the progress of said program; and provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the status of hiring for the additional staffing required; (ii) the contracts with outside consulting; (iii) the progress of planned and delivered training; (iv) the status of the integration and utilization of geographic information system data into said program; (v) the status of integrating a functional preventative maintenance capability; (vi) the status of the development of reporting functions to estimate the resources required to meet certain comprehensible performance metrics; and (vii) a detailed timeline and an estimate of resources necessary for the full implementation and adoption of the plan throughout the department by the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 |
37,458,448 | 40,250,000 |
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