MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

SB54
Polk Nature Discovery Center Education
FY 2009 FY2010
Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
(SOR)
011 Alafia River Basin 6,559 4,027
013 Hillsborough River Basin 7,899 4,777
020 Peace River Basin 32,465 18,527
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
Polk County Natural Resources 163,833 32,500
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
FY2007 Budgeted Funds
Bid process for exhibit design and construction initiated by cooperator 6/30/07 6/30/07
Purchase order opened to Polk County Natural Resources 7/30/07 7/24/07
Exhibit design/construction vendor selected 9/30/07 11/30/07 11/30/07
Exhibit design specifications finalized 11/30/07 1/30/08 1/30/08
Bid awarded to vendor 1/15/08 1/15/08
Exhibit construction begins 1/30/08 8/4/08 10/14/08
Exhibits installed at center 8/30/08 10/15/08 10/20/08
Center's grand opening 11/1/08 11/1/08
Final report and invoice due to the District 11/20/09 3/13/09 5/29/09
FY2009 Budgeted Funds
Open purchase order for FY2009 1/5/09 12/17/08
Environmental educator hired by School Board; curriculum under development 3/1/09 2/20/09
Curriculum field-testing begins 8/17/09 8/17/09
Program components complete 10/30/09
Final report and invoice due to the District 11/20/09
FY2010 Budgeted Funds
Initiate purchase order 10/1/09
Educational programming begins 11/2/09
Educational programming complete 8/28/10
Final report and invoice due to the District 9/30/10
Status As Of: September 10, 2009
The curriculum to be used as part of the middle school field trip program is developed and being field tested with
7th-grade classroom teachers. A teacher workshop to train teachers how to use the curriculum occurred in August at the
center. District staff reviewed the draft interactive enhancement for the watershed exhibit and the cooperator is in the
final design stage for the interactive enhancement. Cooperator has been notified of approval of FY2010 funding and
District staff is working with cooperator to develop a scope of work for the FY2010 project. ACTION-TO-DATE: On time.
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