| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2819 | |||||||||
| Southeast U.S. /Japan Conference | |||||||||
| Requester: | Dave Woodward | Organization: | Florida Delegation, SEUS/Japan Association, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | Southeast U.S. /Japan Conference | Date Submitted | 1/13/2006 11:38:08 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Dockery | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This project promotes the State of Florida at a National and Global level. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Floirda Delegation, SEUS/Japan Association, Inc. | Contact: | Dave Woodward | ||||||
| 2801 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Suite 700 | Contact Phone: | (305) 569-2639 | |||||||
| Coral Gables 33134 | Contact email: | dwoodward@fl-seusjapan.org | |||||||
| Counties: | {Statewide} | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The State of Florida has a legal obligation to host the SEUS/Japan Conference in Florida in 2006, which is a done once every 14 years. The Conference will host Governors of the 6 other member states of the agreement and over 700 Japanese & SEUS senior business and government leaders, the Japanese Ambassador, the Consuls General of Miami, Atlanta and New Orleans for 4 days. Due to the rotation among the other member states of the agreement, Florida will be the host again in 14 years. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Continued and promotion with the Governor's of the other member states of the agreement and over 700 Japanese & SEUS senior business and government leaders, the Japanese Ambassador, the Consuls General. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $750,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | The 30 year long agreement between Florida, 6 other States and Japan. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Miami-Dade Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/30/2005 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||