FY 25 Harford County Approved Capital Budget

CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT IMPACT THE OPERATING BUDGET

Total Project Cost Including Outyears Operating Budget Impact

FY 25 Budget Appropriation

Project Title/Description

PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS (cont.):

Joppatowne Community Center

$1,000,000 $10,500,000 $214,000/year in staff salary costs

This project will provide funding for a multipurpose center to serve leisure needs for all ages in the Joppa/Joppatowne community. The center will be utilized by the Office on Aging as a Senior Center and by the Department of Parks & Recreation for a variety of community recreation activities. This project is for acquisition of property to add to the County park inventory. The amount of acreage the Department is able to purchase is affected by the location and price of each parcel. Since the beginning of 2006, the Department has added over 450 acres to its inventory. While not all of these sites required regular mowing at the time of their acquisition, most of the acreage will be developed into future park sites if they have not already been developed and require more intensive maintenance. This project provides for the further development of Perryman Park. The park currently has a dredged material placement site with a walking trail. Development of the site includes fields, additional parking, walking trails, and other amenities on the area south of the DMP site to serve the Belcamp and Perryman communities. Perryman Park Development Parkland Acquisition

(2 rec specialist, 2 bldg caretakers) and $86,000 in building utility and other costs

$1,375,000 $27,796,000 The Department currently pays

approximately $28.15/acre to mow at park sites. Assuming each site is mowed

29 times per mowing season and

assuming only half of the added acreage (currently 225 acres) will be mowed, the cost to maintain this additional acreage

is $183,637 per mowing season.

$800,000

$1,650,000 Approximately $10,400/year in mowing costs

Trails and Linear Parks

$750,000

$32,300,000 Approximately $15,000/year in maintenance

Construction of the final segment of the Ma & Pa connector

(mowing, trash, port-a-pots) costs

trail will begin in 2024.

$800,000

$2,225,000 Approximately $15,000/year in maintenance

Vale Road Park

This project proposes the construction of new active recreation facilities on the northern side of Heavenly Waters Park. These facilities will address needs for the Bel Air community and will include soccer/lacrosse fields and related amenities.

(mowing, trash, port-a-pots) costs

12 Stones Park

$0

$2,000,000 Approximately $15,000/year in maintenance

This project proposes engineering and construction of active recreation facilities on a 23.5 acre property in Creswell. The parcel is well suited for baseball/softball diamonds as well as multipurpose fields.

(mowing, trash, port-a-pots) costs

HIGHWAYS PROJECTS:

Streetlights

$150,000

$1,050,000 The replacement of lighting fixtures to

This project provides for the upgrade of County owned

LED will result in monthly energy savings.

streetlights.

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