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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Lopez
DCR: Acquisition of James Monroe's Oak Hill Farm

Item C-15 #1h

Item C-15 #1h

First Year - FY2027 Second Year - FY2028
Natural and Historic Resources
Department of Conservation and Recreation FY2027 $16,000,000 FY2028 $0 NGF

Language
Page 570, line 39, strike "$0" and insert "$16,000,000".

Page 570, strike lines 39 through 45.

Page 571, strike lines 1 through 31.

Page 570, after line 38, insert:

"Included in this item is $16,000,000 the second year in nongeneral fund appropriation with which, upon meeting the contingencies set forth in this paragraph, the Department of Conservation and Recreation is authorized to utilize to acquire 1,240 acres of real property and any buildings or structures thereon between Little River Turnpike, James Monroe Highway, and Tail Race Road, known as James Monroe's Oak Hill Farm, for the creation of a new state park. The contingencies are:

a. Submission of a comprehensive funding plan by The Conservation Fund, acceptable to the Department, that details and confirms $52,000,000 of nongeneral fund resources which shall include an endowment of $20,000,000 to support the park;

b. Selection of a community foundation that will hold and manage the park's endowment; and

c. Establishment of a non-profit Citizen Support Organization that will (i) partner with the Department in its opening and operation of the park with funds from the endowment and donated services; and (ii) have a board of directors comprised of representatives from the Department, the Department of Historic Resources, Loudoun County, local, regional, and national land conservation and historic preservation organizations, and the local philanthropic community.

Development of the park shall be in accordance with the Department's state park master planning guidelines pursuant to § 10.1-200.1, Code of Virginia."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $16.0 million in nongeneral fund appropriation the first year and language stipulating the circumstances surrounding the state's acceptance of James Monroe's Oak Hill Farm in Loudoun County.)