Final Bond Package Details
July 8, 2009 -
Here are the details of the final bond package passed by the Legislature this June.
NOVEMBER OF 09 (one question)
"Do you favor a $71,250,000 bond issue for improvements to highways and bridges, airports, public transit facilities, ferry and port facilities, including port and harbor structures, as well as funds for the LifeFlight Foundation that will make the State eligible for over $148,000,000 in federal and other matching funds?"
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Highway Fund
-Highway and bridge $50,000,000
General Fund
-Highway and bridge $5,000,000
-Railroad $4,000,000
-Ports (including improvements in Eastport and $4,500,000 for dredging Searsport channel) $5,750,000
-Ferry $1,000,000
-Island Explorer Phase II $400,000
-Aviation - FAA $2,000,000
-Island Airport Program $400,000
-Augusta Airport Upgrade $200,000
-The LifeFlight Foundation $1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
-Provides funding to rebuild a bulkhead and wharf at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute $1,500,000
NOVEMBER OF 2009 - Second Question
"Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to invest in land conservation and working waterfront preservation and to preserve state parks to be matched by $9,500,000 in federal and other funds?"
State Planning Office
-Land for Maine’s Future Board
Provides funds in order to leverage $6,500,000 in other funds to be used for the acquisition of land and interest in land for conservation; water access, wildlife and fish habitat; outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing; and farmland preservation. $6,500,000
-Provides funds to be used for working farmland preservation in order to leverage $1,000,000 in other funds. $1,000,000
-Provides funds to be used for working waterfront preservation in order to leverage $2,000,000 in other funds. $2,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Bureau of Parks and Lands
-Provides funds to preserve state parks and properties managed by the Department of Conservation. $500,000
JUNE OF 2010, One Question:
"Do you favor a $25,000,000 bond issue to provide capital investment to stimulate economic development and job creation by making investments under the Communities for Maine’s Future Program and in historic properties; providing funding for research and development investments awarded through a competitive process; providing funds for disbursements to qualifying small businesses; and providing grants for food processing for fishing, agricultural, dairy and lumbering businesses within the State and redevelopment projects at the Brunswick Naval Air Station that will make the State eligible for over $39,000,000 in federal and other matching funds?"
MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
-Establishes a revolving fund for the purpose of acquiring significant historic properties. $1,500,000
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
-Provides funds to make investments under the Communities for Maine’s Future Program in competitive community and economic revitalization projects, which must be matched with at least $3,500,000. $3,500,000
Maine Technology Institute
-Provides funds for research and development and commercialization as prioritized by the Office of Innovation’s current Science and Technology Action Plan for Maine. The funds must be allocated to environmental and renewable energy technology, biomedical an biotechnology, aquaculture and marine technology, composite materials technology, advanced technologies for forestry and agriculture, information technology and precision manufacturing technology through a competitive process and must be awarded to Maine-based public and private institutions and must be awarded to leverage matching funds of at least $3,000,000. $3,000,000
Brunswick Naval Air Station Redevelopment
-Provides for redevelopment projects at the Brunswick Naval Air Station, including the rehabilitation of buildings, federal Americans with Disabilities Act and fire code compliance and other site improvements, including up to $4,750,000 for the development of a higher education engineering and economic development center. These funds will leverage $32,500,000 in federal funds. $8,000,000
FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE
-Provides grants for food processing for fishing, agricultural, dairy and lumbering industries within the State. $1,000,000
-Economic Recovery Loan Program $3,000,000
Small Enterprise Growth Fund
-Provides funds for disbursements to qualifying small businesses in the State seeking to pursue eligible projects. $5,000,000
JUNE OF 2010, 2nd QUESTION:
"Do you favor a $10,250,000 bond issue to improve water quality, support drinking water programs and the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and to assist farmers in the development of environmentally sound water sources that will leverage $33,250,000 in federal and other funds?"
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund
-Provides funds for a drinking water revolving loan fund to acquire, design, plan, construct, enlarge, repair, protect or improve drinking water supplies or treatment systems to be matched by $17,000,000 in other funds. $3,400,000
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Small Community Grant Program
-Provides funding for grants to towns to help replace malfunctioning septic systems that are polluting a water body or causing a public nuisance. $1,000,000
Wastewater Treatment Facility State Revolving Loan Fund
-Provides funds for a wastewater treatment facility state revolving loan fund to be matched by $15,000,000 in other funds. $3,000,000
Uncontrolled Sites
-Provides funds to investigate and clean up uncontrolled hazardous substance contamination at sites posing unacceptable threats to public health and water quality. $750,000
Wastewater Treatment Facility Construction Grants
-Provides funds for wastewater treatment facility construction grants to be matched by $900,000 in other funds. $600,000
Overboard Discharge
-Provides funds to assist homeowners whose homes are serviced by substandard or malfunctioning waste water treatment systems, including straight pipe discharges, individual overboard discharge systems, subsurface waste water disposal systems, septic tanks, leach fields and cesspools, which systems result in direct discharges of domestic pollutants to the surface waters of the State. $500,000
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES
Agriculture Water Source Development Program
-Provides funds to assist farmers in the development of environmentally sound water sources to manage weather-related risk and to comply with in-stream flow rules that will leverage $350,000 in other funds. $1,000,000
JUNE OF 2010 QUESTION 3
"Do you favor a $33,500,000 bond issue to provide for investments in weatherization and energy efficiency projects; for infrastructure and energy efficiency upgrades at campuses of the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System and the Maine Maritime Academy; and for the creation of a fund to develop one or more ocean wind energy demonstration sites?"
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Public Utilities Commission
-Provides funds for weatherization and energy efficiency programs for low and middle income households and small businesses. If the energy efficiency programs of the commission are transferred to another entity established by the Legislature, the commission shall transfer all unexpended funds to that entity. $12,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM
University of Maine System
-Provides funds for energy and infrastructure upgrades at all campuses of the University of Maine System. $9,500,000
MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Maine Community College System
-Provides funds for energy and infrastructure upgrades at all campuses of the Maine Community College System. $5,000,000
MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY
Maine Maritime Academy
-Provides funds for energy and infrastructure upgrades at the Maine Maritime Academy. $1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
Maine Marine Wind Energy Demonstration Site Fund
-Provides funds for research, development and product innovation associated with developing one or more ocean wind energy demonstration sites. $6,000,000
