Higher education
Daytona State College, nursing programs, $4 million. This includes $3.85 million for a classroom, lab and office building on the Deltona campus, and $200,000 to bolster the nursing expansion that s already been under way in Flagler County. Tom LoBasso, D president, said the money for Flagler County will help fund another faculty member and equipment. What it does is add 120 seats to the nursing program in Palm Coast, and 90 seats in Deltona, LoBasso said. The Deltona chunk fully funds a new building to house a full nursing program, stenography, machining and another vocational program that will probably be HVAC training, he said.
Officials are also seeking financial help from the state on local projects.
Those efforts include bringing a medical facility to West Augustine and expanding septic-to-sewer conversions in the neighborhood on West Third Street.
HB 3901, the West Augustine Care Center, seeks $4 million toward a health center that was envisioned based, in part, on the 2018-2020 Community Health Improvement Plan, according to the request. The principle beneficiaries of the Care Center are lower income residents from the West Augustine area; however, the center will be made available for all St. Johns County residents.
As is common for St. Augustine, there are some historic preservation projects on the list.