Approval of this question will allow the State of Rhode Island to issue general obligation bonds, refunding bonds, and temporary notes in an amount not to exceed fifty-three million dollars ($53,000,000) for environmental and recreational purposes, to be allotted as follows:
(a) Brownfield Remediation and Economic Development $5,000,000
Provides up to eighty percent (80%) matching grants to public, private, and/or non-profit entities for brownfield remediation projects.
(b) Flood Prevention $3,000,000
To provide grants to public and/or non-profit entities for project design and construction grants for repairing and/or removing dams, restoring and/or improving resiliency of vulnerable coastal habitats, and restoring rivers and stream floodplains.
(c) Farmland Acquisition $3,000,000
Provides funds to protect the state’s working farms.
(d) Local Recreation Grants $4,000,000
Provides up to eighty percent (80%) matching grant funds to municipalities to acquire, develop or rehabilitate local recreational facilities to meet the growing needs for active recreational facilities.
(e) Roger Williams Park Zoo $15,000,000
Provides funds for improvements and renovations to the Roger Williams Park Zoo.
(f) Roger Williams Park $3,000,000
Provides funds for improvements and renovations to the Roger Williams Park.
(g) Clean Water Finance Agency $20,000,000
Provides funds to finance water pollution abatement infrastructure projects.