As part of the annual appropriations process, the House Committee on Appropriations accepts Community Funding Project Requests from House Members that are directed toward a state, locality or eligible nonprofit entity.
This process allows taxpayer dollars to be reinvested in Missouri’s Third Congressional District and provides the people’s Representative in Congress with input over spending on eligible projects, rather than deferring to bureaucrats in the Executive Branch to make these decisions.
FY24 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Project Name: New Bloomfield Wastewater Regionalization Improvements Project
Request Amount: $4,500,800
Intended Recipient: City of New Bloomfield
Address: 501 Glenwood Dr., P.O. Box 77, New Bloomfield, MO 65063
Explanation of Request: The City of New Bloomfield’s wastewater treatment facility is nearing 50 years in age and the rural regionalization project would serve the City’s immediate and long-termwastewater treatment needs. The project will include construction of a regional pump station and force main and send all wastewater to the City of Holts Summit and their existing connection to the Jefferson City wastewater treatment plant. The project not only benefits New Bloomfield, but potentially serve many unsewered lower income rural Callaway County residents along the Route AE force main corridor between New Bloomfield and Holts Summit and eliminate multiple wastewater point discharges.
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Project Name: Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineering and Health
Request Amount: $8,000,000
Intended Recipient: University of Missouri - Columbia
Address: 2-64 Agriculture Building, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Explanation of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because a new Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Research Building associated with the Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineering and Health would meet the need for producing gene edited animals for research and act as a hub for animal genetic research to improve animal production and health that will benefit the livestock industry in Missouri and nation. This research will significantly increase our capacity nationwide to ensure food security and meet global consumer demands for animal products over the next decade.
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Project Name: State Technical College Agriculture Technology Center
Request Amount: $15,000,000
Intended Recipient: State Technical College of Missouri
Address: 1 Technology Dr, Linn, MO 65051
Explanation of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because agriculture is Missouri’s single biggest industry. State Technical College produces 20% of Missouri’s technical degrees. This demonstration center will allow the college to expand enrollment in technical degrees that will help the growing need for agriculture workforce. Specifically, this center will facilitate hands on exposure for students in classrooms that consist of a livestock area, wet and dry labs and a food processing lab where live animals can be processed. This will allow students to receive real world experience that will translate to the workforce opportunities available in Missouri farms and food production facilities.
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Project Name: Gasconade County Sheriff's Office Equipment Upgrade
Request Amount: $45,000
Intended Recipient: Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office
Address: 1951 S Hwy 19 Hermann, MO
Explanation of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will allow the Sheriff’s office to update their outdated equipment in their office that will provide a more efficient workplace environment to better serve the residents of Gasconade County. As the principal law enforcement agency in the county, assistance with funding for equipment upgrades will allow the Sheriff’s office to have more local resources available to develop and construct a new safer facility to operate, maintain records and store evidence.
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Project Name: Prenger Family Center Facility Upgrades
Request Amount: $335,500
Intended Recipient: Prenger Family Center
Address: 400 Stadium Blvd Jefferson City, MO 65101
Explanation of Request: The project would help the Prenger Family Center with necessary equipment upgrades. The Prenger Family Center provides a 14-bed residential services and local support to children who have been removed from their families and also serves as a 6-bed juvenile detention center. This project will ensure the center is well equipped to care and support adolescents in need within the Jefferson City community.
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Project Name: University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR)
Request Amount: $16,500,000
Intended Recipient: University of Missouri - Columbia
Address: 1513 Research Park Drive, Columbia, MO 65211
Explanation of Request: This funding will enable the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), which is the only university research reactor in the country to this scale and capacity, to purchase the equipment necessary to establish and expand radioisotope research processing laboratories that will lead the way with innovative isotope research. MURR scientists have already pioneered the development of two radioisotopes of phosphorus, which are now used by researchers throughout the world in protein and DNA analysis. At the expansion facility, MURR West, which is set to open in 2024, they will have an expanded capacity to further their research on isotopes which will help us better understand the chemistry of living systems. MURR is the prime example of research that fulfills NIST’s mission by enhancing economic security through their research occurring in America rather anywhere else in the world and improving our quality of life by leading the way as a leader in isotope innovation.
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Project Name: Upper Mississippi River – Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO & WI
Request Amount: $75,000,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
Address: 1500 Rock Island Drive, Rock Island, IL 61201
Explanation of Request: This funding will be used for improving navigation on the Upper Mississippi River – Illinois waterway by constructing two mooring cells and performing work on the LaGrange Lock and Dam in Illinois. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it builds on the progress of beginning construction on Lock and Dam 25 at Winfield, Missouri and continues navigation improvements on the Upper Mississippi River necessary to maximize inland waterway navigation and associated economic benefits.
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Project Name: Lower Missouri River Streambank Erosion Control Evaluation and Demonstration Project
Request Amount: $1,500,000
Intended Recipient: U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
Address: 601 E 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64106
Explanation of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair severe bank erosion that has caused valuable farmland along the Lower Missouri River to wash away. This demonstration project will serve as a model that can be replicated for future projects to come.
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Project Name: Dunkles Drive Bridge Improvements over I-70
Request Amount: $1,087,200
Intended Recipient: Missouri Department of Transportation
Address: 105 W. Capitol Avenue, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Explanation of Request: This project would improve bridge conditions on Dunkles Drive over I-70,which will improve safety and mobility conditions across the bridge and over the highway.
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Project Name: Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF) Air Traffic Control Tower Reconstruction
Request Amount: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: City of Jefferson
Address: 500 Airport Road, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Explanation of request: The existing Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) at Jefferson City Memorial Airport was originally constructed in 1973 as a temporary structure and has served approximately two million operations during its 48-year history. The equipment and infrastructure of the ATCT is outdated and beyond repair and needs to be updated. Additionally, the current size of the tower does not meet current FAA standards and does not meet airfield line of sight recommendations. The reconstruction will help the ATCT meet current FAA standards and recommendations while also enhancing the safety and operations of the airport.
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Project Name: Washington County Airport (8WC) Runway Replacement
Request Amount: $7,000,000
Intended Recipient: Washington County
Address: 102 North Missouri Street. Potosi, MO 63664
Explanation of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would allow the airport to reconstruct and widen the existing runway to meet current FAA design standards. The pavement condition index (PCI) rating shows a 2021 PCI rating of 43, which deems the current runway extremely unsafe and in poor condition. Reconstruction of the current runway will enhance safety and economic development in the Washington County region.
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Project Name: St. Charles County Regional Airport – Smartt Field (SET) Resiliency Improvements
Request Amount: $2,850,000
Intended Recipient: St. Charles County Regional Airport
Address: 6390 Grafton Ferry Road, Portage Des Sioux, MO 63373
Explanation of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the St. Charles County Regional Airport – Smartt Field (SET) is located within the Mississippi River floodplain and has experienced two catastrophic flooding events in 1993 and 2019 as well as 11 other flood events. These events resulted in serious damage to airport infrastructure and impacted airport and aircraft operations. St. Charles County is seeking funding for terminal building and terminal area improvements that will provide flood protection/mitigation to make the airport more resilient and less susceptible to flooding.
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Project Name: Missouri Girls Town Facility Improvements
Request Amount: $750,368
Intended Recipient: Missouri Girls Town
Address: 8548 Jade Road, Kingdom City, MO 65262
Explanation of Request: This project would help Missouri Girls Town upgrade their over 40-year-old facility. Missouri Girls Town provides residential services to young girls experiencing abuse, neglect, or homelessness. Organizations like Missouri Girls Town is critical to alleviate the growing shortage of foster care services nationwide. This funding will allow them to make necessary updates to their facilities so they can best support and serve their residents.
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FY23 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Project Name: Co-Mo Connect: Tantara Broadband Expansion Project
Request Amount: $960,150
Intended Recipient: Co-Mo Connect
Address: 29868 MO-5, Tipton, MO 65081
Explanation of Request: This project would deploy a massive fiber-to-the-home project at the Lake of the Ozarks to expand their growing network and connect the heart of Mid-Missouri to a high-speed broadband network. Specifically, it will deliver broadband to 801 homes and businesses in the region.
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Project Name: Gasconade County Sheriff's Office Expansion
Request Amount: $30,000
Intended Recipient: Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office
Address: 119 1st St. Room 22, Hermann, MO 65041
Explanation of Request: This project would utilize funds to develop plans to construct a new office for the Sheriff's Department in Gasconade County, MO. As the principal law enforcement agency in the county the citizens and those who visit the county would benefit tremendously from an up to date, modern facility in which to operate, maintain records and store evidence.
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Project Name: Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineering and Health
Request Amount: $6 million
Intended Recipient: University of Missouri - Columbia
Address: 2-64 Agriculture Building, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Explanation of Request: A new Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Research Lab at the Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineering and Health would meet the need for producing genetic variant animals for research and act as a hub for animal genetic research to improve animal health and yields that will benefit the livestock industry in Missouri and across the country.
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Project Name: Aspire Partnership Vocational Skills Training/Certificate Program
Request Amount: $40,000
Intended Recipient: North East Community Action Corporation
Address: 11 Woodcrest Drive, Troy, MO 63379
Explanation of Request: The overall objective off this program is to reduce recidivism, which studies have shown that immediate access to employment reduces recidivism. The funds would be spent for a vocational skills training/certificate program that allow the participants to hone important technical skills. The on-the-job vocational skills program would make them eligible to earn the necessary certifications to immediately qualify for an apprenticeship with the carpenter’s union signatory contractors upon release. This skills training will help formerly incarcerated participants effectively transition back into their communities.
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Project Name: Next Generation University of Missouri Research Reactor (NextGen MURR)
Request Amount: $20 million
Intended Recipient: University of Missouri - Columbia
Address: 1513 Research Park Drive, Columbia, MO 65211
Explanation of Request: This funding would be used to begin the design and planning work necessary for the eventual construction of a 20-megawatt research reactor specifically designed and built to produce critical short-lived medical radioisotopes for use in diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals that are needed by cancer patients across the nation. This expanded capability will compliment and strengthen the life-saving medical research being conducted at the MU NextGen Precision Health facility by adding world-class capabilities in medical radioisotopes, nuclear medicine, and molecular imaging as well as creating a national cluster for innovation in drug discovery.
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Project Name: Lake Area Counties Against Human Trafficking and Organized Crime Program
Request Amount: $505,000
Intended Recipient: Camden County Prosecutor’s Office
Address: 1 Ct Cir NW Ste. 10, Camdenton, MO 65020
Explanation of Request: This project would help support local law enforcement in identifying, disrupting, and prosecuting criminal networks that are engaging in human trafficking, drug trafficking, financial crimes and other criminal activity traveling to, and operating in, the Lake of the Ozarks region.
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Project Name: Lower Missouri Jefferson City L-142
Request Amount: $1.2 million
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
Address: 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Explanation of Request: The project would utilize funding to prepare a plan for a levee system that will greatly reduce recurring flooding and flood damages on the north bank of the Missouri River at Jefferson City, MO, including the Airport and numerous medium and large sized businesses, and a large agricultural area. The project will protect over 1,000 jobs. The area has been impacted by damaging flooding in 1993, 1995, 2007 and in 2019 which has serious economic and infrastructure impacts to the region. The City of Jefferson City, the State of Missouri, and the business community have formed a partnership intent on moving forward with a project to protect critical investment and lives from future flooding.
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Project Name: St. Louis Riverfront, Meramec River Basin, Missouri & Illinois.
Request Amount: $500,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District
Address: 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
Explanation of Request: Prepare and execute a Design Agreement with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, initiate and complete design of a bank stabilization and sediment capture basin project on the Big River in Jefferson County, Missouri. This bank stabilization design will include the use of weirs and stream barbs, biotechnical stabilization of the upper bank, tree plantings, and grade control of a tributary stream. This package will allow for complete Plans and Specifications to be on the shelf and ready for construction.
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Project Name: Upper Mississippi River – Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO & WI
Request Amount: $25 million
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
Address: 1500 Rock Island Drive, Rock Island, IL 61201
Explanation of Request: NESP will address improvements to roughly the busiest one-fifth of UMR-IWW locks in the system of 1,175 miles of commercially navigable waters. NESP’s authorization includes constructing new lock chambers of 1,200-feet in length at Lock & Dam 20, 21, 22, 24, and 25 on the Upper Mississippi River, and at LaGrange Lock and Peoria Lock on the Illinois Waterway. Other navigation efficiencies include construction of mooring facilities, lock guidewalls, switchboats to aid lockages and mitigation projects.
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Project Name: East Central College Streaming Technology
Request Amount: $1 million
Intended Recipient: East Central College
Address: 1964 Prairie Dell Road, Union, Mo 63084
Explanation of Request: The funding will allow the campus to be able to enhance and fully equip 78 classrooms and lab spaces across East Central College's Union campus with technology that will enhance distance learning as well as streaming/web conferencing abilities to expand student and faculty communication and engagement.
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Project Name: Compass Health, Inc. Eldon, MO Clinic
Request Amount: $1 million
Intended Recipient: Compass Health, Inc.
Address: 111 Mexico Court, St. Peters, MO 63376
Explanation of Request: This funding will be used to support the overall cost of a new healthcare clinic in Eldon, MO. Through this facility expansion, Compass Health will be able to increase the availability of services and treatment programs as well as our professional workforce for a rural community and meet the growing demand of the local community for clinically effective, accessible, and affordable mental health and substance use disorder treatment services.
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Project Name: Centertown Wastewater System
Request Amount: $6 million
Intended Recipient: Village of Centertown
Address: 1227 Broadway Street, Centertown, Missouri 65023
Explanation of Request: The age and condition of the many septic tanks currently within the Village of Centertown pose a threat to the local community and nearby rivers. A central wastewater system will help correct problems that have arisen from the aging and undersize septic system and provide a safer and more long-term solution for the community.
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Project Name: Washington Regional Airport Runway Extension and Expansion
Request Amount: $6.174 million
Intended Recipient: City of Washington
Address: 12958 State Hwy 47, Marthasville, MO 63357
Explanation of Request: The current airfield is designed to B-II standards which are based upon slower moving turbine powered aircraft. The runway extension and widening will upgrade the facility to C-II standards which is designed to accommodate faster moving jet powered aircraft. While the current facility is designed around the B-II standard there are several C class aircraft that operate at the airport on a regular basis. Additionally, by upgrading the airport will improve the ability of community to attract businesses and users that fly larger and faster aircrafts.
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Project Name: Rock Island Trail State Park Development
Request Amount: $5 million
Intended Recipient: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Address: 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65201
Explanation of Request: The Rock Island Corridor is a 144.3-mile section of the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad that runs from Windsor, MO to Beaufort, MO. Owned by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, this trail will further enhance Missouri as a destination for outdoor activities and help foster further economic development in 22 rural towns along the corridor. The requested funding will be used to further develop the trail, specifically to construct trail surface, convert bridges and tunnels for trail use, and develop trailheads in communities along the trail corridor.
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Project Name: Interchange Improvements at I-70, Kingdom City, Missouri
Request Amount: $8.739 million
Intended Recipient: Missouri Department of Transportation
Address: Kingdom City, MO
Explanation of Request: This project will make much needed improvements to the intersection located at I-70 in Kingdom City, Missouri and help enhance the flow of traffic.
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FY22 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Project Name: Upper Mississippi River – Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO & WI program
Request Amount: $22.5 million
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
Address: 1500 Rock Island Drive, Rock Island, IL 61201
Explanation of request: The Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) has widespread bipartisan support from the five states on the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) and the support of industry, America’s building trades, and environmental groups. Unfortunately, delays in construction continue to threaten the reliability of the overall productivity of the waterway. Shippers have legitimate concerns about the age of this structure and increases in planned and emergency lock outages. According to a study prepared for the National Waterways Foundation and the U.S. Maritime Administration, estimated costs of an unplanned closure of Lock 25 alone, which is located near Winfield, Missouri, would result in a $1.57 billion loss to the economy, impacting 132 counties in 17 states. Many farmers and businesses in MO-03 rely on the Upper Mississippi River to ship crops or goods to market, but America’s competitiveness in foreign markets shrinks each year without a new start. With 60 percent of our nation’s grain exports traveling on the UMRS, we cannot afford to let this situation worsen. NESP provides the opportunity to address these reliability issues, protect this infrastructure from catastrophic failure and provide roughly 10,000 construction jobs over the lifetime of the program, which is about 20 years of construction.
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Project Name: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan
Request Amount: $1 million
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
Address: 1500 Rock Island Drive, Rock Island, IL 61201
Explanation of request: The planning efforts for this project will address flood-related bottlenecks, prepare for long-duration drought events, and develop more strategies for more effectively managing sediment. As a result, the project will improve flood resiliency, navigation, and habitat restoration efforts. This project will protect lives, livelihoods, homes, businesses, and public infrastructure from dangerous flood events along the Upper Mississippi River.
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Project Name: Osage River Ecosystem Restoration, Brockman Springs Road
Request Amount: $275,000
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
Address: 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Explanation of request: The project will protect Brockman Springs Road, farmland and environmental degradation, specifically streambank erosion, loss of aquatic/riparian habitats, sedimentation, impacts to T&E mussel species, degraded navigation dike structures, and long-term impacts to surrounding agriculture/infrastructure. The 1135 project would look at reach-specific needs and problems within the Brockman Springs Road area and identify restoration techniques that could also be used and applied in the broader Lower Osage River GI Study, resulting in a systemic approach to address overall Lower Osage river problems.
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Project Name: Lower Missouri Jefferson City L-142
Request Amount: $1.5 million
Intended Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
Address: 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Explanation of request: The project is to prepare a plan for a levee system that will greatly reduce recurring flooding and flood damages on the north bank of the Missouri River at Jefferson City, MO, including the Airport and numerous medium and large sized businesses, and a large agricultural area. The area has been impacted by damaging flooding in 1993, 1995, 2007 and in 2019 which has serious economic and infrastructure impacts to the region.
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Project Name: Jefferson City Memorial Airport Air Traffic Control Tower Reconstruction
Request Amount: $3,400,000
Intended Recipient: City of Jefferson
Address: 500 Airport Road, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Explanation of request: The existing Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) at Jefferson City Memorial Airport was originally constructed in 1973 as a temporary structure and has served approximately two million operations during its 48-year history. The equipment and infrastructure of the ATCT is outdated and beyond repair and needs to be updated. Additionally, the current size of the tower does not meet current FAA standards and does not meet airfield line of sight recommendations. The reconstruction will help the ATCT meet current FAA standards and recommendations while also enhancing the safety and operations of the airport.
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Project Name: Centertown Wastewater Collection System
Request Amount: $8,686,000
Intended Recipient: Village of Centertown
Address: 1227 Broadway Street, Centertown, Missouri 65023
Explanation of request: The age and condition of the many septic tanks currently within the Village of Centertown pose a threat to the local community and nearby rivers. A central wastewater system will help correct problems that have arisen from the aging and undersize septic system and provide a safer and more long-term solution for the community.
Project Name: Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineering and Health
Request Amount: $4 million
Intended Recipient: University of Missouri - Columbia
Address: 2-64 Agriculture Building, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Explanation of Request: A new Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Research Lab at the Center for Agricultural Animal Genetic Engineering and Health would meet the need for producing genetic variant animals for research and act as a hub for animal genetic research to improve animal health and yields that will benefit the livestock industry in Missouri and across the country.
