Program Description

Focused on agricultural and economic development and on the acquisition of land through purchase, assignment, transfer, exchange, bequest, gift or eminent domain.

Customers

Program Description

Provides lands to farmers and manages the maintenance program to ensure the sustainable protection of infrastructure work.

Statistical Data	2011	2012	2013
Cleaning of farming irrigation canals	750	750	750
Machinery repair for the land and infrastructure conservation program.	290	290	300
Operation of water extracting pumps in the municipalities of Loiza and Rio Grande	115	115	125
Services to farmers with land in flood prone areas (including cleaning, maintenance of canals, irrigation, specialized machinery and water pumping)	60	65	70

Statistical data is information provided by the Agency during fiscal year 2012-2013 budget process.

Customers The general public

Program Description

Provides services and technical advice for the Authority's operational activities through the offices of Executive Director, Internal Audit, Finance, Legal and Industrial Relations, Human Resources, General Services and Information Systems.

Statistical Data	2011	2012	2013
Court appearance	230	379	213
Legal opinions	143	63	101
Licenses transactions	660	675	680
Motions to court	1,386	911	1,001
Payroll preparation	145	151	160
Pre-intervention records and documents	1,760	1,785	1,800
Reports to the Comptroller's Office	18	12	12
Special and regular interventions	12	12	18
Training	33	45	50

Statistical data is information provided by the Agency during fiscal year 2012-2013 budget process.

Internal employees

Program Description

Performs all transactions related to purchase orders, sales and leasing of land. Prepare Drawings and land surveys and provides infrastructure services at lands ready for lease. Offers construction services, remodeling, preservation and maintenance of irrigation channels. Controls leasing of machinery and heavy equipment inventories. Helps defaulting farmers through the Finance and Legal Offices.

Statistical Data	2011	2012	2013
Cost per acre ( in thousands)	73	89	116
Income per total land acres under lease ( in thousands)	4,659	5,538	7,200
New acres of land under lease	3,751	3,950	3,500
Total acres under lease	63,585	62,000	62,000

Statistical data is information provided by the Agency during fiscal year 2012-2013 budget process.

Customers

Farmers

FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013 PROPOSED BUDGET

The proposed consolidated budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 is $13,630,000 from Revenues from Internal Sources, which are generated from the leasing of agricultural lands, the sale of non-agricultural land, Mitigation Bank Credit sales and the development of infrastructure services necessary to ensure the protection of lands.

Operating expenses reflect an increase of $1,561,000 when compared to funds assigned in fiscal year 2011-2012. The Authority expects a rise in revenues form the lease of equipment, facilities and machinery, from the sales and disposition of equipment, the sales of surplus from mills and the sales of materials. This increase will allow the authority to start developing a Puerto Rico Mitigation Bank and start selling credits. The goal of the Bank is to provide private companies and the Government of Puerto Rico alternatives for the development of public, social and economics projects with the US Corp of Engineers, for example: wetlands, mangroves and other ecosystems.

The resources will also be used to continue the conservation and preservation of agricultural land for agricultural production, to diversify the productive sectors and encourage agricultural activity.