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EXHIBIT B involve multiple phases, have a construction time line of one year or longer, or are requesting a significant amount of assistance funding in relation to the total assistance available for the county where the project is located, will be reviewed and approved by the District Board for a multiple year period subject to budgeting and allocation pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 200, F. S . The determination by the Board to provide assistance funding on a multi-year basis can be made at any time during the application review process. All approved multi-year projects are limited to a maximum of two (2) additional funding requests. (5) Inlet Management and Beach Renourishment: Projects and project elements in the categories of inlet management and beach renounshment shall be subject to the following provisions . The District shall contribute no more than fifty percent of the local share of the cost of the project. The District shall not contribute funding to both the state and local shares of an inlet management or beach renounshment project. Funding for the construction phase of an inlet management or beach renourishment project may be approved by the District Board for a multiple year period subject to budgeting and allocation pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 200, F. S . Additionally the following provisions shall be met for inlet management or beach renourishment projects : (a) Inlet Management: Inlet management projects shall benefit public navigation within the District and shall be consistent with Department of Environmental Protection approved inlet management plans and the statewide beach management plan pursuant to Section 161 . 161 , F. S . Inlet management projects that are determined to be consistent with Department of Environmental Protection approved inlet management plans are declared to be a benefit to public navigation. (b) Beach Renounshment: All projects in this category shall be consistent with the statewide beach management plan. Beach renourishment projects shall only include those beaches that have been adversely impacted by navigation inlets, navigation structures, navigation dredging, or a navigation project. The determination of beach areas that are adversely impacted by navigation for the purposes of this program shall be made by Department of Environmental Protection approved inlet management plans . If state funding is not provided for a beach project, public access with adequate parking must be available in accordance with Chapter 161 , F. S . (6) Public Navigation : Projects or project elements in the category of public navigation that will qualify for up to seventy-five percent (75 %) program funds must be within the Intracoastal Right-of--Way (ROW), or provide public navigation channel access to two or more public accessible launching, mooring or docking facilities . In addition, the following shall apply: (a) Navigation channel dredging : The project sponsor must demonstrate that the source of channel sedimentation has been identified and is in the process of, or has been controlled, or that the frequency and amount of shoaling is such that dredging will provide an improvement to the channel that will last for twenty (20) years or more and therefore is more cost effective than identifying and correcting the cause of shoaling, or that the cost of identifying the source of channel sedimentation exceeds the cost of the dredging project. (b) Navigation channel lighting and markers must be located on primary or secondary public navigation channels.