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VAL BRENNAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR, APPEARED AND REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT HE HAD ATTENDED AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING OF THE RESOURCE CON- SERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON APRIL 25TH ALONG WITH BOB BOOTH, WHO IS WITH THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE, HE STATED THAT THE REASON FOR THIS MEETING WAS TO ORGANIZE A COMMITTEE OF ABOUT THREE (3) REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH COUNTY TO PUT TO- GETHER AN APPLICATION FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS REGION, MR, BRENNAN CONTINUED THAT THERE IS ONE BASIC REQUIREMENT TO GET ANY PROJECT APPROVED; THAT IS THAT BOTH THE LOCAL SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MUST APPROVE THE PROJECT, FUNDING HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS FOLLOWS: 80% FEDERAL, 20% LOCAL ON FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECTS 50% FEDERAL, 50% LOCAL ON RECREATION PROJECTS 75% FEDERAL, 25% LOCAL ON LAND STABILIZATION PROJECTS BOB BOOTH OF THE SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD WAS PRESENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND STATED THAT EXPANSION OF THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT BLUE CYPRESS LAKE AND HOBART BEACH COULD BE CONSIDERED AS RECREATIONAL PROJECTS, HE STATED THAT PROJECTS MUST BE SOIL AND WATER RELATED PROJECTS, AFTER DISCUSSION, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COPMIISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED VAL BRENNAN AND L. S. "TOMMY1° THOMAS TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH FOR THE PURPOSE- OF FURTHER INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANT MONEY FOR RECREATIONAL AND PARK DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, MR, BRENNAN THEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON'.EACH OF THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN, TO BE FORWARDED TO THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL A-95 CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THEIR REVIEW. 3 NAY 71975 ge 22' 344 T _ .