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m <br />COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IT IS NECESSARY <br />TO MEET WITH SHERIFF .JOYCE AND GO OVER HIS BUDGET PRIOR TO .JULY 31ST. <br />SHE SUGGESTED SETTING THIS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1978, AT 7:30 P.M., <br />AND THE BOARD AGREED. <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AT <br />12:00 NOON FORT LUNCH AND RECONVENED AT 1:45 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE <br />SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />STAN REDDICK, COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, CAME <br />BEFORE THE BOARD IN REGARD TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. HE EXPLAINED <br />THAT NORMALLY THE -BUREAU OF COASTAL ZONE PLANNING OF THE DER RECEIVES <br />A STATE BUDGET OF $200-250,000 AND SUPPLEMENTS THIS WITH FEDERAL FUNDS <br />OF APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS. THIS YEAR THE LEGISLATURE <br />` VIRTUALLY WIPED OUT COASTAL ZONE FUNDING SO THEY COULDN'T MATCH THE <br />FEDERAL GRANT AND HAD TO TURN IT BACK. MR. REDDICK CONTINUED THAT <br />HE WAS ASKED BY SOMEONE IN THE STATE OFFICE IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED <br />4 <br />IN SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO APPLY FOR SOME OF THESE FEDERAL FUNDS <br />FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AND WITH JUST ONE DAY <br />a <br />TO DECIDE, HE TENTATIVELY PROPOSED THAT A PROJECT BE ESTABLISHED TO <br />DO DETAILED LAND USE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE <br />SPOIL ISLANDS. MR. REDDICK STATED THAT WITH THE BOARD'S PERMISSION <br />HE WOULD PROCEED TO PUT TOGETHER.A PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL TO THE <br />COASTAL ZONE BUREAU APPLYING FOR $20,000 FEDERAL FUNDS. HE NOTED <br />THAT $5,000 WOULD BE REQUIRED AS A LOCAL NON—CASH MATCH, MR. REDDICK <br />CONTINUED THAT THE WORK WOULD BE DONE "IN—HOUSE" BY THE PLANNING <br />STAFF AND HE WOULD UTILIZE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY TO PREPARE UNDER <br />CONTRACT WITH THE STATE A DETAILED PLAN FOR THE USE OF THESE <br />SPOIL ISLANDS. HE ALSO NOTED THAT SO FAR THEY HAVE ACCEPTED ONLY <br />THREE APPLICATIONS FOR THESE FUNDS, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THIS STUDY WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL <br />THE SPOIL ISLANDS. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS STATED THAT -IT WOULD, <br />AND HE FELT A DETAILED ECOLOGICAL REPORT WOULD CARRY A GREAT DEAL OF <br />WEIGHT IN OUR FINALLY ACQUIRING ALL THESE ISLANDS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHAT OUR "IN—KIND" NON—CASH <br />27 <br />JUL n.5 1978 <br />