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Sebastian that is an old working waterfront. Secondly, by passage of Resolution R-08-28, the Sebastian City Council supported the City's Grant Application called the Sebastian Working Waterfront Collaborative. This Grant aims to purchase Hurricane Harbor and the Sebastian Entertainment Center. The total Grant request is $3.5 million with a match of $878,750, hence the request for a matching $500,000 from the County. The City of Sebastian would contribute $378,750 from their Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Fund. In summary, Mr. Minner believed their Grant has potential to be really strong, because it has a unified vision, and if the County joins with them it would have that multi - jurisdictional approach. He requested the County's support of the Sebastian Working Waterfront Collaborative SMWWG Application, which is aimed at supplementing the Fisherman's Landing Application, with a multi jurisdictional effort, and that the County allocate up to half a million dollars ($1/2 million) for a Grant match. Mr. Minner responded to questions from Chairman Davis as to the boundaries of Sebastian's CRA; and whether Sebastian had checked with the Property Appraiser to ascertain how Amendment 6 would affect those dollars, and when Amendment 6 would go into effect. Property Appraiser David Nolte, responding to the latter, said Amendment 6 should go into effect on January 6, 2009. Mr. Minner also responded to questions from Commissioner O'Bryan on whether the Archie Smith Fish House was within the CRA; whether they had identified a funding source for renovations; and once bought, from where would the funding come, for the next step. Commissioner Solari asked if Sebastian had any plan on what the renovation would cost, and Mr. Minner did not anticipate a lot of expenditure to get the Sebastian 3 November 21, 2008 Special Call Meeting