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SENIOR PLANNER DAVID MARSH CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DIS- <br />CUSS THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WABASSO BEACH PARK <br />AND STATED THAT HE HAS NOW DETERMINED THAT THE COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE FOR <br />UP TO $60,000 IN GRANT FUNDS. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY RECEIVED $40,000 <br />FOR ACQUISITION OF THE PARK SOME YEARS AGO, BUT THE OVERALL DEVELOP- <br />MENT FUND ALLOWS UP TO $100,000 FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF <br />RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; WE, THEREFORE, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL <br />$60,000. MR. MARSH FELT WE ARE LOOKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $75,000- <br />$$0,000 TOTAL COST. HE NOTED THAT HIS REASON FOR COMING BEFORE THE <br />BOARD TODAY IS TO GET AUTHORIZATION TO SEND IN A PREAPPLICATION FOR <br />FUNDS AND TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF FUNDING THE COUNTY WISHES TO <br />PARTICIPATE IN FOR THIS PROGRAM. HE NOTED THAT THERE PREVIOUSLY WAS <br />$25,000 ALLOCATED, AND IF THE COUNTY COULD COME UP WITH $32,500 OR <br />$35,000 MATCHING FUNDS, THEN WE CAN COME UP WITH A $60,000 TO $70,00 <br />GRANT. MR. MARSH WENT ON TO REVIEW HIS PROPOSED PLANS, WHICH INCLUDE <br />THREE DUNE CROSS -OVERS, A RENOVATED OR NEW LIFEGUARD TOWER, A RELIEF <br />STATION AND STORAGE FACILITY, A MULTI-PURPOSE WOOD PLAYGROUND UNIT, <br />AND SOME WOOD CHIP WALKWAYS. HE NOTED THAT THE $70,000 DOES NOT <br />INCLUDE MONEY FOR FILL FOR RESTABILIZATION OF THE BLUFF LINE. MR. <br />MARSH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE HURRICANE TOOK ABOUT 4 OR 5 FEET <br />OF THE BEACH AWAY, AND RESTABILIZATION OF THE BLUFF LINE AND VEGETA- <br />TION ISA PRIORITY ITEM. HE POINTED OUT THAT TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH <br />OF THE PARK WHERE THE DUNES HAD VEGETATION, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE <br />DAMAGE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THE $60,000 WE STILL ARE ELIGIBLE <br />FOR IS ALL WE EVER ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AND WHETHER WE WOULD BE CUTTING <br />OFF FUNDS FOR OTHER COUNTY PROJECTS UNDER THIS PROGRAM. <br />MR. MARSHAL DID NOT KNOW IF THIS IS LIMITED TO ONE PROJECT, <br />BUT DID_NOT BELIEVE SO. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT.THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROGRAM <br />ARE ELIGIBLE ON A 50% MATCH BASIS, LESS $10,000; IN OTHER WORDS, TO <br />- GET $40,000, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT UP $30,000. <br />37G PAGE 783 <br />OCT 2 41979 <br />L <br />