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conservation services tech division assists age div in design of water control and irrigation =- local conservation through local working group establish priorities where we want cost share monies to be applied have met with you to be aware where we want monies to be applied federal government have moved — leaves us with work load increase and manpower shortfall =- 250,000 3 year grant people receiving money have to contribute money to improve discharge Lagoon and St. Johns River we have administered 1 year of money comes thru snook tag comes back to county — we got 50,000 grant last year all of cost share practices have to be implemented —0 county had hired stormwater extension agent she got us started —0 we got in the middle of it and stormwater agent quit and left it up to our staff who is county employee to finish contracts get money in field and check to make sure practices installed - he put in excess of 200 hrs unpaid — district staff had to do this — our budget proposal was for designation change — more and more work with grants and hope we can continue to pursue them — clean up river — info I gave you you can see federal government brought 180,000 in cost share money — snook tag 37,000 — FDAC money also came in — legislature intent to make BMP programs — side benefit presumption of compliance — as you can see federal government 180,000 and District 287,000 so soil and water conservation more money and it appears that will proceed — (David Gunter?) we will continue to get 250,000 for this year and next year and will have to administer — no cost to county — fronted 60,000 so that when county receives bills they submit to Florida Dept. of Ag and get reimbursed — both also included education and equipment — snook grant had 4,000 in equipment and the FDAC had 10,000 that came to District for equipment did not come from county's budget =- recommend additional person to be more in line with responsibility and compensated for additional time — when you add the cost share dollar with contribution of landowner and add in what the taxpayer would pay for private services 966,000 environmental benefit to the county for which county expended 142,000 — we are doing good job — Board members not compensated because programs important — request revisit this any way give us additional person and give Jim change in designation and 5% or 12,500 a yr — we approached county for salary increase for Jim and county said no salary — 42 pond designs a year planning charges $100 permit fee — some companies charge $700 for engineering fee — raise to $800 JULY 16, 2003 4