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TRACKING STATION PARK GRANT APPLICATION Boox 47 PAGE 529 \ COMMISSIONER BIRD EXPLAINED THE HISTORY OF APPLYING FOR FUNDS TO DEVELOP THE_TRACKING STATION PARK, NOTHING THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO TRY AGAIN. HE AND ENGINEER .JIM DAVIS REVIEWED THE REVISED CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH TRACTS OF THE PARK SITE AND EXPLAINED THAT THE INTENTION IS TO REMOVE THE OLD TRACKING STATION STRUCTURE AT THE NORTH END OF THE PARCEL AND ALLOW FOR MORE PARKING. ALSO, THEY ARE PLANNING ON INTERCONNECTING THE TWO PROJECTS STRICTLY FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES WITH A ROAD CLOSED OFF BY A GATE AT EACH END. THE PLAN IS AIMED AT PRESERVING THE NATURAL VEGETATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY CLUSTERING THE PARKING AND INTERSPERSING PICNIC PAVILIONS AMONG THE TREES RATHER THAN PUTTING IN AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT. THE CONCEPT FOR THE NORTH TRACT WHERE THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS LOCATED IS TO-PMVI:DE- PARKING AND AN OVER THE DUNE CROSS—OVER. A 50' BUFFER IS PART OF THE PLAN, COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT THE PLANS DISPLAYED ARE A PREVIEW OF THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE NORTH TRACKING STATION SITE AND A FAIRLY FINAL PLAT FOR THE SOUTH TRACKING STATION SITE. THE COST ESTIMATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SOUTH SITE ARE $277,5001 AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACTION TODAY ON THE RESOLUTION REQUIRED FOR THE COUNTY TO GO AHEAD WITH OUR APPLICATION TO THE STATE FOR FUNDING. ROBERT LATTA CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING PEBBLE BEACH VILLAS CONDOMINIUMS AND REPORTED THAT HE AND JACK MACDONALD OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION STUDIED THE PROPOSED PLANS AND FELT MR. DAVIS HAD BEEN MOST COOPERATIVE IN LISTENING TO THEIR SUGGESTIONS. THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS THEIR EXISTING BOARDWALK WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ASSURED WILL BE LEFT AS IT IS, AND THEY, THEREFORE, HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS AND FEEL IF THEY ARE FOLLOWED THROUGH, IT WILL BE VERY SATISFACTORY. JACK MACKEY SPOKE ON BEHALF OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND AGREED WITH MR. LATTA'S COMMENTS, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 81-63 STATING THAT THE COUNTY INTENDS TO APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR A 2/1 MATCHING GRANT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TRACKING STATION RECREATION AREA AND THE CHAIRMAN BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN.