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objectives, and strategies addressing historic preservation in the County's Comprehensive Plan. Since the referenced grant program is competitive, there is no assurance that the County will receive the required funds. The staff, however, has developed a project consistent with the grant program's primary objectives and consistent with the County's planning requirements. As proposed, the project will focus on developing preservation components within elements of the Comprehensive Plan. This will involve an area, survey of the County and development of historic preservation policies as part of several plan elements. To further complement this undertaking, staff will compile a document of the study results which will provide insight to the County's past. The subject grant requires 50% matching funds which may be provided. in the form of in-kind services. To minimize direct expenditure of County funds, the staff has structured the grant application in such a manner as to provide all the match through' in-kind services. Grant funds= -would then be used to retain a consultant to do the technical survey activities. In addition to using planning staff time for calculating the in-kind match, volunteer services have also been programmed as part of the in-kind match. The Indian River County and Sebastian Historical Societies have offered their services in coInducting the proposed historic sites survey and assisting in recording these resources on the Florida Master Site File. In the future, staff will request that the Board authorize submission of a similar grant application to the Federal Department of Interior. This second application, due in November of this year,will be a back-up application, which is pe,rmissable under the guidelines established for application for grants-in-aid. Such an alternative provides another historic preservation funding opportunity if the first is unIsucessful. RECOMMENDATION Based on the above analysis, staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners authorize the submission of the appli- cation for a $301000 federal grant-in-aid for the proposed historic preservation project. Staff also recommends that the 5d% match ($15,000) be in the form of in-kind services of the Planning and Development Division and the Indian River County Historical Society, and that the designated project supervisor b: the Director of the Planning and Development Division. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously (4-0, Commissioner Bird being absent) adopted Resolution 87-83A, authorizing the submittal of an application for federal grant-in-aid for an historic preservation planning project; designating the Director of Planning and Development as the Project Supervisor; and confirming that the required matching funds shall be in the form of in-kind services. SEP 8 .1987 3 BOOK. 69. PAGE 264 . .a