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INFORMATION <br />ITEM <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, Al <br />ICP <br />Develo ent Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: June 17, 2014 <br />RE: Update on Status of Grant Award Agreement with the State Division of <br />Historical Resources for Design and Permitting of Restoration of the Archie <br />Smith Fish House <br />The following information is provided for the Board's regular meeting of July 1, 2014. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />In 2007, the Board of County Commissioners purchased the historic Archie Smith Fish House under the <br />County's environmental lands program. The subject waterfront property consists of approximately 1.15 <br />acres located at 1740 North Indian River Drive within the northern city limits of Sebastian. <br />Structures on the Archie Smith Fish House property consist of the main (principal) house, a boat dock and <br />an ice house (on the dock). Those structures were substantially damaged in the 2004 hurricanes and are in <br />disrepair. When the County acquired the property in 2007, plans were to rehabilitate the main house for <br />use as a small museum, repair the dock and provide boat access, and restore the ice house. Since <br />acquiring the property, the County has removed a dilapidated residence from a portion of the property <br />west of Indian River Drive and has secured the remaining structures to prevent further deterioration. <br />In 2012, county staff submitted an application to the State Division of Historical Resources (DHR) for a <br />small-scale matching grant to develop detailed restoration plans and construction drawings for restoration <br />of the fish house and associated structures. In 2013, DHR notified county staff that the 2012 grant <br />application was approved for state funding, and the County entered into a grant award agreement with <br />DHR for the project. <br />The grant project entails the County hiring a historic preservation architect and engineer to develop <br />detailed restoration plans, prepare construction drawings, submit permit applications, and produce bid <br />documents for restoration of the Archie Smith Fish House and associated structures. The total design <br />1 <br />8 <br />