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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT <br />STORMWATER DIVISION <br />180127" STREET <br />VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 <br />Phone: (772) 226-1562 <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E., Public Works Director <br />FROM: W. Keith McCully, P.E., Stormwater Engineer ew <br />E3 <br />%O T � <br />SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF SOUTHERN REGION SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE <br />RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (SARE) 2017 RESEARCH AND <br />EDUCATION GRANT PRE -PROPOSAL PARTNERSHIP <br />DATE: May 26, 2016 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Stormwater Division has been approached by Grow for Change, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit <br />corporation, to partner with it in a Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research <br />and Education (SARE) 2017 Research and Education Grant Pre -Proposal Application. <br />The other partner in the application is Van Ert-Nemoto and Associates, LLC (VEN), <br />which is currently working with the County's Egret Marsh facility to produce and market <br />compost made from the algae grown there. The purpose of this agenda item is to <br />request the County Commission to approve partnership in the grant pre -proposal <br />application and to provide algae at a lump sum cost if the grant is awarded. A summary <br />of the grant's objectives from the SARE website and an abstract from the pre -proposal <br />application follows. <br />Southern SARE Program Objective <br />The objective of the SARE program is to enable the full spectrum of farmers and <br />ranchers to move profitably toward production systems compatible with the concept of <br />sustainable agriculture. Specific objectives include: <br />• Promote good stewardship of the nation's natural resources by providing site specific <br />and profitable sustainable farming and ranching methods that strengthen agricultural <br />competitiveness; satisfy human food and fiber needs; maintain and enhance the <br />F•\Public Works\KeithM\Stormwater Projeds\Egret Marsh Operation\Agenda ItemsWgenda - Consent - SARE Grant <br />Partnership.doc <br />27 <br />