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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown <br />County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: May 9, 2017 <br />RE: Board Approval of Resolution Authorizing Grant Application to the Florida Inland <br />Navigation District for Public Access Improvements at the Oyster Bar Marsh <br />Conservation Area <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at the <br />Board's regular meeting of May 16, 2017. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />On April 4, 2017, the Board of County Commissioners approved a partnership agreement with the Indian <br />River Land Trust (IRLT) to develop public access improvements at the Oyster Bar Marsh Conservation <br />Area and on adjacent IRLT-owned land on the south barrier island. As a part of that agreement, the County <br />committed to applying for a grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) and/or other <br />government grant agencies for funding assistance for the improvements. <br />To that end, county staff has submitted a Waterways Assistance Program (WAP) grant application to FIND <br />for cost -share funding for the project for FY 2017-18. For a complete application, FIND requires that the <br />applicant (Indian River County) provide a resolution authorizing the project and ensuring that terms of the <br />grant will be met (if awarded). Attached is the grant application resolution for the Board's approval <br />consideration. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The attached resolution (Attachment E-7 of the FIND grant application) is in a standardized format as <br />required by FIND. The resolution indicates that the County is applying for 50% ($140,850) of the total <br />estimated construction costs of the Oyster Bar Marsh project ($281,700). (Note: the grant application costs <br />do not include design, engineering and permitting costs, which the IRLT is contributing to prior to FY <br />2017-18). Attachment 2 to this report provides.a breakdown of estimated costs by project elements. <br />P33 <br />