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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final March 6, 2018 <br />Recommended Action: 1. For FEMA Project Worksheet #796, staff recommends the Board authorize staff to <br />immediately proceed with repairs to the Observation Pier and Guest Cottage to <br />pre -storm conditions and pursue FEMA reimbursement funding; and to return to the <br />Board with a plan for an improved project to the Main House in accordance with the <br />2008 Approved Management Plan which may or may not be eligible for FEMA <br />reimbursement funding. 2. Authorize staff to pursue funding the public use <br />improvements eligible under the 2018/19 Florida Inland Navigation District's <br />Cooperative Assistance Program due March 30, 2018, including, but not limited to <br />parking, restrooms, boardwalks and other support facilities that relate to Lagoon <br />access. 3. Direct staff to return to the Board with a conceptual plan for refurbishing <br />and repurposing the main house and other buildings to serve as public facilities. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Attach A Jones Pier FCT Special Conditions BCC03-06-18 <br />Attach B Fema Form 90-91 IRCAG03 BCC03-16-18 <br />Attach C JonesPierConceptPlan BCC03-06-18 <br />Attach D Jones Timeline 2-27-18 BCC03-06-18 <br />Attach E BCC Decl3,2016 BCC03-06-18 <br />2018 0226 IRLNEP RestorationApp IRC JPCA <br />Assistant County Administrator Michael Zito stated that the Jones' Pier <br />Conservation Area (JPCA) was purchased in 2008 with a cost -share grant from <br />the Florida Communities Trust (FCT). He explained that this update would <br />focus on staff s vision for public access improvements and preservation of the <br />property going forward. Assistant Administrator Zito requested direction from <br />the Board regarding: (1) the County's pending Florida Emergency Management <br />Agency (FEMA) claim related to Hurricane Matthew; (2) FEMA Project <br />Worksheet #796; and (3) the procurement of an additional Florida Inland <br />Navigation District (FIND) Grant. <br />Conservation Lands Manager Beth Powell gave a detailed PowerPoint <br />Presentation, providing a history of the site and its structures from 2008 to the <br />present. Ms. Powell provided information regarding, but not limited to, the <br />management plan created as a condition of the FCT Grant Award; <br />past/prospective grant awards; the impacts of Hurricane Matthew; and the <br />conceptual site plans for public use improvements and wetland restoration. <br />A brief discussion ensued regarding the possibility that the neighboring <br />property owners could connect to the wastewater hookup after it is installed at <br />the JPCA site. <br />Indian River County Florida Page 15 <br />