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(7) Education Facilities and Programs: Waterways related environmental education facilities and programs sponsored by the
<br />District shall occur at specially designated environmental education facilities located adjacent and contiguous to the waterways. It is
<br />the District's intent to consolidate its environmental education efforts in the least number of facilities within an area that will adequately
<br />serve the education needs of that area of the District.
<br />(8) Public Information Availability: Public information produced with assistance from this program shall not be copyrighted and
<br />shall be provided free of cost, except for the cost of reproduction, to the public.
<br />� (9) Third -Party Project Operators: Projects that are being operated by a third party shall have sufficient oversight by the eligible
<br />project sponsor as determined by the Board. Such oversight, at a minimum, will include a project liaison that is a staff member of the
<br />eligible project sponsor, and oversight of the operating hours and admission fees of the facility by the eligible project sponsor through
<br />a legal agreement. All third party projects shall be open to the public in accordance with this rule.
<br />(10) Non-compliance: The District shall terminate a project agreement and demand return of program funds disbursed to the
<br />project sponsor for non-compliance with any of the terms of the project agreement or this rule, if such non-compliance calls into
<br />question the ability of the applicant to complete the project. Failure of a project sponsor to comply with the provisions of this rule or
<br />the project agreement shall result in the District declaring the project sponsor ineligible for further participation in the program until
<br />such time as compliance has been met to the satisfaction of the District.
<br />(11) Fees: Any public project eligible for District program funds that charges a fee or will charge a fee must create and maintain
<br />an enterprise fund for the public project that shall plan for and retain at all times sufficient funds for the on-going maintenance of the
<br />facility during its project life. Accounting records of the previous five years of the public project's enterprise fund will be submitted
<br />as part of any subsequent assistance program application to the District
<br />Rulemaking Authority 374.976(2) FS. Law Implemented 374.976(1), (2) FS. History -New 12-17-90, Amended 2-3-94, 2-6-97, Formerly 16T-2.004,
<br />Amended 5-18-98, 3-31-99, 5-25-00, 3-21-01, 7-30-02, 3-3-04, 4-21-05, 4-1-09, 2-22-10, 3-7-11, 3-7-12, 1-27-14, 2-17-15.
<br />66B-2.005 Funds Allocation.
<br />The Board will allocate funding for this program based upon the District's overall goals, management policies, fiscal responsibilities
<br />and operational needs for the upcoming year. Funding allocations to navigation related districts, member counties and local
<br />governments shall be based upon the proportional share of the District's ad valorem tax collections from each county. If funds are
<br />determined to be available for the program, the District will notify potential eligible governmental agencies of the availability of
<br />program funding. Applications will be reviewed by the Board utilizing District Forms No. 91-25 and 91-25 (A) through (F) Waterways
<br />Assistance Program Application and Evaluation Worksheet (effective date 1/2014), hereby incorporated by reference and available
<br />at: hqp://www.flruies.orgtGgiomay/reference.asp?No=Ref-03568 and available from the District office or by download from the
<br />District's webpage at: www.aicw.org.
<br />(1) Funding Assistance Availability: In as much as the District has other fiscal responsibilities and operational needs, financial
<br />assistance to eligible government agencies shall not exceed an amount equal to eighty (80) percent of the proportional share of the
<br />District's ad valorem tax collections from each county in which such agencies are located. The District may make an exception to this
<br />funding limitation, if funds are determined to be available based upon the District's overall goals, management policies, fiscal
<br />responsibilities and operational needs, or in counties that are recovering from a state of emergency declared under Chapter 252, F.S.
<br />(2) Project Funding Ratio: All financial assistance and support to eligible governmental agencies shall require, at a minimum,
<br />equal matching funds from the project sponsor, with the exception of public navigation projects that meet the provisions of subsection
<br />66B-2.005(6), F.A.C., land acquisition projects in accordance with subsection 66B-2.005(7) and Rule 6613-2.008, F.A.C., small-scale
<br />spoil island restoration and enhancement projects that meet the provisions of Rule 66B-2.014, derelict vessel projects consistent with
<br />Rule 66B-2.0015, F.A.C., and Waterway Cleanup Projects approved under Rule 66B-2.0016, F.A.C. Applicant's in-house costs are
<br />limited pursuant to paragraph 66B-2.008(l)(c), F.A.C. All financial assistance to seaports shall require equal matching funds. The
<br />District shall contribute no more than fifty percent (50%) of the local share ofthe cost of an inlet management or beach renourishment
<br />project. The District shall not contribute funding to both the state and local shares of an inlet management or beach renourishment
<br />project.
<br />(3) Pre -agreement Expenses: The project sponsor shall not commence work on an approved project element prior to the execution
<br />of the project agreement unless authorized by the Board during the review and funding approval process. Board authorization of pre -
<br />agreement expenses will be given for the commencement of work prior to the execution of a project agreement if the Board determines
<br />that there is a benefit to the District, its waterways or its constituents. All project costs must be incurred and work performed within
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