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8D <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />BCC Meeting 4/14/2020 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />AGENDA ITEM <br />Assistant County Administrator / <br />Department of General Services <br />Parks and Conservation Resources Division <br />Date: <br />To: <br />March 31, 2020 <br />The Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />Through: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator <br />Kevin Kirwin, Director, Parks and Conservation Resources <br />From: Beth Powell, Asst. Director, Parks and Conservation Resources <br />Subject: 2020 Florida Inland Navigation District Resolution for Assistance — Historic <br />Jones Pier Museum & Education Exhibits <br />DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: <br />On October 15, 2019, staff presented the Board of County Commissioners with an update to the Jones' <br />Pier Conservation Area Public Use Improvements. As part of that update, staff received authorization <br />from the Board to apply for funding through available grant sources including the Florida Inland <br />Navigation District's 2020 Waterways Assistance Program to repurpose the 1920s Bungalow <br />Cottage/Main House as a museum with associated educational exhibits focused on historical and <br />environmental education. <br />Since that date, the public use improvements have been awarded to a contractor and are currently <br />underway. The County received the final architectural and engineering plans to elevate the 1920s <br />Bungalow Cottage and forwarded those plans to the Florida Division of Emergency Management's <br />Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for review and approval through the Florida State Historic <br />Preservation Office. Once those plans have been approved, staff will be returning to the Board to <br />provide an update and request authorization to enter into a Federally -Funded Sub -award and Grant <br />Agreement for the elevation of the Cottage which will provide funding for the elevation work. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The attached resolution (Attachment E-7 of the FIND grant application) is in standardized format as <br />required by FIND. The resolution indicates that the County is applying for approximately 36% <br />($84,000.00) of the total estimated cost of the project. The following table provides a breakdown of <br />estimated cost and funding requested: <br />11 <br />