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ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Adams, the Board unanimously authorized <br />the expenditure of non-matching existing grant funds <br />and Modification #1, as set out in the above staff <br />recommendation. <br />MODIFICATION #1 IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />AGREEMENT WITH S IRWMD FOR FLORIDA YARDS & <br />NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 6/19/95: <br />DATE: 19 June 1995 <br />TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THROUGH: H.T. "SONNY" DEAN, DIRECTOR - DEPT. OF GENERAL SERVIC <br />FROM: DANIEL F. CULBERT, MANAGER - COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE <br />SUBJECT: ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN SawmD & INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY for FLORIDA YARDS & NEIGHBORHOOD (FYN) PROGRAM <br />BACKGROUND: <br />A grant funded public educational effort entitled the Florida Yards & Neighborhood Program <br />for the Indian River Lagoon has been proposed by the United States Environmental Protection <br />Agency, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Saint John's Water <br />Management District, the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program, and the University <br />of Florida Cooperative Extension Service. This program is designed to teach the public about <br />and encourage the adoption of Environmental Landscape Management (ELM) practices that will <br />reduce the amount of non -point source pollution entering the Indian River Lagoon. <br />Environmental Landscape Management (ELM) practices have been developed and tested through <br />the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The Cooperative <br />Extension Service of UF/IFAS is uniquely qualified to demonstrate these practices and encourage <br />their adoption through the Florida Yards & Neighborhood Program. Adoption of these practices <br />will, in the short run, reduce non -point source pollution, and in the long run, change the <br />perception of what constitutes an appropriate landscape in the area. <br />ANALYSIS: <br />This two year grant funded program will begin simultaneously in the six counties that <br />encompass the Indian River Lagoon. Indian River County, because of its central location, is <br />being asked to receive the largest proportion of these grant funds and house a multi -county <br />Visiting Extension Agent. In addition, a part-time program assistant with exclusive <br />responsibilities for Indian River County will be provided. Both of these staff persons will work <br />as Indian River County employees under the County's Extension Service, a part of Indian River <br />County's General Services Department. <br />JUNE 279 1995 <br />63 <br />771 <br />