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Mr. DeBlois reported that the City of Sebastian has been working with the County on the project since the Interlocal Agreement was signed in October 1995 and he believes the City remains generally supportive of the project. Mr. DeBlois advised of changes in Table 1. of the Management Plan, then distributed and explain@d the following updated Table 1 with additional categories and cost estimates. TABLE 1 SEBASTIAN SCRUB CONSERVATION AREA ESTIMATED MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COS' 1. Resource Management Improvements' Initial Ecological Monitoring $2,500.00 Exotic Plant Treatment $3,000.00 Exotic Plant Re -treatment $ 500.00 Selective Tree Harvesting 52,000.00 Selective Clearing/Thinning of Vegetation $15,000.00 Fencing $13,500.00 Project IdentWication Signage $5,000.00 Subtotal $41,500.00 2. Public Access/Recreation Improvemente West of Schumann Parking/Trail and Interpretive Signs $21,400.00 Pelican Island School Shelter, Trail and $18,000.00 Interpretive Signs Subtotal $39,400.00 Total Initial Resource Management/Development Costs $80,900.00 3. Annual Maintenance/Operations Costs° Resource Management (Monitoring, Exotic Plant $9,4000) Re -Treatment, Natural Community Maintenance)' Routine facilities maintenance $8,000,00 Total Annual Operational Costs $17,400.00 ' = Funding Source. Environmental Lands Acquisition Bond Program, County Mitigation funds, County Tree Removal Permit Violations Fund t = Does not include funds generated should the County sell the timber, if a market for the timber is locally available ' = Ftmens ding Source: County Parks Development Appropriations, CitizDonations ' - Funding Source: County and City Parks Operations Budgets and Volunteers ' - Co -4% based on mechanical maintenauce. Adoption of a foe masWInent program would reduce the mist of the natural community maintenance (possibly by as much as 50%) 37 April 9, 1996 BOOK 97 PAGE 764