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40 40 • 6.0 TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECT BENEFITS AND ALTERNATE COST ALLOCATION METHODS 6.1 DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL PROJECT BENEFITS This section of the report describes methods to allocate project costs to user groups and individual properties based on the determination of their respective benefits. Section 5.0 of this report provided an analysis of potential funding sources for the proposed beach restoration and subsequent renourishment project; this section of the report provides examples of how these potential funding sources can be used by the County based on alternate cost allocation methods. Implementation of the beach nourishment program for Indian River County will principally provide two (2) broad categories of benefits: (1) storm protection and land loss prevention benefits and (2) recreational benefits. Storm protection and land loss prevention benefits accrue to property owners who own 'beachfront property and recreational benefits accrue to individuals who use the beach. While some residents may not use the new, widened beaches and others may use the beach more than others, the benefit accruing to property owners is assigned to the property and not to the inhabitant of the property. Thus, when a property is sold the new owners may use the beach more than the former owners or Trice versa, Storm protection benefits and recreational henefits, over times result in an increase in property appreciation above that which would have occurred without the implementation of the beach nourishment oroject and a long-term commitment to a long-term beach preservation/nourishment program. The total benefits for each sector are based on the sum of the storm protection benefits and recreational benefits for the beach improvement projects. As described in Section 2.0 of this report, project benefits associated with storm protection and erosion losses were generated for the project area. The storm