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+0 40 s • benefits. After determining the share of the costs between storm protection and recreational benefits, benefits are ascribed to user groups. A summary of the relative degree of benefits ascribed to each beneficiary group is given in Table 19 and illustrated in Figure 7 for Sectors 1 and 2. Storm Protection Cost Allocation In Sectors 1 and 2, there is a total of $3,044,000 in storm protection benefit related project costs representing 56.5 percent of the total combined benefits. Based on their share of the storm protection benefits, the state cost share for publicly owned, i.e. government land, is approximately $1,041,700 and the cost share to private property owner, is approximately $2,002,800. However, these sectors meet the criteria for receiving grants from the state. Given the basis for the state funding contribution which is, according to discussions with state regulators, based principally on a recognition of the need to mitigate for sand lost due to inequities in the historical sand bypassing practices at the Sebastian Inlet, there will be excess revenue from state grants after allocation to the storm protection henefit rPlatetl costs of government property. The excess revenue ..ill be used to fund the costs attributed to recreational benefits of specific user groups. For oceanfront property, using the Avoided Cost Method of calculating assessments; a property with one. ( 1) percent of the total property share of the storm protection benefits would pay a total assessment of $30,440. Recreational Benefit Cost: Allocation In Sectors 1 and 2, recreational benefit related project costs paid alternatively by the tourist development taxes, state, and County funds are grouped according to the beneficiary group category. Overnight tourists were determined to receive 28.2 percent of the total recreational benefits which represents a 12.3 percent share of the total benefits (including storm protection and recreational benefits).