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A TRUE COPY
<br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE
<br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK
<br />The project shall be maintained in accordance with the standards of maintenance for other similar local facilities and in
<br />accordance with applicable health standards. Project facilities and improvements shall be kept reasonably safe and in
<br />reasonable repair to prevent undue deterioration and to encourage public use. The project sponsor shall have full legal
<br />authority and financial ability to operate and maintain the project facilities.
<br />(7) Education Facilities and Programs: Waterways related environmental education facilities and programs sponsored
<br />by the District shall occur at specially designated environmental education facilities located adjacent and contiguous to
<br />the waterways. It is the District's intent to consolidate its environmental education efforts in the least number of facilities
<br />within an area that will adequately serve the education needs of that area of the District.
<br />(8) Public Information Availability: Public information produced with assistance from this program shall not be
<br />copyrighted and shall be provided free of cost, except for the cost of reproduction, to the public.
<br />(9) Third -Party Project Operators: Projects that are being operated by a third party shall have sufficient oversight by
<br />the eligible project sponsor as determined by the Board. Such oversight, at a minimum, will include a project liaison that
<br />is a staff member of the eligible project sponsor, and oversight of the operating hours and admission fees of the facility
<br />by the eligible project sponsor through a legal agreement. All third party projects shall be open to the public in accordance
<br />with this rule.
<br />(10) Non-compliance: The District shall terminate a project agreement and demand return of program funds disbursed
<br />to the project sponsor for non-compliance with any of the terms of the project agreement or this rule, if such non-
<br />compliance calls into question the ability of the applicant to complete the project. Failure of a project sponsor to comply
<br />with the provisions of this rule or the project agreement shall result in the District declaring the project sponsor ineligible
<br />for further participation in the program until such time as compliance has been met to the satisfaction of the District.
<br />(11) Fees: Any public project eligible for District program funds that charges a fee or will charge a fee must create
<br />and maintain an enterprise fund for the public project that shall plan for and retain at all times sufficient funds for the on-
<br />going maintenance of the facility during its project life. Accounting records of the previous five years of the public
<br />project's enterprise fund will be submitted as part of any subsequent assistance program application to the District.
<br />Rulemaking Authority 374.976(2) FS. Law Implemented 374.976(1), (2) FS. History—New 12-17-90, Amended 2-3-94, 2-6-97, Formerly
<br />16T-2.004, Amended 5-18-98, 3-31-99, 5-25-00, 3-21-01, 7-30-02, 3-3-04, 4-21-05, 4-1-09, 2-22-10, 3-7-11, 3-7-12, 1-27-14, 2-17-
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<br />66B-2.005 Funds Allocation.
<br />The Board will allocate funding for this program based upon the District's overall goals, management policies, fiscal
<br />responsibilities and operational needs for the upcoming year. Funding allocations to navigation related districts, member
<br />counties and local governments shall be based upon the proportional share of the District's ad valorem tax collections
<br />from each county. If funds are determined to be available for the program, the District will notify potential eligible
<br />governmental agencies of the availability of program funding. Applications will be reviewed by the Board utilizing
<br />District Forms No. 91-25 and 91-25 (A) through (F) Waterways Assistance Program Application and Evaluation
<br />Worksheet (effective date 1/2014), hereby incorporated by reference and available at:
<br />http://www.firules.orp-/Gateway/reference.asv?No=Ref-03568, and available from the District office or by download
<br />from the District's webpage at: www.aicw.org.
<br />(1) Funding Assistance Availability: In as much as the District has other fiscal responsibilities and operational needs,
<br />financial assistance to eligible government agencies shall not exceed an amount equal to eighty (80) percent of the
<br />proportional share of the District's ad valorem tax collections from each county in which such agencies are located. The
<br />District may make an exception to this funding limitation, if funds are determined to be available based upon the District's
<br />overall goals, management policies, fiscal responsibilities and operational needs, or in counties that are recovering from
<br />a state of emergency declared under Chapter 252, F.S.
<br />(2) Project Funding Ratio: All financial assistance and support to eligible governmental agencies shall require, at a
<br />minimum, equal matching funds from the project sponsor, with the exception of public navigation projects that meet the
<br />provisions of subsection 66B-2.005(6), F.A.C., land acquisition projects in accordance with subsection 66B-2.005(7), and
<br />Rule 6613-2.008, F.A.C., small-scale spoil island restoration and enhancement projects that meet the provisions of Rule
<br />6613-2.014, F.A.C., derelict vessel projects consistent with Rule 6613-2.0015, F.A.C., and Waterway Cleanup Projects
<br />approved under Rule 6613-2.0016, F.A.C., and projects approved in counties recovering from a state of emergency.
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