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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator THROUGH: Jennifer W. Shuler, County Attorney THROUGH: Kylie Yanchula, Natural Resources Department Director FROM: Eric Charest, Natural Resources Manager SUBJECT: Local Government Funding Request Grant Agreement 211R1, Amendment #3 Execution DATE: May 9, 2025 DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS On May 19, 2021, FDEP entered into Local Government Funding Request (LGFR) Grant Agreement No. 211R1 with Indian River County, committing up to $326,329 at a 46.65% State/53.35% County cost share ratio for construction and post -construction required monitoring costs associated with the County's Sector 5 Beach and Dune Restoration Project which completed construction in March of 2020, with on-going post -construction monitoring. FDEP Grant 211R1 specifies a cost share between the State and County for non -Federally reimbursed expenses. Due to the terms of the original 211R1 agreement initially expiring on December 31, 2023, County staff requested the FDEP issue an extension to Grant 211R1 in the form of Amendment #1. On January 23, 2024, the County received Amendment #1 to 211R1 which extended the grant for twelve (12) months while maintaining the same level of funding. A second extension to LGFR Grant 211R1 was requested by the County due to the lengthy process of finalizing FEMA reimbursement strategies. On January 14, 2025 the Board approved the Staff recommendation below: "Staff recommends the Board approve FDEP Amendment #2 to FDEP LGFR Grant Agreement 211R1 and authorize the County Administrator to sign this Amendment. Staff is also recommending the Board further authorize the County Administrator to sign any future Amendments to LGFR 211R1 that do not alter its' financial terms on behalf of the County." Amendment #2 was executed on January 31, 2025 extending the terms of the grant through December 31, 2025. Staff have been working with the FDEP on maximizing the reimbursements possible under grant 211111, as such, Staff formalized a request to the FDEP on May 5, 2025 for them to reallocate approved reimbursement funds within Grant 211111. Cost -share reimbursement funds originally allocated to Tasks 1.1 and 1.2 (construction related funds) were requested to be reallocated to Task 2 (post -construction monitoring), where the County could utilize more of the available funding identified in the grant. The FDEP has offered the County Amendment #3 to Grant 211R1