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6010K PA6L <br />ANALYSIS <br />Grant Award Agreement <br />The Grant Award Agreement is a standard document that the FCT requires be recorded in the public <br />records. Generally, the Agreement explains the County's obligations to manage the property for <br />conservation with compatible public access, as agreed to in the grant application. The obligations in <br />the Grant Award Agreement are consistent with proposed management activities described in detail <br />in the conceptual management plan. <br />Closing Statement <br />The Grant Award Calculation Statement provides a break -down of acquisition costs, and details <br />concerning the cost -share amount that the County will receive from the FCT. As calculated, the total <br />amount of the FCT grant award is $556,338.12. <br />Conceptual Management Plan <br />As were other FCT conceptual management plans, the St. Sebastian PUD management plan was <br />drafted by F1oridAff nity, Inc. and Ecotech Consultants, Inc. (in accordance with the County's <br />contract with FloridAffinity, the County's environmental land acquisition consultant). The plan was <br />drafted by FloridAffinity and Ecotech in coordination with county staff and Sebastian staff (the <br />property is located in Sebastian City limits). <br />The St. Sebastian PUD property, in combination with the contiguous AGC Industrial Tract, totals <br />+ 388 acres. Also, county staff is negotiating the purchase of an additional 19 acres, which would <br />bring the overall property total to ±407 acres. To account for the contiguous tracts, the draft <br />management plan applies to the overall property, which has been renamed the "North Sebastian <br />Conservation Area.' <br />The management plan accounts for City plans to improve a runway at the Sebastian Municipal <br />Airport (to the west), such that the City has a need for a runway "clear zone" over approximately 50 <br />acres of the western portion of the St. Sebastian PUD property. This "clear zone" is compatible with <br />the proposed conservation use of the St. Sebastian PUD property, since the clear zone will not <br />require removal of vegetation. Also, the City of Sebastian has expressed a desire that the County <br />leave open the opportunity of the extension of Gibson Street along the eastern boundary of the <br />property, most of which extension would be within an existing unimproved public right-of-way. <br />The proposed use of the St. Sebastian PUD property is an expansion of the resource-based passive <br />recreation park planned for the "AGC Industrial Tract Scrub" to the east. That property is proposed <br />to have nature trails, picnic facilities, boardwalk/pier access into on-site wetlands, parking, and <br />informational displays. It is planned that public access facilities will be shared between the two <br />projects, with nature trails and boardwalks extending onto the St. Sebastian PUD property in <br />conjunction with the expanded park area. Proposed improvements will be located to minimize impacts <br />to site natural resources. The existing ORV trials will be used to the extent feasible for nature trials, <br />being upgraded as necessary. <br />Management Costs <br />Page 29 of the draft management plan (see Attachment #3) summarizes cost estimates of site <br />improvements and maintenance. A number of initial site improvements, including fencing and <br />March 17,1998 <br />52 <br />