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resource management, can be paid for with bond referendum fiords as part of the property acquisition. Improvements such as limited parking will need to be funded by a source other than referendum monies. Potential funding sources include park development grants, county mitigation fiends, and tree removal violation funds. Relating to long term management, the property will be incorporated into the county -wide park system and managed by the County Parks .Division in coordination with county environmental planning staff The plan proposes that the County enter into an interlocal agreement with the City of Sebastian regarding City assistance in policing and management of the property. Overall, the County will be principally responsible for property management. Summary The County's obligations under the FCT cost -share grant are consistent with the objectives of the County's em+iromnental lands program The North Sebastian Conservation Area, which includes the St. Sebastian PUD property, is a major component of the County proposed Sebastian Area -Wide Scrub Jay Habitat Conservation Plan, which the county is in the process of developing. Since the County has already purchased the property, and has committed, under its own objectives, to managing the property for conservation with limited public access, it is stafrs position that the Board should approve the herein described documents and proceed to obtain the +$1/2 million reimbursement from the FCT. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached documents, including the Management Plan for the North Sebastian Conservation Area, and authorize the Board Chairman to execute the Grant Award Agreement and Grant Award Calculation Statement. Moreover, staff recommends that the Board authorize county staff to, take actions as necessary to finalize county obtainment of FCT cost -share reimbursement funds. ATTACHMENTS: 1. General map(s) 2. Grant Award Calculation Statement 3. Estimated Costs of Site Improvements and Mairnenance 4. Grant Award Agreement 5. North Sebastian Conservation Area Management Plan ON MOTION by Commissioner Macht, SECONDED BY Commissioner Eggert, the Board unanimously approved the submitted documents and authorized the Chairman to execute the Grant Award Agreement and Grant Award Calculation Statement, and authorized staff to take actions as necessary to finalize County obtainment of FCT cost -share reimbursement funds, as recommended in the Memorandum. ZecoR,D€.D COPY OF PART-IAfficbY EXECUTED AGREEMENT ON FILE March 17,1998 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD 53 E,o ,� 10 4, ��,�,uE J]2