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• <br />• <br />Tracy Hass, Sebastian Growth Management Director, noted that the property was <br />previously a mobile home park and includes a pie -'r -in disrepair. They are planning to <br />eradicate the Australian pines, expand the mangroves and the picnic area, and include an <br />environmental education pavilion with information on protected species. They also intend <br />to extend the walking trail and increase the parking area. <br />Mr. Moore continued that the total acquisition is in the amount of $680,000. A grant <br />application has been submitted to Florida Communities Trust (FCT) in the amount of <br />$380,000, requiring a cash match of $100,000 from the City of Sebastian. The request today <br />is for a contribution of $200,000 from the County. <br />Commissioner Adams noted that they have all worked very hard to bring this project <br />to fruition. She reminded the Board that the former mobile home park on the site was cited <br />by Environmental Health due to sewage seepage into the Indian River Lagoon. She believed <br />the requested $200,000 could come from the local option sales tax and could be conditioned <br />on the receipt of the other monies. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board <br />unanimously approved a contribution of $200,000 <br />available as contingency in this year's Local Option <br />Sales Tax, as requested by the City of Sebastian. <br />AUGUST 24, 1999 <br />