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GOOKIj <br />7.L. Harmony Oaks Conservadon Area Environmental Land <br />Purchase) - Grant Award Agreement, Cost -Share Calculation <br />Statement and Conceptual Management Plan Relating to State Cost - <br />Share Reimbursement fflorida Communities Trustl <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of September 28, 1999: <br />TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />D T NT VEAD CONCiJRIJENCE: <br />o M. Keating, AICP <br />Community Developmeq_t_Dukector <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP <br />Chief; Environmental Planning <br />DATE: September 28, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Board Approval of Grant Award Agreement, Cost -Share Calculation Statement, <br />and Conceptual Management Plan Relating to State Cost -Share Reimbursement <br />for the "Harmony Oaks" Environmental Land Purchase <br />It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at it's regular meeting of October 5, 1999. <br />The Board of County Commissioners, at a public hearing on April 21, 1999, approved county purchase of the ±90 acre <br />"Harmony Oaks" property using environmental land bond funds. The property is at the south county line east of U.S. <br />#1, south of Vero Shores Subdivision. <br />The County closed the purchase of the Harmony Oaks property in May 1998 at a purchase price of $299,500 (83% of <br />the approved appraised value). In the meantime, the County applied for an after -the -fact 50016 cost -share reimbursement <br />grant from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT). The FCT subsequently approved the grant, and county staff has <br />coordinated with the FCT over the past year regarding a draft management plan and other documents necessary for the <br />County to obtain FCT cost -share grant reimbursement funds. <br />Attached, for the Board's approval consideration, are three documents required by the FCT for finalization of cost -share <br />reimbursement a Grant Award Agreement; Statement of Grant Award (Cost -Share) Calculations; and the conceptual <br />management plan. <br />LAAC Recommendation <br />The County Land Acquisition Advisory Committee (LAAC) reviewed the attached documents at its regular meeting <br />of September 29, 1999, and voted to recommend that the Board approve the documents and authorize county staff to <br />take actions as necessary to finalize county obtainment of FCT cost -share reimbursement funds. <br />October 5, 1999 <br />32 <br />