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CONSENT ITEM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ) MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird County Administrator DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Stan Boling,AIC Community Development Director FROM: Roland M. DeBlois,AICP7t6 Chief, Environmental Planning DATE: May 5, 2015 RE: Board Approval of Resolutions for Grant Applications to the Florida Inland Navigation District for Replacement of the Round Island Riverside Park Boardwalk and for Dock Restoration at the Archie Smith Fish House It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at the Board's regular meeting of May 12,2015. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS On March 24, 2015, the Board of County Commissioners authorized staff to apply for Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) Waterways Assistance Program (WAP) cost-share funding grants for the following two projects for FY 2015-16(see meeting summary minutes,Attachment 1 to this report): • Round Island Riverside Park Improvements/Repairs • Archie Smith Fish House(Phased)Dock Restoration Staff has since submitted grant applications to FIND for each of the two projects.For complete applications, FIND requires that the applicant(Indian River County) provide a resolution for each project authorizing the project and ensuring that terms of the grants will be met(if awarded). To that end, attached are two grant application resolutions(Attachments 3 and 4 to this report)for the Board's approval consideration. ANALYSIS The attached resolutions(Attachment E-6 of the FIND grant applications)are in a standardized format as required by FIND. The resolutions indicate that the County is applying for 32.4% ($90,000) of the total estimated cost of the Round Island Riverside park project ($278,000), and 50% ($241,600) of the total estimated cost of the Archie Smith Fish House (phased) project. Attachment 2 to this report provides a breakdown of costs for each project by project elements. 1 168