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• • RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDING Staff recommends acceptance of the final draft HCP and authorization for submittal to USFWS Funding for HCP implementation to be from the Beach Preservation Fund 128-144-572. Additionally, $57,102.00 for HCP implementation has been granted to the County under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Impact Assistance Program award No. NA170Z2109. ATTACHMENTS Final Draft Habitat Conservation Plan HCP Implementation Costs G »i LE % /tJ _ z�� GiCF Bob Ernest, Ecological Consultants, Inc., gave a briefpresentation summarizing the important parts of the HCP using a PowerPoint outline with color photographs on the ELMO. (CLERK'S MEMO: A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE BACKUP IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD.) Commissioner Adams commented this sounded easy but it took 2-1/2 years to put it all together by working with all the agencies involved as well as the stakeholders and property owners' groups. It has been a real challenge to put it together and extremely frustrating at times. It is an incredible document and good for the turtles and for us, too. Chairman Stanbridge recalled her trip to Tallahassee in February with County Attorney Paul Bangel to work out some "hiccups". She thanked Mr. Gorham for doing a fabulous job in pushing this through all the mazes. Mr. Gorham advised that under the terms of the HCP the County has 3 months from the date of incidental take permit issuance to prepare a detailed budget for implementing the program and submitting it to the Fish & Wildlife Service. He called their attention to the preliminary estimate (page 368) of what a professionally run program would cost to implement the HCP. The estimate includes a number of first year start-up costs ($132,200) and then annual recurring costs ($74.000). Since the incidental take permit is good for 30 March 19, 2002 97 DU UR i .1 108