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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIOVS The Board of County Commissioners , at a public hearing on November 10 . 1998 , approved county purchase of the = 19 acre North Sebastian Conservation Area (NSCA) Addition ( a. k.a . . the "Amistad Anstalt" parcel ) for a negotiated price of 576,000 ( see attached map ) . In March 1999 , the County closed the purchase . The property was acquired under the premise that the County would apply for an "after-the- fact" 50% cost-share reimbursement grant from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT) . The County applied for the grant. which was approved by the FCT for funding . County staff is now working with the FCT to close the 50% cost - share reimbursement. Attached, for the Board ' s approval consideration, are two documents required by the FCT for the cost-share reimbursement : a "Grant Award Calculation " statement, and a Grant Award Agreement . ANAi . Y Grant Award Calculation Statement The Grant Award Calculation statement provides a breakdown of acquisition costs . and details conceming the cost-share amount that the County will receive from the FCT for the purchase . As calculated, the total amount of the FCT grant award that the County will receive for NSCA Addition is 541 . 440 . 90 . Grant Award Agreement The Grant Award Agreement for the NSCA Addition is a standard document that the FCT requires be recorded in the public records . The Agreement explains the County ' s obligations to manage the property , as agreed to in the grant application . The obligations in the Grant Award Agreement are consistent with proposed management activities described in detail in the conceptual management plan for the overall —407 NSCA that the Board has previously approved . Summary The County ' s obligations under the FCT cost-share grant are consistent with the objectives of the County ' s environmental lands program . Since the County has committed, under its own objectives , to managing the property for conservation with limited public access, it is staffs position that the Board should approve the herein described documents and proceed to obtain 541 .440 . 90 from the FCT for the purchase . RECOMMENDATION : Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached documents, and authorize the Board Chairman to execute the Grant Award Agreement and Purchaser ' s Reconciliation of Total Project Costs statements for 50% cost-share reimbursement for the NSCA Addition parcel . Moreover, staff recommends that the Board authorize county staff to take actions as necessary to finalize closing of the reimbursement in coordination with the FCT. ATTACAMFNTS • 1 . Location map 2 . Grant Award Calculation statement 3 . Grant Award Agreement AUGUST 21 , 2001 0 8 - 17 -