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11. Office space that is not incidental and necessary to the operation of the main eligible public building; and 12. Conceptual project planning, including: public surveys, opinion polls, public meetings, and organizational conferences. (c) Project Elements with Eligibility Limits: Subject to approval by the Board of an itemized expense list: 1. The following project costs will be eligible for program funding or as matching funding if they are performed by an independent contractor: a. Project management, administration and inspection; b. Design, permitting, planning, engineering or surveying costs for completed construction project; c. Restoration of sites disturbed during the construction of an approved project; d. Equipment costs. Before reimbursement is made by the District on any of the costs listed in subparagraph 1. above, a construction contract for the project, approved and executed by the project sponsor and project contractor must be submitted to the District. 2. Marine law enforcement and other vessels are eligible for a maximum of $30,000 in initial District funding. All future replacement and maintenance costs of the vessel and related equipment will be the responsibility of the applicant. 3. Waterway related environmental education facility funding will be limited to those project elements directly related to the District's waterways. (d) Phasing of Projects: Applications for eligible waterway projects will be submitted as a phased project where Phase I will include the design, engineering and permitting elements and Phase H will include the construction of the project. A description and cost estimate of the Phase II work shall be submitted along with the Phase I application for Board review. Applicants for construction projects that include elements that require state or federal environmental permits will demonstrate that all required environmental permitting will be completed by the District's final TRIM hearing. This demonstration will be by the submission of the required environmental permit(s) or by the submission of a letter from the agency(s) stating that a permit is not required. Should the environmental permitting element of an application that has construction elements that require state or federal environmental permits not be completed by the District's final TRIM hearing, the construction portion of the project will not be considered for funding. The District will not deviate from the funding schedule, whereby funding decisions are completed at the final TRIM hearing, to accommodate any application deficiency. (2) Property Control: The site of a new proposed land-based development project, with the exception of those projects requesting Small -Scale Spoil Island Restoration and Enhancement funding, shall be dedicated for the public use for which the project was intended for a minimum period of 25 years after project completion. Such dedication shall be in the form of a deed, lease, management agreement or other legally binding document and shall be recorded in the public property records of the county in which the property is located. This property control requirement also applies to a project site owned by another governmental entity. The governmental entity that owns the project site may be joined as a co -applicant to meet this property control requirement. Existing land based development projects that are being repaired, replaced or modified must demonstrate that