III. OTHER BUSINESS

Mrs. Briley stated that the City has been approved for a NRCS (Natural Resources and Conservation Services) grant in the amount of $ 1,628,500. This is a 75/25 grant and requires cash and/or in-kind contributions of $542,833 (including engineering). These are projects resulting from Hurricane Katrina.

Mr. Eslava stated the following projects would be included in this grant:

Cedar Circle/Bryant’s Gully

Lakeview Loop (D’Olive Creek)

Montclair Place (Lake Forest)

Yancey Branch (Village Point Park)

Whiting Court ( & Church St)

CR 64 (Widening @ 2 lane portion)

It was further discussed that the grant agreement states that the projects must be completed by August 22, 2006, so they will need to be declared emergency projects.

This will be on the May 15 City Council agenda.