Okaloosa
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PRESENT
Jan
Delaney from the DEP explained that the DEP offers grants of 75% (with
25% matching) to anyone who qualifies for the purchase of pumpout boats
or pumpout stations as part of the Clean Marina Program.
The marinas that receive these grants must keep the pumpout
facilities in working order and are able to charge for each pumpout (up
to $5 per pumpout) within the first 5 years.
Some local marinas have already decided to buy pumpout boats but
have concerns about the money needed for maintenance, gas, etc.
Most of these marinas don’t charge at present but with the cost
of adding a pumpout boat they will have to charge or find some other
source of monies to fund the additional resource.
Adding
$3 or $5 to every boat owners’ registration fee is a possible
resource. Commissioner
Tucker suggested waiting until the beginning of next year until all of
the pumpout boats are in service. The
locations of many of It
was decided that the group needed to: 1.
Formally enter into some sort of public education campaign. 2.
Provide better access to existing pumpout facilities in 3.
Enter into a Public/Private partnership between Another
meeting will be held in approximately 6 weeks. ADJOURN Being
no further business, the meeting was ended at |
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