The Board shall consider the following when selecting localities for program participation and in determining grant allocations:\n1. Present and future beach ownership;\n2. Erosion caused by public navigational works;\n3. Intensity of use;\n4. Availability of public beaches in the vicinity;\n5. Evidence of a locality's ability and willingness to develop a long-term capacity to combat erosion;\n6. Rate of erosion;\n7. Actions of a locality which lead to, or may result in, the erosion of beaches; and\n8. Such other matters as the Board shall deem sufficient for consideration.\n1980, c. 428, § 10-221; 1984, c. 235; 1988, c. 891.
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