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WHEREAS, recently the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has directed the County, through its environmental engineering consultants , Geosyntec , to further expand the monitoring well program by the installation of three new monitoring wells as depicted on the aerial attached hereto as Attachment "A", with the intent to define direction and extent of movement of the plume of contamination ; and WHEREAS , the southern 60 acres of the Landfill lying within the Airport boundary, together with all of the locations of existing monitoring wells identified on Attachment "A" and "B " are in undeveloped woodlands northwest of the airfield, and there are currently no plans to initiate any development of the affected areas ; and WHEREAS , the County, City, and FAA have had knowledge of the existence of the Landfill since before 1975 ; and WHEREAS , the installation of additional monitoring wells west of 43rd Avenue will have very little effect upon the continued operation or development of the Airport for the foreseeable future ; and WHEREAS , that allowing the County and/or their authorized environmental consultants access to the Airport for continued monitoring required by the State of Florida is in the best interest of the public , NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration , the parties agree as follows : Section 1 . Recitations . The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated by reference herein . Section 2 . Purpose and Scone. The purpose of this MOU is to allow the County and/or its authorized environmental consultants , pursuant to FDEP requirements , to continue to test , monitor, and report findings directly related to longstanding and continuing groundwater contamination emanating from the closed County Landfill lying on and adjacent to the Airport . The testing , monitoring, and reporting of findings per this MOU shall be conducted on that certain real property as more particularly described in Attachment "A " and Attachment "B " attached hereto and incorporated herein (cumulatively " Well Monitoring Premises") , Section 3 . City Responsibilities. The City agrees to : 1 . Allow County environmental staff and environmental consultants access to periodically test existing monitoring wells identified on Attachment "A" and Attachment "B , " as such attachments may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5 , below . Page 2 of 7 N :ACityAtny\STI\Client Docs\City ManagerAAgreements\MOU County City well monitoring 3 8 .2012 . . doc