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ARTICLE 2 PURPOSE Section 2.01. General purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the INDIAN RIVER LAGOON COUNTIES COLLABORATIVE (the "Collaborative") to provide the general public, the St Johns River and South Flonda Water Management Districts the United States Army Corps of Engineers the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program, the United States Department of Interior, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the Florida Legislature, the Member Counties and various stakeholder interests and Not for Profit organizations with a local government multi -county work group that will present a variety of issues dealing with the health and welfare of the Indian River Lagoon, and the watersheds draining into and the bodies of water connected to the Lagoon. The Collaborative will strive to advance cooperative opportunities to address issues harming the water quality of the Lagoon, to propose solutions, and to request supportive legislation to facilitate the unified remedial actions the Member Counties have chosen to take. ARTICLE 3 COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION AND CREATION Section 3.01. Establishment of Collaborative. The Collaborative is hereby created and established pursuant to the Agreement to carry out the purposes and functions set forth in Articles 2 and 5 The legal name of the Collaborative shall be the Indian River Lagoon Counties Collaborative Section 3.02. Collaborative to operate pursuant to law. In the event that any election, referendum, approval, permit, notice, other proceeding or authorization is required under applicable law to undertake any power, duty, or responsibility hereunder, or to observe assume, or carry out any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Collaborative will, to the extent of its legal capacity, comply with all applicable laws and requirements. Section 3.03. Governing board to act as policy-making body of the Collaborative. The governing board established pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement shall be the policy-making body forum of the Collaborative responsible for cooperative decision-making of actions taken by the Collaborative. Section 3.04. Submission of proceedings; Contracts and other documents. Subject to the right to claim an exemption from the Florida Public Records Law, Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, the parties shall submit to each other such data, reports records contracts, and other documents relating to the Collaborative as is requested with charges to be in accordance with Chapter 119, Florida Statutes ARTICLE 4 COMPOSITION; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS OF OFFICE Section 4.01. Composition and membership of governing board. (a) The membership of the Collaborative shall consist of five (5) voting representatives, one representative from each of the Member Counties. C:1 USERSXSTOREJWFPDATAILOCALIMICROS2FDFflVDOWSITEMPORIRT I.STERA'ET FWZSCOMSM'.OUTLOOXlNF170WRCVRL ILA 2-6-201IDOC Page 2 of 6