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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES FOR FERTILIZER REGULATION ENFORCEMENT THIS AGREEMENT for fertilizer regulation enforcement ("Agreement") is entered into this ' 2nd day of June , 2015 by and between INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida ("County") and THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, a body corporate existing under the laws of the State of Florida ("Town"). BACKGROUND RECITALS WHEREAS, in August 2013, the County established the Indian River County Fertilizer and Landscape Management Ordinance ("County Fertilizer Ordinance"), which was amended in October 2013; and WHEREAS, as part of establishing the County Fertilizer Ordinance, the County designated the authority to enforce the County Fertilizer Ordinance to a code enforcement officer within the County public works department (the "Enforcement Officer"); and WHEREAS, in November 2014, the Town adopted an ordinance regulating the use of fertilizer within the Town (the "Town Fertilizer Ordinance"); and WHEREAS, the Town, not having a code enforcement officer devoted full-time to enforcing the Town Fertilizer Ordinance, has requested the County to assist in the enforcement of the Town's Fertilizer Ordinance through the use of the Enforcement Officer; and WHEREAS, the parties find it serves a governmental and public purpose to enter into this Agreement to provide enhanced enforcement of the Town Fertilizer Ordinance within the Town in order to promote local efforts to improve surface and ground water quality and reduce the adverse effects of fertilizers on the environment, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, and intending to be legally bound, the County and the Town agree as follows: 1. Recitals. The background recitals are true and correct and form a material part of this Agreement. 2. Authority and Duties of Enforcement Officer. The Enforcement Officer will spend a minimum average of two hours per week enforcing the Town Fertilizer Ordinance within the Town each calendar month (e.g. 8 hours monthly). Such enforcement includes, but is not limited to, educating the public and lawn -maintenance personnel on the Town Fertilizer Ordinance, responding to complaints related to the Town Fertilizer Ordinance, investigating violations of the Town Fertilizer Ordinance, issuing warnings and code enforcement citations as provided by the Code Enforcement Ordinance, preparing for and attending Town Code 3120150074629 RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF JEFFREY R SMITH, CLERK OF COURT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FL BK: 2899 PG: 628 Page 1 of 4 12/17/2015 9:14 AM 1