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AGREEMENT <br /> for <br /> PILOT PLANT STUDY FOR A FULL-SCALE MANAGED AQUATIC <br /> PLANT POLLUTANT REMOVAL SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES THE <br /> BENEFICIAL USE OF HARVESTED BIOMASS <br /> THIS AGREEMENT for PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ("Agreement"), is entered <br /> into on this i ht-h day of August, 2016 by and between INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, a <br /> political subdivision of the State of Florida, ("COUNTY"), and VAN ERT, NEMOTO AND <br /> ASSOCIATES, LLC, ("Consultant"). <br /> BACKGROUND RECITALS: <br /> A. The COUNTY has selected the Consultant to provide certain professional <br /> services relating to a pilot plant study for County Public Works Stormwater Division. <br /> The pilot plant study is a precursor to the design of a full-scale managed aquatic plant <br /> stormwater treatment system. These Services are intended to help the County achieve <br /> its mission of reducing pollution of the Indian River Lagoon caused by stormwater runoff <br /> and groundwater seepage. Such Services are necessitated by federal Phase II <br /> National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requirements and anticipated <br /> state requirements related to pollution discharged into the Indian River Lagoon. <br /> B. The Consultant is willing and able to perform the Services for the <br /> COUNTY on the terms and conditions set forth below; and <br /> C. The COUNTY and the Consultant wish to enter into this Agreement for the <br /> Consultant's Services for the Project. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with the mutual covenants herein contained <br /> and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt,and sufficiency of which are <br /> hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: <br /> 1. GENERAL <br /> 1.1 All professional services provided by the Consultant for the COUNTY shall <br /> be performed in a timely, efficient, cost effective manner, and in accordance with the <br /> current professional standards of the applicable discipline. <br /> 1.2 Services that would increase, decrease, or which are otherwise outside <br /> the Scope of Services or level of effort contemplated herein shall be Services for which <br /> the Consultant must obtain the prior written approval of the COUNTY as provided by <br /> this Agreement. All terms for the performance of such Services must be agreed upon in <br /> a written document prior to any deviation from the terms herein, and when properly <br /> 1 <br /> CAUsers\lclarkWppData\LocalWticrosoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\5SOPSUIL\MAPS Agreement.doc <br />