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COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST, INC. This Comprehensive Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into this4 th day of April 2017 (the "Effective Date"), between Indian River County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida (the "County"), and the Indian River Land Trust, Inc., a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Florida(the"IRLT"). WHEREAS, the parties herein wish to construct and manage a public trail system (hereinafter referred to as the "Oyster Bar Marsh Trail") on an assemblage of approximately 155 acres of public and private lands acquired for conservation and situated along the Indian River Lagoon on the south barrier island in unincorporated Indian River County; and WHEREAS, certain parcels of land in the assemblage composing the Oyster Bar Marsh Trail totaling approximately 96 acres (hereinafter referred to as the "Oyster Bar Marsh Conservation Area") were purchased by the County through its Environmental Lands Program with funding assistance from the Florida Communities Trust (hereinafter referred to as "FCT"), resulting in an agreement between the County and the FCT for the County to provide access improvements to the Oyster Bar Marsh Conservation Area parcels, depicted in Attachment A; and WHEREAS, certain parcels of land in the assemblage composing the Oyster Bar Marsh Trail totaling approximately 30 acres were purchased by IRLT for conservation of said parcels depicted in Attachment A; and WHEREAS, certain lands in the assemblage composing the Oyster Bar Marsh Trail are currently managed by the Indian River Mosquito Control District (hereinafter referred to as "IRMCD")by agreements with the respective landowners of the Oyster Bar Marsh Trail,including the County and IRLT, to control the levels of breeding mosquitoes on the property depicted in Attachment A; and WHEREAS, IRLT has assisted the County by preparing an Oyster Bar Marsh Trail Plan, as may be amended, attached hereto as Attachment A,which identifies the goals and objectives of the Oyster Bar Marsh Trail and includes a schematic plan and estimated costs for construction of the trail and related facilities for recreational and educational use consistent with and furthering conservation goals; and WHEREAS, the County finds that the Oyster Bar Marsh Trail Plan is consistent with and serves to implement the County and FCT approved management plan for the Oyster Bar Marsh Conservation Area; and WHEREAS,the goal of this cooperative effort is to ensure that the parties mutually develop and manage the Oyster Bar Marsh Trail in a manner that is consistent with the common interests of conserving and protecting the varied habitats within and around Oyster Bar Marsh and to provide for appropriate year-round recreational and educational opportunities, and this Agreement 1