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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING for Coordination of Supplemental Beach Nourishment and Related Coastal Activities THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING for COORDINATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL DOWNDRIFT NOURISHMENT AND RELATED COASTAL ACTIVITIES ("Agreement") entered into effective this 2"d day of April 2013 ("Effective Date") by and between INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida ("County"); and Sebastian Inlet District ("District") an independent special taxing district established by a Special Act of the Florida Legislature in 1919, to maintain the navigability of the Sebastian Inlet. BACKGROUND RECITALS A. The County maintains beach and dune systems along the 22 miles of Indian River County Atlantic Ocean shoreline. The mission of the Indian River County Coastal Engineering Division is to identify areas of chronic beach erosion and areas of high potential storm damage and to propose appropriate projects to mitigate the threats. Coastal activities are guided by the County's Beach Preservation Plan and the County's Habitat Conservation Plan. Both plans are referenced in Chapter 9, Coastal Management Element of the 2030 County Comprehensive Plan adopted on October 12, 2010. B. The District is authorized by, a Special Act of the Florida Legislature (Chapter 2003-373, Laws of Florida) to construct, improve, widen or deepen, and maintain the Sebastian Inlet. Pursuant to F.S, 161.042 the District is directed to place all beach compatible materials derived from dredging the Sebastian Inlet on the downdrift beaches of Indian River County. C. The District's activities are guided by an Inlet Management Plan certified in March 2000 and recommendations by a Technical Advisory Committee accepted August 2005. The District strives to transfer an average annual volume of sand to the downdrift beaches in the range of 70,000 to 90,000 cubic yards. A sand bypass budget is maintained by comparing annual survey profiles of the beach and dune system and performing other coastal measurements. D. The County and the District desire to cooperate in connection with obtaining beach compatible materials from the dredging of the Sebastian Inlet sand trap and channel, using such beach compatible materials to partially construct or repair dune projects, previous beach renourishment projects or erosional hot spots along the County's beaches -north of DNR monument R-40, all on the terms and conditions set forth herein. E. The District has constructed a Dredged Material Management Area (DMMA) for stockpiling both beach compatible sand and non -beach compatible sand material. The District and County desire to coordinate on the appropriate use of DMMA material in public works type projects with a corresponding public benefit. 4.