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UT <br />CONSENT <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Tad Stone, Director <br />Department of Emergency Services <br />FROM: Erin Sawyer, Staff Assistant IV <br />DATE: March 16, 2022 <br />SUBJECT: Approval of On -Airport Lease and Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) <br />Agreement between the City of Vero Beach and Indian River County Emergency <br />Services District <br />It is respectfully requested that the information contained herein be given formal consideration <br />by the Honorable Board of County Commissioners at the next scheduled meeting. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Since 1989, Indian River County has leased land from the Vero Beach Regional Airport to <br />maintain a fire station at the Airport, to provide Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) <br />Services, as well as other emergency services. <br />The 1989 lease having expired and needing comprehensive replacement agreements, Indian <br />River County Emergency Services District and the City now seek to enter new long-term <br />agreements, one agreement covering the ARFF services, and one Lease Agreement. <br />Lease Agreement <br />The proposed lease agreement will run for a term of thirty (30) years with two (2) ten (10) year <br />options to renew (maximum possible total 50 years). The monthly lease for Fire Station 3 will be <br />$2,230.27 ($26,763.24 annually/$802,897.20 30 -year term). Previously, the monthly lease <br />amount was $2,350.70 ($28,208.40 annually), which is $120.43 more per month ($1,445.16 <br />annually) than the new lease. The FAA has approved of the lease rate and terms. <br />ARFF Agreement <br />The proposed ARFF agreement will follow the same term, for a term of thirty (30) years with <br />two (2) ten (10) year options to renew (total of 50 years). The proposed ARFF payment to the <br />County from the City of Vero Beach for the first year is $168,950.40 ($14,079.20 monthly) and <br />incrementally increases year two (2) through year five (5) as follows: year two (2) $199,583.76, <br />year three (3) $230,217.24, year four (4) $260,850.60 and year five (5) $291,483.96, then to a <br />mutually agreed amount annually thereafter. These funds will be deposited in to the Emergency <br />Services District/Fire Protection Services revenue account, number 114034-342220. <br />A-41 <br />