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60 1 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: The Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: John A. Titkanich Jr., County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Eric Charest, Interim Natural Resource Director <br />FROM: Alexis Peralta, Stormwater Educator & Fertilizer Enforcement <br />SUBJECT: Stormwater Partnership with The Learning Alliance <br />DATE: April 11, 2024 <br />DESCRIPTION <br />Indian River County Stormwater staff have been requested by The Learning Alliance, a local <br />501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to increasing children's education, to return as an <br />environmental educator partner for the Summer 2024 Moonshot Academy Summer Program. <br />The camp is an interdisciplinary, integrated literacy and arts curriculum that takes place both <br />in classrooms and the outdoors with the environmental community partner (two days per <br />week) over four weeks in the summer at two sites. <br />Staff is requested to participate twice a week, for three of the four weeks, to instill knowledge <br />of the Lagoon, stormwater pollution, and a sense of personal responsibility to care for our <br />environment through lessons that align with the STEAM into Literacy curriculum (STEAM <br />stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). These lessons include <br />already created presentations and activities that the Stormwater Educator has used over the <br />years in school programs, summer camps, and general learning (i.e. the Enviroscape <br />stormwater model presentation, lessons on pollution and lagoon biodiversity, and litter <br />cleanups). A field trip has been discussed to visit Osprey Acres Stormwater Park for a tour, <br />physical exploration, and understanding of stormwater filtration. <br />Summer 2021 was the first year Stormwater Division partnered with The Learning Alliance <br />Moonshot Academy and it was very successful in terms of children's engagement and <br />enjoyment learning about stormwater pollution and visiting Osprey Acres Stormwater Park. <br />This partnership was repeated in 2022 and 2023 with similar success. <br />[01Z IAB V1110 <br />County funding is not required. County staff time for participating in the Moonshot Academy <br />Summer Program will be one staff member, 4 hours per day, twice a week for three weeks, <br />totaling 24 hours of staff time. <br />47 <br />