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A TRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH FOR ANCHORING LIMITATION AREAS IN VERO BEACH, FLORIDA This Agreement for Anchoring Limitation Areas ("Agreement") is made and entered by and between Indian River County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, whose address is 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach, Florida, 32960, ("County"), and the City of Vero Beach, Florida, a municipal corporation, whose address is 1053 20th Place, Vero Beach, FL 32960, ("City") (each a "Party" and collectively referred to as the "Parties"). RECITALS A. WHEREAS, in 2021, the Florida Legislature amended Section 327.4108, Florida Statutes, to allow counties to enact ordinances establishing anchoring limitation areas adjacent to urban areas that have residential docking facilities and significant recreational boating traffic; and B. WHEREAS, Section 327.4108, Florida Statutes, also requires at least thirty (30) days' prior notice to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ("FWCC") before introducing this type of ordinance and that anchoring limitation areas be marked with signage and buoys permitted by the FWCC; and C. WHEREAS, Additionally, Section 327.4108, Florida Statutes, requires that anchoring limitation areas be less than 100 acres in size, not include any portion of the marked channel of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, and not exceed, in total, ten percent (10%) of a county's delineated navigable -in -fact waterways; and D. WHEREAS, City has requested County establish six (6) anchoring limitation areas within the City of Vero Beach, as further described herein; and E. WHEREAS, The Parties desire to enter into this Agreement to provide for the necessary permits, signage, and buoys and enforcement and maintenance activities prior to County enacting an ordinance establishing the anchoring limitation areas within the City. Now, therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: 1. Location. City requests that County enact an ordinance designating Anchoring Limitation Areas in accordance with Section 327.4108, Florida Statutes, the areas marked in Exhibit A attached and incorporated by reference herein. City warrants that all areas marked on Exhibit A are under the exclusive control of City and not the State of Florida, and do not include any portion of the marked channel of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway. The enactment of an ordinance establishing the Anchoring Limitation Areas is subject to approval by the Board. City's execution of and performance under this Agreement does not guarantee that the ordinance will be enacted.