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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANNING This Agreement is entered into between the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (hereinafter referred to as "County"), the City Council of the Cities of Fellsmere, Sebastian and Vero Beach (hereinafter referred to as "Cities"), and the School Board of Indian River County, Florida (hereinafter referred to as "School Board"). Not participating in this agreement are the Town of Indian River Shores and the Town of Orchid. These jurisdictions are not participating in this Agreement because they qualify for exclusion pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes. WHEREAS, the County, Cities, and School Board recognize their mutual obligation and responsibility for the education, nurture and general well-being of the children of Indian River County; and WHEREAS, the County, Cities, and School Board recognize the benefits that will flow to the citizens and students of their communities by more closely coordinating their comprehensive land use and school facilities planning programs: namely (1) better coordination of new schools in time and place with land development, (2) greater efficiency for the school board and local governments by the reduction of student travel times and the placement of schools to take advantage of existing and planned roads, water lines, sewer lines, and parks, (3) improved student access and safety by coordinating the construction of new and expanded schools with the road and sidewalk construction programs of the local governments, (4) the location and design of schools so that they serve as community focal points, (5) the location and design of schools with parks, ball fields, libraries, and other community facilities to take advantage of joint use opportunities, and (6) the location of new schools and expansion and rehabilitation of existing schools so as to reduce pressures contributing to urban sprawl and support existing neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, Section 1013.193, Florida Statutes, requires that the location of public educational facilities must be consistent with the comprehensive plan and implementing land development regulations of the appropriate local governing body; and WHEREAS, Sections 163.3177(6)(h)1 and 2, Florida Statutes, require each local government to adopt an intergovernmental coordination element as part of its comprehensive plan that states principles and guidelines to be used in the accomplishment of coordination of the adopted comprehensive plan with the plans of the school board, and describes the processes for collaborative planning and decision making on population projections and public school siting; and WHEREAS, Section 163.3177(6)(h)2, Florida Statutes, further requires each county, all the municipalities within that county, and the district school board to establish, by interlocal or other formal Agreement executed by all affected entities, the joint processes described above consistent with their adopted intergovernmental coordination elements; and WHEREAS, the County and School Board have had a "Memorandum of Understanding" for joint review of new school sites and joint review of school site plans since 1986 and that agreement is being superceded by this interlocal agreement; and WHEREAS, the County, Cities, and School Board enter into this Agreement in fulfillment of that statutory requirement and in recognition of the benefits accruing to their citizens and students described above; and WHEREAS, the County, Cities, and School Board have mutually agreed that coordination of school facility planning and comprehensive land use planning is in the best interests of the citizens of Indian River County; and WHEREAS, the County has jurisdiction for land use and growth management decisions within its unincorporated boundaries and the Cities have similar jurisdiction within their boundaries, and W