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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK <br />LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT <br />THIS IS AN AGREEMENT, entered into this day of May 20, 2025, by and between: <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, <br />a subdivision of the State of Florida and a declared Constitutional County, <br />with its mailing address at 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach, FL. 32960-3388, <br />hereinafter "COUNTY" <br />and <br />COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, INC., a <br />Florida not for profit corporation, with its principal address at 4061 Forrestal <br />Avenue, St. 8, Orlando, FL 32806, hereinafter, "CCA". <br />RECITALS; <br />WHEREAS, CCA desires to contribute to County's artificial reef program the sum <br />of One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ( $110,000.00), such payment to be made to <br />COUNTY by July 11, 2025, to offset the $219,000 stated cost to fund an artificial reef <br />deployment outlined in the State of Florida Department of Transportation Locally Funded <br />Agreement FM Number 445618-1-52-01 which is incorporated hereto as Exhibit A, and <br />consisting of the following: <br />• Approximately 3,500 tons of concrete and steel from the demolition of the <br />Sebastian Inlet bridge and, <br />• To be deployed in up to 5 locations on the nearby permitted Orchid Island <br />Artificial Reef Complex (see Exhibit A), <br />Therefore the County and CCA agree: <br />The County and CCA that in exchange for CCA's contribution and the mutual <br />promises made herein, the County agrees to grant to CCA naming rights to 50% of the <br />deployment sites within the Orchid Island Artificial Reef Complex (anticipated deployment <br />of up to 5 locations, in which case CCA would have naming rights of 3 of the 5). The <br />Sebastian Inlet Bridge artificial reef project's deployment of the artificial reef material shall <br />be referred to as the "Project". <br />The Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") or other, shall have complete <br />authority to design, construct, deploy (in accordance with Indian River County's artificial <br />reef permit conditions) and manage the Project as well as its means and methods. FDOT in <br />its sole discretion may contract to others the Project's construction, deployment or <br />completion. <br />The County and CCA agree that CCA will have no further or additional <br />responsibility or obligation to the County or the Project. <br />