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THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made in duplicate thie ~ y~.
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2nd day of lrl,arch , A. D. 196fd, by and between CIT'Y ~
OF FORT PIERCE, a muaicipal corporatioa e~iating under the lawe of
the 3tate of Florida, firat party, hereiaafter referred to as "City", and
NORTH ST. LUCIE RIVER DRAINA(3$ DI3TRICT, a quaai-municipal
corporation exieting under the laws of the State of Florida, ae second
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partty, hereiaafter referred to se "Dietrict".
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jpHEREAB District comprises approximately eixty-five thousand
acres of real property in 3t. Lucie County, Florida, highly concentrated
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in its development of citrue groves and other agricultural uses providing
the baeic economy of the City of Fort Pierce and 3t. Lucie County; aad
WAEAEA3 the upper reachee of Diatrict begin at the west line of
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~ the muaicipal limite of- ~ity aud extertd weeterly eleven and one-hali miles;
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EI WHERF.AS the principal drainage outlet for. a eubatantial portion t
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of Dietrict lying immediately west of the municfpal limits of City and
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locally knowu ae Five Miles Basin wae originally a natural stream
known ae Five Mile Creek which emptiee into North Forlc of the North
St. Lucie l;iver, via "Ten Mile Creek"; which stream has been widened,
deapened and partis:lly realigned by Di.~trict to better aerve as a water =
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cotrtrol facility; and . ~
WHEREAS in more recent yeara the area now compri~ing the ~
North St. Lucie Biver Drainage Diotrict ha8, eimilar to moet other
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