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Community's Role Related to Public education and Public Involvement and General Technical Assistance 1. The Community will designate a Storm Water Coordinator; to serve as the Community's liaison for the storm water pollution prevention program. Agreed Procedures 1. That the SWCD is a conservation technical and educational service agency and therefore is not granted regulatory authority in the Ohio Revised Code. 2. That each Watershed Community recognize the environmental and economic functions of open spaces; such as wetlands, stream corridors, ravines, woodlands and fields as worthy of the Community's protection. 3. That the working relationship will be defined to include open lines of communications with appropriate deparhnents. The S WCD and the Community will work with the PIPE Committee and the Watershed Council to develop an annual work plan and to exchange information with the goal ofdeveloping amulti-disciplinary approach to resource management. 4. SWCD will provide a written annual summary, relevant to its role, as outlined in this MOU. Each Watershed Community will submit the Annual Report to the Ohio EPA, which will include, but is not limited to, the summary provided by S WCD, as required by its NPDES Storm Water Phase II Permit. Each Community assumes full responsibility for completion and submittal of their Annual Report to the Ohio EPA. 5. That each Watershed Community disseminate program information provided by the SWCD in a timely manner to residents. 6. That the standards and specifications developed by the Community shall take precedence in planning and application of conservation measures. Where the Community's policies are moot, the standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the current edition of Ohio's "Rainwater and Land Development" manual will be used in planning and application of conservation measures. 7. That all parties will review quality of service and address concerns as they arise. 8. That credit will be given jointly to the SWCD and the Euclid Creek Watershed Council Communities in natural resource /NPDES Phase II related publications prior to publication. 9. That the Communities recognize the SVVCD's obligation to make its reports and other ~Titten materials available to the public on request in accordance with the Ohio Public Records Act. 10. That all services of the SWCD are offered on anon-discriminatory basis without regard to race, age, marital status, handicap or political persuasion. This working agreement may be amended or terminated at any time by mutual consent of both parties, or the agreement maybe terminated by either party giving thirty (30) days notice in writing to the other, upon which the annual funding allocation paid in advance by the Community shall be refunded on a pro-rata basis. Euclid Creek Watershed Council Memorandum of Understanding 4 August 30, 2012