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WHEREAS, by subsequent amendments to Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of <br />Orlando, the Academy was renamed and redesignated as the "Central Florida Fire Academy <br />at Orlando", then the "Central Florida Emergency Services Institute," and then re -named <br />"Central Florida Fire Academy;" and <br />WHEREAS, the Central Florida Fire Academy no longer operates a state certified <br />education and training program in fire and emergency services; and <br />WHEREAS, the District Board of Trustees of Valencia College, Florida ("Valencia <br />College" or "Valencia") has established the Central Florida Fire Institute at Valencia (the <br />"Institute") to operate a state certified education and training program in fire and emergency <br />services in its service district of Orange and Osceola Counties, Florida; and <br />WHEREAS, Valencia has entered into a License Agreement (the "License <br />Agreement"), attached to and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A," with the School Board of <br />Orange County, Florida, to use a portion of the facilities at Mid -Florida Technical School, <br />located at 2900 W. Oak Ridge Road, Orlando, Florida 32809, more particularly described in <br />Exhibit "A" to the License Agreement, attached to and incorporated herein (the "Facility") to <br />operate the Institute, such Facility formerly used and operated solely by the Central Florida <br />Fire Academy in accordance with prior interlocal agreements; and <br />WHEREAS, the Central Florida Fire Academy desires to change its name to the <br />Central Florida Fire Consortium and to alter its purpose from locally operating a state <br />certified education and training program in fire and emergency services to that of managing, <br />operating and maintaining the Facility in support of the Institute and training needs of <br />Member Entities and other selected public agencies; and <br />WHEREAS, Valencia desires to engage the Consortium to manage, operate and <br />maintain the Facility in support of the Institute and training needs of Member Entities and <br />other public agencies, such engagement to be documented and governed by a mutually <br />acceptable management agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes provides that a joint exercise of power by <br />public agencies may be made by Agreement in the form of an Interlocal Agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, each of the Parties to this Interlocal Agreement is a "public agency" <br />within the meaning of § 163.01 Florida Statutes; and <br />Page 2 of 11 <br />