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ARTICLE III. TERMS AND CONDITIONS <br />A. WERC agrees to: <br />1. Cooperate with the SAZOO to identify, prioritize and coordinate research activities <br />necessary to address conservation needs. <br />2. Conduct quarterly ecology based educational lectures/workshops presented by WERC <br />scientists and/or similar professionals, which will be free to the general public, students <br />and/or other groups as approved by the Zoo Manager. <br />3. WERC shall comply with all official Zoo policies with respect to the Association of Zoos and <br />Aquariums, U.S. Department of Agriculture, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and <br />other federal, state and local regulations affecting the programs offered pursuant to this <br />Agreement. <br />4. WERC will provide a representative for the SAZOO's safety committee. <br />5. Work closely with SAZOO staff with active research programs of the Principal <br />investigators, currently Robert Fisher and Erin Boydston, and their field assistants. <br />6. Provide a representative to the SAZOO's research and conservation team. <br />7. Provide SAZOO opportunities for discussion of WERC research directions. <br />8. Develop and review proposals for research and monitoring activities to be carried out <br />in and around Orange County. <br />9. Provide SAZOO with research results and other available natural resource <br />information relevant to resources management as available and appropriate. <br />10. Maintain files on current and past research activities that involve SAZOO. <br />11. Actively participate in regional planning, assessment and research activities where the <br />goal is to improve regional ecosystems approaches to land management, including <br />improved integration of SAZOO interests and actions with surrounding landowners. <br />12. Assure the adherence of WERC staff to the guidelines and requirements identified by <br />SAZOO as applicable to research activities conducted in surrounding SAZOO lands. <br />13. Designate a representative from WERC to act as liaison between WERC and SAZOO <br />to receive communications regarding conduct of studies and activities. <br />14. WERC agrees to pay for their proportional utility costs (electricity, gas, water and <br />sewer) in support of WERC operations at the SAZOO through a separate billing <br />document. <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />25E-4 <br />