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Exhibit A Scope of Work Indian River County Beach Nourishment Project Sectors 1 and 2 Addendum to Mitigation Plan- July 11 , 2006 Mitigation Reef Monitoring The permit for Indian River County Sector 1 and 2 Beach Restoration (Permit No. 0166929-001 -JC) required construction of five acres of nearshore artificial reef as mitigation for impacts to the expected burial of 3 . 8 acres of nearshore hardbottom . Approximately 3 .6 acres of impact was expected to high-relief reef habitat dominated by sabellariid worm, and 0.2 acres of low-relief, algae-dominated reef were predicted to be impacted by the beach restoration project. Two types of mitigation reef were constructed as mitigation for the two habitat types : high relief, high complexity (HRHC) reef and low relief, low complexity (LRLC) reef. The high relief, high complexity reef was designed to have a vertical relief of 3 to 6 feet, and boulders were partially stacked to achieve this vertical relief. The low relief, low complexity reef was designed to mimic a vertical relief of 1 to 2 feet using a single layer of boulders. The LRLC mitigation reef was originally sited inshore of the HRHC mitigation reef. However, the location of the LRLC reef was modified due to sand movement during Huff icanes Frances and Jeanne in September 2004, which created shallower water depths and thicker sand layers at the nearshore reef location. The LRLC reef was moved offshore in alignment with the remainder of the HRHC mitigation reef. Elimination of the gap between the two reef types did not relieve the County from its obligation to offset the loss of habitat function provided by both community types, and the monitoring is designed to evaluate the performance of both reef types as replacement habitat for the impacted reef type. Permit No. 0166929-001 -JC required that, if construction of the mitigation reef was completed after the construction of the beach fill, the mitigation area would be increased by 0.20 acres per year. Construction of the mitigation was not completed until the summer of 2005 . Therefore, a total of 4 .96 acres of HRHC reef, consisting of 36, 120 ft. x 50 ft. units, was constructed; and a total of 0.28 acres of LRLC reef, consisting of two, 120 ft. x 50 ft. units, was constructed, between approximately R-91 + 600 ft and R-93 + 700 ft. The LRLC reef is located at the southern end of the reef at R-93 + 700 ft. in water depths ranging from - 13 to - 16 ft. NGVD, and the HRHC reef is located in water depth ranging from - 14 ft to - 18 ft. (NGVD). Reef units are separated by 10 foot spacing to create a 20% sandy bottom within the site for a total of approximately one acre of sandy bottom. Modification No. 0129291 -006-EM authorized the placement of an additional 1 .65 acres of LRLC reef immediately south of the LRLC mitigation reef between R-93 +700 ft. and approximately 100 ft south of R-94. This additional LRLC reef was constructed in water depths between - 16 ft. and - 18 ft NGVD. The Department agreed to consider future 1