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EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF WORK INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SOUTH COUNTY WATER TREATMENT PLANT FINAL DESIGN, PERMITTING AND BIDDING SERVICES FOR PROPOSED WELL NO. 7 This Authorization, when executed, shall be incorporated in and become part of the Contract for Consulting/Professional Services between the Indian River County (County), and CDM Smith Inc. (Consultant), dated December 6, 2011 hereafter referred to as the Contract. BACKGROUND The County owns and operates the South County Water Treatment Plant (WTP) which currently operates with six existing Upper Floridan Aquifer (UFA) production wells. The existing Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) for the South County WTP also includes a future permitted seventh well that has not yet been constructed. In August 2009, the Board of County Commissioners approved a Work Order for the Consultant to design, permit and provide services during construction of the proposed well and raw water pipeline. After reaching the 100 percent design level (minus the County's front-end documents), staff decided to put the project on hold and not construct the well. The County now wishes to finalize design, complete the bid package and finalize permitting of the proposed well at the South County WTP. During the 2009 effort, coordination with the Parks Department County environmental personnel, and the fish and wildlife service (FWS) took place, resulting in the utility department mitigating for scrub jay impacts already incurred by the park development. Additional coordination was undertaken with FWS to determine whether or not a connection to the Well No. 4 transmission piping (in lieu of connecting to Well No 6) was feasible. This effort is outlined in Task No. 1. No additional mitigation activities will be required for the scrub jay area. The following is the scope of services to be provided under this authorization. SCOPE OF SERVICES Consultant will perform the following task services: Task 1.0 COORDINATION WITH FWS In preparation for the effort of updating the project documents from 2009 to current, it was discovered that improvements within the South County park since 2009 have resulted in several obstacles being constructed between the proposed Well No 7 location and the connection point to the Well No. 6 transmission piping One alternative that will be considered is revisiting the potential to use a horizontal directional drill (HDD) under the scrub jay conservation area with connection to the Well No. 4 transmission piping to the east. In 2009, FWS indicated that such an activity may be detrimental to the Scrub Jays due to noise and vibration impacts; however, CDM Smith will reach out to FWS to confirm their stance on this issue. CDM Smith will participate in up to 2 meetings to determine if these activities will be detrimental to the Scrub Jays. This task provides for coordination with FWS. TASK 2.0 MEETING WITH SJRWMD The proposed Well No. 7 is included in the County's existing CUP. While no increase in allocation is proposed (operational flexibility only), coordination with St. Johns River Water Management (SJRWMD) A-1 jj1490.doc