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ATTACHMENT A GRANT WORK PLAN PROJECT TITLE: Indian River County Oyster Bed Project PROJECT AUTHORITY: The Grantee received funding from the Florida Legislature in the amount of $50,000 through Specific Appropriation Line Item No.1662A, Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 - 2016, General Appropriations Act. The Grantee received this funding to construct an artificial reef to serve as a habitat for oysters, encrusting organisms and other marine life for the purpose of improving water quality. Authority for this Project is specified in Section 403.885, Florida Statues. Monitoring and auditing guidelines, as related to the Florida Single Audit Act, are specified in the Florida Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA), No. 37.039. PROPOSED PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located Indian River Lagoon southeast of 451 Street, in Indian River County. Latitude: 27° 40' 27.82" Longitude: 80° 23' 7.47" PROJECT BACKGROUND: The Indian River Lagoon has more than 2100 species of plants and 2200 species of animals making it North America's most diverse estuary. Indian River County ("County") is committed to protecting and preserving the Indian River Lagoon. In the past, the County has successfully established an oyster bed reef in an area adjacent to Spoonbill Marsh in Vero Beach, Florida, which has reduced the amount of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) entering into the Indian River Lagoon in the area. The County wishes to continue its efforts by constructing a patch reef southeast of the 45th Street ditch, in Indian River County. The purpose of the proposed oyster reef would be to improve water quality conditions of discharges from the 45th Street drainage ditch into the Indian River Lagoon. At this point in time, the proposed project's conceptual design is complete and the County has received permission from the Indian River Board of County Commissioners to proceed with the proposed project. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project would require the County to construct a three dimensional "patch" reef southeast of the 451 Street ditch using clean concrete rubble. The concrete rubble will be stacked to create void spaces throughout the reef structure of differing sizes, dimensions, and openings to the Indian River Lagoon. The proposed oyster reef is approximately 24,967 sq. feet. The project location is far enough southeast of the 45th Street dock and channel that it will not inhibit the navigability of the area. The "patch" reef would be capable of providing a habitat for attached and encrusting organisms such as oysters, other invertebrates such as stone crabs, juvenile fish species, and game fish species. In turn, the "patch" reef will act as an in-situ water treatment system to facilitate the removal of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) from stormwater discharged through the 45th Street ditch into the Indian River Lagoon. The "patch" reef is self-perpetuating in that the attached and encrusting invertebrates and turf algae will continue to overgrow any bare areas created at future times. TASKS and DELIVERABLES: Task 1: Bid of Proiect Task Description The Grantee will subcontract the construction of the oyster bed reef with a qualified and licensed contractor, selected through the Grantee's procurement process. The Grantee shall prepare and solicit bids utilizing a bid package in accordance and state and federal laws and this Agreement. DEP Agreement No. S0839, Page 1 of 2 57