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Indian River Lagoon Working Group July 16,2013 Page 2 of 4 scientific approaches to meeting those targets, overseeing the implementation of demonstration projects that will be performed and measured against specific success criteria, and generating implementation budgets and timelines. The initial meeting for this group of 20 stakeholders is slated to occur in August 2013. Howard Ehrsam, a Senior Project Manager with Creech Engineers, Inc. (Creech), will be overseeing this multi-day day meeting. Two days are planned for a workshop with all participants and a Td day for a small working group to memorialize the work into deliverable form. Environmental and Marine Consulting Services Inc. (EMCS) will assist Creech in selecting suitable facilitator to conduct the stakeholder's meeting. The goal is to select a facilitator who is specifically qualified to coordinate and manage this level of effort, preferably with environmental restoration experience. However, due to the scientific, political and institutional complexity associated with coordinating environmental restoration efforts of this scale, it is likely that expert restoration experience will be needed to support the facilitator and effectively conduct the meetings. EMCS has been asked to provide this guidance to the selected facilitator. Lastly, an action plan will need to be formulated in order to effectively organize efforts based on the outcomes reached during the stakeholder meetings. SCOPE OF SERVICES Task 01 — Facilitator Selection Supported by EMCS, Creech will assist with the selection of the Stakeholder Meeting facilitator. The facilitator will be a qualified professional in the field of mediation and facilitation. It is preferred that the facilitator has experience in the environmental and scientific restoration field, specifically in the Indian River Lagoon. A short list of up to 3 potential facilitators will be created based on professional qualifications, past experience, and professional references. Creech and EMCS will conduct meetings and/or phone interviews as necessary to present recommendations to decision makers. Task 02—Stakeholder Meetings and Report With assistance from EMCS, Creech will conduct 20 stakeholder meetings. The purpose of these meetings will be to collect pertinent background information regarding each stakeholder, which may influence the meetings, assemble the most recent and up-to-date findings with regard to the Lagoon's health, and currently planned Lagoon restoration efforts. Specific information gathered from each stakeholder will include the following: • Specific interests, responsibilities, and constraints for each stakeholder, • Historical levels of effort taken by each stakeholder towards Lagoon restoration (successful and unsuccessful) • Current levels of effort taken by each stakeholder towards Lagoon restoration, • Future levels of effort planned by each stakeholder towards Lagoon restoration, • Each stakeholder's existing data inventory, and • Potential participation levels and/or funding sources. Creech will work with EMCS to prepare, conduct and summarize the meetings as well as any research to evaluate various technologies and topics presented by stakeholders. Melbourne , Port St. Lucie , Stuart 1 Tallahassee As a2 :3