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Environmental & Marine Consulting Services, Inc. One of the most significant needs identified during the symposium was one for unified and coordinated effort when considering options to restore appropriate environmental conditions within the Lagoon. Therefore, in efforts to efficiently expedite private and publicly funded Lagoon restoration efforts between the Sebastian and Fort Pierce Inlets, primarily within Indian River County, an assembly of 20 stakeholders has been created. These 20 stakeholders will be tasked with the goal of identifying restoration targets for this portion of the Lagoon, evaluating various regulatory, technological, and 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. Mr. Howard Ehrsam, a Senior Project Manager with Creech Engineers, Inc. (Creech), will be overseeing this multi-day day workshop. Two days are planned for all stakeholders and participants, and a 3rd day is planned for a small working group to memorialize the workshop results into deliverable form. Save the Indian River Estuary Now, Inc. (STIRLEN) has requested Environmental and Marine Consulting Services Inc. (EMCS) assist Creech with organizing, conducting, and summarizing this workshop. The first goal is to select a facilitator who is specifically qualified to oversee and manage this level of stakeholder coordination, preferably with environmental restoration experience. EMCS will assist with the selection of a qualified facilitator. However, due to the scientific, political and institutional complexity associated with coordinating environmental restoration efforts the scale, it is likely that expert restoration experience will be needed to support the facilitator and effectively conduct the meetings. To that end, EMCS has been asked to provide this guidance to the selected facilitator and provide meeting support. EMCS will participate in initial stakeholder interviews to collect specific information designed to familiarize the facilitator with critical information. In addition, EMCS will provide technical assistance and guidance to the facilitator during the stakeholder meeting. Lastly, an action plan will need to be formulated in order to effectively organize restoration efforts based on the outcomes reached during the stakeholder meetings. EMCS has produced many of these documents in the past on projects of similar scale. STIRLEN has also requested EMCS support Creech with plan formulation services as well. Therefore, EMCS has prepared this scope of services for STIRLEN to support Creech with facilitator selection, initial stakeholder interviews, technical facilitator support, meeting preparation and participation, and action plan formulation. 2. SCOPE OF SERVICES Task 1: Facilitator Selection EMCS will support Creech in selecting the stakeholder workshop 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 restoration and planning field, specifically in the Indian River Lagoon. Providing Creative Environmental & Permitting Solutions to � Clients from Kissimmee to the Keys .