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Geosym'teccl 6770 South; Washington Avenue, Suite 3 Titusville, Florida 32780 ' , ] cons llltants PH 321.269.8550 www.geosyntec.com 18 October 2018 Mr. Himanshu H.: Mehta, P.E. Managing Director Solid Waste Disposal District Indian River County 1325 101 Avenue SW. Vero Beach, Florida 32968 Subject: Proposal to Provide Consulting Services Associated with Phase l of the Gifford Road Landfill Redevelopment Plan Former South Gifford Road Landfill, Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida Dear Mr. Mehta: Geosyntec Consultants (Geosyntec) is pleased to submit this :letter proposal to the Indian :River County (IRC) Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) to. provide consulting services associated: with Phase 1 of the Redevelopment: Plan for the Former Gifford Road Landfill, located in Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida (Site). As you are aware, the conceptual design for the Redevelopment Plan for the Former South Gifford Road:. Landfill, including Phase. 1, was prepared as:part of the recent brownfields grant -related planning activities conducted by the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Committee (TCRPC). Based on the conceptual plan, Phase 1 consists of surficial land clearing of approximately 8 -acres of land (including 3 -acres at the north end of the Site .that will serve as the Site frontage, and .5 -acres in the central portion of the Site that will serve as an open field), landscaping along the 41St Street. frontage, and installation of an associated. irrigation system. The first step in implementing Phase 1 is to finalize the landscaping design and create formal bid specifications for land clearing and landscaping. Clearing of the 8 acres, :installation of irrigation system and installation of landscaping will be completed. subsequently .to the scope of work included herein.. The remainder of . this proposal: provides an overview of the project background, a description of the proposed scope of work, a budget estimate,. and a discussion. of the schedule forkeomplishment of the work described herein. PROJECT BACKGROUND The Former South Gifford Road Landfill is an approximately 115 -acre closed landfill, of which the northern 55 - acres: are owned by IRC and the southern portion is owned by the. City of Vero Beach. The Indian. River. County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) supported the submittal of: an application by TCRPC for a.United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant to facilitate additional work on this Site. TCRPC was awarded the Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant in May 2015. Since May 2015, Geosyntec, TCRPC, and IRC worked with the Gifford community on a conceptual design for the redevelopment of the. Former Gifford Road -Landfill. The conceptual design was broken down into six separate phases, including. the Phase 1 land. clearing and landscaping work described earlier. The BCC recently requested that the SWDD move forward and obtain a cost proposal (from Geosyntec) to implement Phase 1. FR0766\XR18011 Phase 1 Gifford rev engineers I scientists I innovators.