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LOCATION: 7770 Jungle Trail, Vero Beach, FL 32963 PROJECT BACKGROUND: This property was acquired by the County in 2008 with assistance from Florida Communities Trust. A management plan (recently updated) outlines various public access facilities to be incorporated into the site design. Proposed amenities include parking, restroom, pavilion, walking trails, boardwalks, and ecological enhancement projects. This grant will assist the County with the construction of a 4 -acre high marsh community and transitional hammock that will provide diverse habitat, increased biodiversity, improved wildlife habitat, and will adapt to the changing environment. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project includes construction of a 4 -acre salt marsh that will receive pumped Lagoon waters and circulating these waters through an estuarine system that will remove nutrients, suspended solids, and other pollutants prior to discharge back into the Lagoon. Adjacent to this salt marsh the County is restoring a hammock that was heavily invaded by exotic species. The hammock/flow-way marsh community to be restored will provide filtration (where feasible) of untreated stormwater from an existing perimeter ditch that currently discharges directly into the lagoon. Through this habitat enhancement project, the County envisions a mulit-faceted project that improves local water quality in the Lagoon, provides foraging and roosting areas for a variety of listed and non -listed species, creates nursery habitat for fish, improves shoreline conditions, and provides passive recreation and educational opportunities for the public. TASKS and DELIVERABLES: Task #1: Construction of Salt Marsh Task Description: This task will involve site clearing, excavation/grading, and planting of a 4 -acre salt marsh. Influent and effluent structures under Jungle Trail, as well as fish friendly pump will be installed to maintain hydrology. A water control structure will be constructed at the discharge point from the wetland into an adjacent ditch (which drains into the Lagoon). Deliverables: Executed contract for the construction, signed acceptance of the completed work by the Grantee and certified by the Engineer of record. Before, during and after photos of the construction of the Salt Marsh. Task #2: Construction of Hydric Hammock Restoration Task Description: This task will involve excavation/grading, and planting of the hydric hammock. Influent and effluent structures will be installed to maintain hydrology. Deliverables: Executed contract for construction and signed acceptance of the completed work by the Grantee and certified by the Engineer of record. Before, during and after photos of the hammock restoration project. Performance Standard: The Department's Grant Manager will review the deliverables to verify that they meet the specifications in the Grant Work Plan and this task description. Upon review and written acceptance by the Department's Grant Manager of all deliverables under this task, the Grantee may proceed with payment request submittal. Payment Request Schedule: Grantee may submit a payment request for cost reimbursement upon completion of the task and Department approval of all associated task deliverables. Attachment 3-A, DEP Agreement #: CZ219-A1 2 of 3 Rev. 4/30/2018