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MONNOWANNONNEW Contract #SH469AA EXHIBIT "A" — STATEMENT OF WORK Indian River Farms Canal Debris Reduction Project I. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND : The Indian River Farms Water Control District in Indian River County is an area of over 53 , 000 acres that is drained by an extensive network of man -made canals . This basin in the Vero Beach vicinity has become increasingly urbanized with the canal network draining directly into the Indian River Lagoon ( IRL) through three major relief canals . In the East Indian River County Master Stormwater Management Plan ( 2002 ) , a pollutant loading analysis showed that the three relief canals convey large amounts of suspended solids , nutrients and floating vegetative debris into the IRL . The canals also transport tremendous quantities of human generated trash into the Lagoon . This funding request is for highway signage to be installed at strategic locations throughout the basin as a non -structural Best Management Practice (BMP) to heighten public awareness of the pollutant loadings . Indian River County is presently in the final engineering design phase of a separate project for the installation of three vortex type treatment structures in the canal system to remove these pollutant loadings prior to discharge to the IRL . This structural stormwater treatment project coupled with the public education signage initiative will significantly reduce the continuing degradation of water quality and habitat in the IRL . II . OBJECTIVES : The overall objective of this project is to reduce the amount of trash and vegetative debris being transported to the Indian River Lagoon by the three relief canals through a heightened public awareness utilizing the signage initiative . The objectives of this project conform to the objectives of the IRL Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan ( COMP) and the Surface Water Improvement and Management Plan ( SWIM ) to inform the public of the value of the IRL and threats to continued viability of the resource . III . SCOPE OF WORK : This project will develop and fabricate 100- 30" x 40" metal four-color highway signs and install the signs at canal crossings and road right-of-ways near the canals . The signs will contain graphics and verbiage requesting the public to refrain from dumping debris into the canal system and providing information relative to the terminus of the main relief canals at the IRI. . County shall obtain the District Project Manager ' s approval of final sign design and verbiage prior to production . IV. TASK IDENTIFICATION : Task 1 : All work required to develop final artwork and layout of 30" x 40" highway sign design . Task 2 : All work required to fabricate 100 metal , 4-color signs . Page 9 of 12