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Exhibit A Scope of Services A Master Plan for Jail Needs in Indian River County The following proposed scope of services is organized into a series of inter-related components designed to embrace all the diverse aspects of a criminal justice system analysis and to build a planning guide for presentation to the Public Safety Planning Council. The proposal incorporates all items identified in the solicitation 'Statement of Work' and details the depth of analytical investigation considered necessaryto achieve an objective and sustainable strategy for the Board of Commission and Sheriffs Office. Phase I INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS In order to compile the necessary data the following primary tasks and related sub-tasks will be conducted. Task 1.0 Population Evaluation and Forecasts Task 1.0 has three parts with the overall aim of developing a forecast of the factors and participants that will define management and space solutions for the criminal justice system. The task will profile the system from a numerical point of view, defining general population trends and specific growth factors in high-risk neighborhoods. The analysis will then shift towards identification of the number and characteristics of participants in each component of the system. The second part of Task 1.0 will be the modeling of the current system flow from reported arrest to a return to the community. This part is critical to defining intervention points. The last part will combine analytical and anecdotal information to project the future participants in each component of the system. As the study progresses into subsequent tasks,these projections may be modified to define the potential implications of alternative sanctions and services. This task will be begin immediately upon authorization to proceed with a request for key stakeholders in the criminal justice system to meet in a day-long session with the study team to help set policy-level direction for the project(a Directions and Issues workshop) The study team will organize a morning and afternoon session to focus on the various study areas including Sheriffs and Police Departments, Courts, District Attorney, Public Defender, Probation and Corrections. The study team will send each of the invited stakeholder participants a summary listing of the agenda topics with a brief statement about the possible nature of issues in each area to be investigated. This paper will be distributed with sufficient lead-time to allow a review of the material before the meeting. Subtask 1.1 Profile the Criminal Justice System Demographic Base As a part of defining the demographic profile of the criminal justice system participants at each component level, the study team will also establish the socioeconomic profile of the community with the aim of involving the community in defining the high risk factors that influence crime and the consequence of crime. An important community topic will be related to the most appropriate manner in which to develop community awareness that solutions to crime must also"bubble-up"and not simply be"top-down"