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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; 2. Proiect UnderstandinQ and Approach The Metric team will successfully meet and exceed all the requirements of the City's Emergency Debris Disposal Management contract. The team's approach to each aspect of the contract are outlined as follows.. . FEMA Approved Debris Management Plan Proper planning is essential in ensuring that local governments and communities are prepared and sufficiently equipped to handle a disaster and the ensuing emergency and recovery efforts. As such, we realize the importance of developing a FEMA Approved Debris Management Plan that will help the City minimize economic and social losses, and successfully return the City's residents to a state of normalcy after an event. During the 2004/2005 Hurricane Season, Metric mobilized more than 200 inspectors in a period of 72 hours and supervised over 100 million dollars in emergency debris removal work. The firm developed an emergency debris removal plan utilizing the experience gained during the 2004/2005 Hurricane Season. This plan was developed to ensure continuity in providing a systematic and orderly debris removal operation for future emergency events no matter who was involved in the debris removal process. The Metric team will analyze and evaluate the City's ability to respond to a disaster and manage its operations. We will review any current plans, if such exists, and author a new, customized Debris Management Plan for submittal and subsequent approval by FEMA. The plan will include, at a minimum, an organizational chart of core management personnel and their areas of responsibility and relationship to the City, a list of contact information of key personnel involved, locations of TDSRS sites, permits, and other key field documents. Since we offer a comprehensive solution to the City, we will also train the City's staff in their implementation and use of the approved debris plan. Additionally, in accord with the approved plan, we offer pre-event support, aid during the event, response afterwards, and continuing support through recovery, to ensure that the plan is adhered to. In addition to preparing Debris Management Plans for various agencies, our team members have also provided Debris Plan Training Workshops, which clearly demonstrate our expertise in this field. We will recommend documentation methodologies for administrative force accounting and record keeping. We will aid in the production of documentation to detail the use of pre-event contracts. We provide valuable insight through our interpretation of applicable FEMA, along with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), regulations and policies for both emergency and debris planning and their implementation. New Developments: One of the most important issues associated with having an approved Debris Management Plan is that a new development within FEMA states that with an approved Debris Management Plan filed with the Florida Department of Emergency Management, the City could be entitled to an additional 5% match in federal funds. In addition, regular time incurred by City staff on a declared event could be reimbursed in full. This could provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional reimbursement to the City for a declared event. In light of this, the Metric team greatly understands the importance of assisting the City in creating a quality Debris Management Plan for approval. Request for Proposal for Debris Removal With our in-depth knowledge of FEMA reimbursement policies, the Metric team is well aware of the necessity of having competitively bid contracts. Involved in this is writing procurement documents and assisting the City with the debris hauler evaluation process. The design of comprehensive procurement documents is an invaluable protection for the City's economic health, and will eliminate the potential for loss associated with scopes of work that historically have not been reimbursed by FEMA-the most critical issue in having a detailed RFP. The Metric team will develop, with assistance from the City, a Request for Proposals for Debris Removal and Disposal that will maximize federal reimbursements. Metric will begin this process by Page 4