Cross Island Consulting and Training Services, LLC 2/6/2026

1 Category 2: Sensitive information Category 2: For official use only / disclosure permissible by law. Scope of Work Development of Standard Operating Guidelines Project City of Everett Watershed Patrol, et. al., Everett, WA Background Senior Environmental Specialist Anna Thelen contacted Cross Island Consulting and Training Services, LLC principal consultant William “Bill” Overby (writer of this SOW) in mid-October to explore the possibility of consultation, policy review, and development of standard operating guidelines for the City of Everett’s Watershed division of the Public Works Department, in particular its city Watershed Patrol officers. On the afternoon of October 23, 2025, I met with Ms. Thelen in her office located at 3101 Cedar Street, Everett, WA. Ms. Thelen briefed me regarding the desire to create a thoughtful set of Standard Operating Guidelines that would address three current and future needs: 1) immediate, consistent guidelines for daily operational practices and unusual circumstances encountered while on patrol, focused on officer safety; 2) establishing the Standard Operating Guidelines in such a way that they address risk management issues now and into the future; and 3) creating documents that can be easily updated and modified as conditions dictate. It is believed by Ms. Thelen that several benefits would accrue from the proposed changes, including but not limited to addressing the continuity of communication and training, a reduction of risk realized through providing permanent staff with easy-to-follow guidelines pertinent to their patrol duties, and establishing clearer guidelines for incident and emergency response. There are two full-time Watershed Patrol Officers, each working a 10/40 work week with a common workday on Wednesdays. There patrol area of responsibility can be described as expansive, remote and rural, with response time for back-up to these areas potentially being delayed under even the best of circumstances. Ms. Thelen describes the fortunate relationship between several other local agencies (among them, the Everett Police Department, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, State Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Snohomish County PUD) who perform unscheduled patrols, provide back-up support when notified of significant violations, and status checks on Watershed Patrol Officer staff. Another reason for the creation and implementation of Standard Operating Guidelines is to mitigate or eliminate risk exposure during certain hazardous activities performed, and to address clarification of roles, responsibilities and, in some cases, the actual or perceived duty of the government’s employee to act. Doing so provides support to Watershed Patrol Officers and supervisory staff who, while carrying out watershed-related duties, are confronted with emergencies. Accentuating the need for guidance is the manner and timeliness in which Everett’s Watershed Patrol Officers receive their initial (and to some extent) their ongoing training. Both of the existing limited authority Watershed Patrol Officers received their training in a 720-hour long National Park Service-authorized law enforcement academy taught at Skagit Valley College (and elsewhere nationally) in Mount Vernon. Geared specifically toward Type II