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APPENDIX A SCOPE OF WORK Natural Yard Care: Enhanced Outreach and Evaluation Program The purpose of this Scope of Work is to partner with the City of Everett to conduct a Natural Yard program that implements the recommended enhancements from the 2014-2015 Effectiveness Assessment(the"Enhanced Education Program"),evaluates the enhancements and measures their ability to effect behavior change over the medium term. The Enhanced Education Program will include both classroom workshops and an outdoor demonstration event. Program enhancements recommended in the 2014-2015 Effectiveness Assessment are designed to provide hands-on,interactive learning to help increase participants' ability and confidence to apply information that they learn. These include: • Hands-on, visual and interactive activities and displays. These will intend to engage participants through applied and visual learning. The activity and/or display will focus on a key desirable best practice related to each of the evening's topics covered during three evening series. The best practices will focus on a simple-to-implement and inexpensive practice proven to benefit garden health, lower maintenance, and protect water quality. • Yard care outdoor demonstration event intended to promote adoption of best practices by providing hands-on learning in an outdoor environment. The target audience for this program is the same as that of the 2014-2015 program: residents of single-family parcels less than an acre in size.The total of the City's portion of invited households to the workshop series will be at least 647. At least these same 647 households will be invited to the outdoor demonstration event. Building on the 2014-2015 Effectiveness Assessment which showed statistically high adoption of best practices over the medium-term, the 2019 evaluation will focus on evaluating the effectiveness of new elements (enhancements) and on measuring the ability of the program enhancements to effect behavior change over the medium term, approximately 6- to 12-months following the program. Task 1 —Series of Interactive Classroom Workshops Objective: The County will provide project coordination to ensure effective communication and logistical planning with all interested parties including the City, all participating cities, WSU Snohomish County Extension Master Gardeners, workshop presenters, venues, and evaluation consultants. Two series of interactive classroom workshops will be held: between early April and late May, 2019. Each series will include topical workshops over three evenings. 647 Everett households will be invited to the one series scheduled to take place at a venue in or near southeast Everett. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND pg.8 CITY OF EVERETT FOR NATURAL YARD CARE