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__ PERFORMANCE ISSUES SRI developed its superior post-disaster debris management and monitoring capabilities by managing and monitoring the removal, reduction and disposal of more than $150 million of eligible disaster related debris in Florida over the last six years. Our experienced staff has written, reviewed, entered and/or approved more than 400,000 load tickets. SRI has provided all our clients with excellent service by utilizing our own highly trained and experienced staff, not over-committing our resources and delivering the highest levels of customer servIce. All of the debris removal and monitoring costs that have been submitted by SRI clients for reimbursement from FEMA have been obligated and the vast majority of the projects are currently in the final closeout proc- ess. Until the closeout process is completed and the final closeout versions of the Project Worksheets are for- mulated, reviewed, accepted and paid by FEMA; it is not possible to prepare a complete tabular summary il- lustrating requested funds as compared to reimbursements received by SRI clients. As all of the original ver- sions of the Project Worksheets were formulated based on estimates made the the FEMA Project Officer, the final reimbursement amounts reflect only the under-runs experienced and not a de-obligation of funds. The following table identifies debris removal and monitoring projects accomplished by Solid Resources, Inc. that have been finalized by FEMA and the State of Florida: Storm Client PWNo. Obligated Paid Amount Percentage Amount Success Charley City of Daytona Beach 248 $537,114.62 $471,490.10 87.8% Charley City of Daytona Beach 776 $76,827.50 $76,827.50 100.0% Charley City of Daytona Beach 5868 $893,093.30 $667,426.90 74.7% Charley City of Daytona Beach 6535 $82,278.59 $82,278.59 100.0% Charley Hillsborough County 5564 $217,569.02 $217,569.02 100.0% Charley Charlotte County 2321 $127,385.79 $127,385.79 100.0% Charley Charlotte County 2265 $121,514.64 $121,514.64 100.0% TOTAL $2,055,783.46 $1,764,492.54 85.8% Another example of the degree of success in obtaining complete reimbursements that has been achieved by Solid Resources, Inc. can be illustrated by an audit that was undertaken by FEMA in Collier County following Hurricane Wilma. SRI provided all needed debris removal monitoring personnel and was the only debris man- agement and monitoring firm used by Collier County. At the height of operations, approximately 600 debris clearance personnel and 271 trucks provided debris collection. A total of 172 SRI personnel provided the county's monitoring, data management and FEMA-compliance services. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of over $37 million dollars of Hurricane Wilma debris removal and monitoring projects undertaken by Collier County. In a report to the Director of the Florida Long Term Recovery Office in April 2006, the Acting Audit Director for FEMA Region IV stated that "the county had an effective system for accounting for disaster-related costs...... .and had adequate monitoring pro- cedures for reviewing and approving debris removal activities and billings of the contractor." This project has been deemed a "model" debris management project by FEMA and Florida Division of Emergency Manage- ment officials. SOLI D Q RESOURCES r.."'''laO''iI!i.n:r.,.,Al.& L.'\I.R(~ENC'Y ~I:.K\~ 10