Specifications include, but are not limited to: Skagit County Public Works is seeking a contractor to survey and map invasive aquatic plants such as Eurasian watermilfoil and curly leaf pondweed and control noxious waterlilies in 2024. In 2022 and 2023, surveys identified milfoil (Image 3). The noxious fragrant white waterlilies will be targeted for control with a combination of both herbicides and manual/mechanical harvesting. The lilies will primarily be controlled with herbicides along residential shorelines, docks, and other problem areas where they impair beneficial uses of the lake. The undeveloped areas will not be targeted. However, no herbicides will be sprayed within 1/4 mile of the potable water intake. Only manual /mechanical harvesting of lilies would occur within the 1/4 mile no spray zone. The lilies will be harvested and removed for a minimum of one (1) cut depending on costs and if its within budget. There should be a least four (4) weeks in between each cut. The contractor will also be responsible for the proper disposal of the lilies, away from the lake shoreline, which the McHaven Resort community can assist with. Skagit County staff and the McHaven Resort must be contacted at least three (3) days prior to aquatic plant control operations to allow for enough time to shut off the water intake pump, move boats, and make other arrangements for their lake communities. The contractor will produce a detailed annual aquatic plant control project report, attend at least one (1) LMD2 Advisory Committee meeting, and maintain active communications with Skagit County staff, the Lake Management District Advisory Committee, and shoreline residents.