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10 <br />When all phases of this Plan have been implemented to the satisfaction of the Oversight <br />Committee, NPPD will in coordination with the Oversight Committee, develop a public <br />use policy for the_Properly. This policy will address all public access to the Property. <br />The public use policy will be consistent with the sales contract signed? when NPPD <br />acquired the Property, unless mandated by the FERC or other state or federal agency. <br />Until a public use policy is developed, all access -to the Property for outdoors <br />recreational purposes will be managed by NPPD. All recreational access to the Property <br />will be controlled by NPPD to avoid adverse impacts to threatened and endangered <br />species and other protected wildlife. <br />4.0 Development and Enhancement Phases <br />This section prioritizes developments and enhancements and provides an estimated cost. <br />Cost may vary dependent on contractor costs, changes in management methods or <br />reprioritization of developments and enhancements. Money allocated per phase but not <br />spent will be carried over to- all subsequent phases until completion of the Plan or <br />expenditure of the entire $1.3 million (1997 dollars). Based on the best available <br />information completion of this Plan is estimated to cost $1.3 to $1.48 million. This cost <br />includes $50,000 for survey and engineering work necessary to design development and <br />enhancement methodologies or alleviate concerns of adjacent landowners. This can include: <br />cultural resource surveys, land surveys, groundwater surveys and wells and any other survey <br />work needed and agreed to by the Oversight Committee. Any of the survey money not <br />spent on survey work will be carried over into the development and enhancement phases of <br />the Plan. Included in the cost of each phase is a charge of 3 percent for administration and <br />general charges and an interest during construction charge of 5.1 percent, which are standard <br />business charges of NPPD to carry out this Plan. Each phase of the Plan also includes a <br />$3,000 labor expense for NPPD to oversee the development and enhancement measures on <br />the Property. " - <br />All tree clearing costs are estimated to be $900 per acre except in phase 6 where cost were <br />estimated to be $700 per acre. Cost associated with tree clearing will include complete <br />removal of all woody vegetation. Cost associated with planting of native grassland species <br />is estimated to be $300 dollars per acre and will include seed cost, labor and control of <br />invasive weeds until such time as the desired vegetative composition is achieved or the <br />Oversight Committee determines weed control is no longer needed. Costs for development <br />and enhancement of sloughs and backwaters are estimated to be $20,000 per mile including <br />excavation and placement of material. Channel developments and enhancement costs are <br />estimated to be $100,000 _per mile. Cost for removal of silt and sediment from existing <br />nonriverine wetlands are estimated to be $100,400. Cost estimates were developed in <br />consultation with the FWS and NGPC and are based on past habitat restoration work <br />completed on the Platte River. All costs are based on best estimates and are subject to <br />change thereby influencing the overall cost of this Plan. <br />If the minimal cost associated with each phase can be achieved, NPPD believes it will be <br />able to complete in entirety this Plan under the $1.3 million (1997 dollars) cost cap. If it is