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. r ..... r.- 1 ;j 'It_' Economic and Financial Analyses Analysis of ownership of lands required for reservoir rights- of-way, comprising both fee title and flood easement lands, indicates that the Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department owns about 360 acres of land adjacent to Jackson Lake. Of this amount, 300 acres in separated tracts are contained in the Jackson Lake peripheral lands needed for recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement and 60 acres are situated below Jackson Lake Dam in the Narrows Reservoir flood pool area. The project cost estimate contains allowances for acquisition of these acreages. Should the Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department contribute these tracts of land, the cost sharing obligation would be credited with their value. . In addition to financing or repaying the separable capital costs, P.L. 89-72 provides that the operating agency bear responsibility for all annual OM&R expenses associated with the recreation and local fish and >'ildlife enhancement lands and facili ties. These reimbursable annual expenses are estimated to total $164,300 with complete developnent and consist of $119,100 for operation and maintenance and $45,200 for replacement of recreation facilities presumed to have a useful life of 25 years. Because of stage construction of recreation facilities over a 40-year period, the actual reimbursable annual OM&R is expected to increase from $73,500 initially to the ultimate amount of $164,300. It is presumed that the non-Federal operating entity (expected to be the Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department) also would operate and maintain the entire wildlife management area. Part of the annual expenses of that wildlife management area are assignable to national wildlife enhancement (nonreimbursable) and mitigation (joint costs allocable to all purposes). Appropriate annual credits equal to those incurred expenses would be made a part of the cost sharing agreement. Joint OM&R expenses allocated to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement totaling $12,600 are nonreimbursable. A summary of recreation and fish and wildlife OM&R expenses follows in table 33. Public Law 89-72 also provides that before authorization of a project, the non-Federal operating entity must indicate its intent in writing to agree to administer project land and water areas for recreation and/or fish-wildlife enhancement and to bear the reimbursable capital and operating costs. In the absence of a letter of intent, no facilities or project modifications specifically for recreation and/or local fish and wildlife enhancement will be provided unless they are minimum facilities required for the public health and safety and are located at accesS points provided by roads existing at the time of project construction or constructed for the administration and mar~gement of the project. . 101