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Department/Division: Parks Improvement Program <br />Project/Initiative Title: Natural Resources Restoration Program <br />Total Estimated Cost: $40,000 <br />Funding Source: Park Improvement Fund (property taxes) <br />Annual Operating Budget Impact: N/A <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Project/Initiative Description: <br />Natural Resources Program Management & Restoration <br />This task involves an ecologist consultant and is planned to include management and coordination of <br />activities to conduct natural areas restoration work within parks as they transition out of the Park Renewal <br />Program and into normal parks maintenance efforts. Activities include coordination of on-the-ground <br />restoration activities; identification of grant funding sources and grant application development; responses <br />to residents when questions regarding Parks natural resources management arise; meetings with staff and <br />others as natural resources issues arise; as well as other similar tasks as needed/requested. <br />Volunteer Program Assistance <br />This task will involve an ecologist consultant to work with Parks & Recreation staff, City Volunteer <br />Coordinator and others to assist in coordination of volunteer events and support sustaining the volunteer <br />stewardship network developed during the Park Renewal Program effort. Examples of work will include <br />assisting Volunteer Coordinator and volunteer Sector/Constellation Leaders with identification of <br />volunteer event types/locations (e.g. regular (third Saturday) volunteer event planning), citizen-scientist <br />monitoring efforts (including gathering/analyzing data from resource monitoring such as frog/toad call <br />surveys, etc.), and similar related activities as needed/ requested. <br /> <br />Location: <br />Park and Recreation System. <br /> <br />Item 7: Attachment A <br />40