2. Objectives <br /> No change. O~ ~ . ~ <br /> J Tasks and Actions: <br /> j A. Develop restoration and management plan for the river riparian area and adjacent <br /> upland prairie. <br /> City staff have moved forward with the development of this management plan over the <br /> last year. The focus on the plan to this point has been on the upland meadow area. Staff <br /> time spent developing this plan.was to comprise a substantial portion of the required <br /> _ _ _ . <br /> matching-funds:-Additional-work remains-on-the.upland.meadovv._restozatzon..plan,.and-------..__..__---_--.._._...._~___._.... <br /> there has been no work to date on the plan for the riparian area. The attached revised <br /> budget shows a decrease in staff hours. devoted to this component.. Even with this <br /> . decrease in matching funds, the required 25% is still exceeded. <br /> B. Implement riparian planting- "Phases 2 and 3 " <br /> Planting of phase 2 went forward in the spring of 2002. Phase 3, although proposed for <br /> .the spring of 2003 did not take place. The applicant seeks to go forward with Phase 3 <br /> and an additional Phase 4 with specified grant funding. The same funding amounts are <br /> requested for the same services to be applied to phases 3 and 4. " <br /> C. -Begin implementation of upland prairie restoration.plan. <br /> No _ change. No funding requested. ~ 6~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br /> D. Establish availability of desired native upland grasses and <br /> fortis. <br /> This task remains primarily unchanged. The oiie alteration is that J. Herbert Stone <br /> nursery will most likely not be the contractor to grow out the upland seeds. The City has <br /> entered into a contract with a local native plant nursery to perform similar services. It <br /> ` may prove most efficient to utilize this existing relationship for the work related to this <br /> grant. <br /> <br /> ~ - ~ E. Develop a system of interpretive signage to promote awareness of wildlife issues in <br /> the path <br /> " No Change. Signage is very much desired and needed in the park. <br /> 6. Schedule - <br /> Task ~ ~ Start Date Coiripletion Date" <br /> ODFW cement July 2003 Jul 2003 <br /> Landfill delineation work Au st 2003 November 2003 . <br /> Restoration & Mana ement Plan develo meat Au ust 2002 A ri12003 <br /> _ _ . _ -Pr~ie- ~ ' . ~ lementatiSir--_ Feb - _ 200 0' <br /> Ri orlon lant' -Phase 3 Jan ~ 2004 March 2004 <br /> orlon laming- Phase 4 January 2005 ~ March 2005 <br /> Seed rocurement ~ Feb' 2004 October 2005 <br /> Project monitoring March 2004 • October 2005 <br /> Project evaluation Se tember 2005 October 2005 <br /> Extended monitorin ~ October 2005 October 2015 <br /> dTe4»~n . 4 <br /> <br />