Scope of Work Section 8.0

7.0 - Early Action Projects and Activities

The Watershed Management Act encourages the Planning Unit to identify projects and activities that are likely to serve both short-term and long-term management goals and that warrant immediate financial assistance from the state, federal, or local government. If there are multiple projects, the Planning Unit shall give consideration to ranking projects that have the greatest benefit and schedule those projects that should be implemented first (1).

Steps and Criteria:

Determine scope of problem: location(s), affected parties, impacts;
Determine what, if anything, is being done to address the problem already, who is doing it, and evaluate effectiveness;
If there are multiple projects, rank projects that have the greatest benefit and schedule those projects first;
If existing action is working, Planning Unit simply issues recommendation of support;
If existing process isn't working, or nothing is being done, explore means to get it done;
Evaluate alternatives based upon criteria in Section 2.2 above;
Chart location(s), details of actions taken, and;
Monitor results.

Implementation Strategy/Status

To be determined.

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