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(c) For all restorations., a recipient must prepare and retain an ecological restoration and management plan that, to the degree practicable, is consistent with current conservation science and ecological goals for the restoration site. Consideration should be given to soil, geology,topography, and other relevant factors that would provide the best chance for long-term success and durability of the restoration projects. The plan must include the proposed timetable for implementing the restoration, including, but not limited to, site preparation, establishment of diverse plant species, maintenance, and additional enhancement to establish the restoration; identify long-term maintenance and management needs of the restoration and how the maintenance, management, and enhancement will be financed; and use current conservation science to achieve the best restoration. (d) For new lands acquired, a recipient must prepare a restoration and management plan in compliance with paragraph(c), including identification of sufficient funding for implementation. (e) To ensure public accountability for the use of public funds, a recipient must provide to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council documentation of the process used to select parcels acquired in fee or as permanent conservation easements and must provide the council with documentation of all related transaction costs, including, but not limited to, appraisals, legal fees, recording fees, commissions, other similar costs, and donations. This information must be provided for all parties involved in the transaction. The recipient must also report to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council any difference between the acquisition amount paid to the seller and the state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal, if a state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal was conducted. Acquisition data such as appraisals may remain private during negotiations but must ultimately be made public according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13. (f) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all restoration and enhancement projects funded with money appropriated under this section must be on land permanently protected by a conservation easement or public ownership or in public waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. (g) To the extent an appropriation is used to acquire an interest in real property, a recipient of an appropriation under this section must provide to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and the commissioner of management and budget an analysis of increased operations and maintenance costs likely to be incurred by public entities as a result of the acquisition and of how these costs are to be paid. (h) A recipient of money from an appropriation under this section must give consideration to and make timely written contact with Conservation Corps Minnesota for possible use of the corps' services to contract for restoration and enhancement services. A copy of the written contact must be filed with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council within 15 days of execution. (i) A recipient of money under this section must erect signage according to Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10. Subd. 10.Payment Conditions and Capital E ui ment Expenditures All agreements, grants, or contracts referred to in this section must be administered on a reimbursement basis unless otherwise provided in this section.Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, expenditures directly related to each appropriation's purpose made on or after July 1, 2011, are eligible for reimbursement unless otherwise provided in this section. Periodic reimbursement must be made upon receiving documentation that the deliverable items articulated in the approved accomplishment plan have been achieved, including partial r Attachment F: 2