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agency duties.
1.The department of natural resources has the following duties in undertaking programs
to meet the objectives stated in section 465A.1.
a.Prepare and conduct new education and awareness programs designed to create
greater public understanding of the needs, issues, and opportunities for protecting the
state’s significant open spaces. The department shall incorporate the recommendations of
other state agencies and private sector organizations which have interests in open space
protection. The department may enter into contracts with other agencies and the private
sector for preparing and conducting these programs.
b.Prepare a statewide, long-range plan for the acquisition and protection of significant
open space lands throughout the state as identified in section 465A.1. Th
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agency duties.
1. The department of natural resources has the following duties in undertaking programs
to meet the objectives stated in section 465A.1.
a. Prepare and conduct new education and awareness programs designed to create
greater public understanding of the needs, issues, and opportunities for protecting the
state’s significant open spaces. The department shall incorporate the recommendations of
other state agencies and private sector organizations which have interests in open space
protection. The department may enter into contracts with other agencies and the private
sector for preparing and conducting these programs.
b. Prepare a statewide, long-range plan for the acquisition and protection of significant
open space lands throughout the state as identified in section 465A.1. The department
of transportation, the economic development authority, private organizations, county
conservation boards, city park and recreation departments, and the federal agencies with
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lands in the state shall be directly involved in preparing the plan. The plan shall include, but
is not limited to, the following elements:
(1) Specific acquisition and protection needs and priorities for open space areas based on
the following sequence of priorities:
(a) National.
(b) Regional.
(c) Statewide.
(d) Local.
(2) Identification of open space acquisition and protection techniques available or needed
to carry out the plan.
(3) Additional education and awareness programs which are needed to encourage the
acquisition and protection of areas identified in the plan.
(4) Management needs including maintenance, rehabilitation, and improvements.
(5) Funding levels needed to accomplish the statewide open space programs.
(6) Recommendations as to how federal programs can be modified or developed to assist
the state’s open space programs.
c. Acquireandprotectopenspacepropertiesasidentifiedbypriorityintheplanasfunding
is made available for this purpose. In acquiring and protecting open space, the department
shall:
(1) Acceptapplicationsforfundingassistancefromfederalagencies, otherstateagencies,
regional organizations, county conservation boards, city park and recreation agencies, and
private organizations with an interest in open spaces.
(2) Obtain the maximum efficiency of funds appropriated for this program through the
use of acquisition and protection techniques that provide the degree of protection required
at the lowest cost.
(3) Encourage the provision of supporting or matching funds; however, the absence of
these funds shall not prevent the approval of those projects of clear national importance.
2. The department may enter into contracts with private consultants for preparing all or
part of the plan required under subsection 1, paragraph “b”. The plan shall be submitted to
the general assembly by July 1, 1988. Prior to submission of the plan to the general assembly,
the department shall request comments on the proposed plan from state and federal agencies
and private organizations with interests in open space protection. The comments shall be
submitted to the general assembly.
3. The department may initiate pilot acquisition and protection projects prior to
completion of the open space plan if the pilot projects have high national significance as
identified in section 1, subsection 2.