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D. Development of Conceptual Plan: The County will develop a conceptual habitat enhancement plan for use in regulatory and stakeholder engagement meetings. This plan will present a formative strategy for the eventual development of the engineered plan, and will be used to solicit input from various entities so that the County can maximize the ecological, recreational, and educational benefits of the project. The conceptual plan will also be useful in evaluating permitting criteria, construction techniques and associated costs, potential monitoring and maintenance costs and logistics, and compatibility with other long-range IRL planning efforts. E. Regulatory Engagement: It is critical to the successful implementation of the project that the final plan receives all required permits for construction in a timely manner. The County will develop a schedule for meeting with regulatory entities who will be involved in project approvals to streamline the eventual permitting process. This engagement will allow the County to incorporate any information provided by these entities into project planning and will allow the County to prepare permitting packages that contain all required information for efficient processing. Regulatory engagement will be a key component of project success from the perspective .of maximizing the potential ecological value of the LTICA. The County will reach out to experts at the various local, State and federal agencies to solicit input for project planning and design for issues such as water quality, habitat and biodiversity, and sustainability and resiliency. F. Stakeholder/Public Engagement: It is the County's practice to establish a robust public engagement process for large-scale projects such as the LTICA ecological enhancement plan. The Coordination with the general public and special interest groups will occur throughout the project design and engineering process. A schedule of meetings will be established so that the County is receiving input as the design progresses. The engagement of the public into the project serves many beneficial functions: (1) general awareness of the impending project; (2) provides a mechanism for input into the design process; (3) allows the County to disseminate accurate and timely information and directly respond to questions; (4) promotes awareness of issues involving the IRL and allows the County to communicate the scope of on-going efforts for improvement; and (5) encourages active participation in efforts to improve conditions in the IRL. G. Design & Engineering: The design and engineering of the project will be guided by the project objectives listed in Section II. Major elements of the design will include: a) Mobilization/demobilization, clean-up and staging b) Exotic species removal (phasing, methods and disposal) c) Construction phasing plan d) Site layout and grading plan (including soil balance assessment) e) Hydrologic analyses f) Erosion control g) Planting plan h) Recreational elements (trails, boardwalks, etc.) i) Notes and specifications H. Monitoring and Adaptive Maintenance: As part of the permitting process it is anticipated that a monitoring and maintenance plan will be required. Carefully planned monitoring plans are key to the successful establishment and long-term viability of created and enhanced communities. Monitoring data will facilitate implementation of corrective measures such as exotics species control, possible re -planting areas, erosion control; provide insight into the effectiveness of water flows and levels based on species composition, substrate conditions and 38