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1 . 07 Legal and Related Acquisition and Transfer Support. Throughout the process of pre-acquisition, negotiation, contracting and closing, TCF will coordinate with and assist the Program staff and County legal staff as necessary to bring transactions to a successful conclusion. TCF will prepare option and purchase agreements in the course of nego iation, and will prepare other documents relating to the transaction at the request of County legal staff. County legal staff will have the responsibility of reviewing each option or purchase agreement for compliance with law, County requirements , form and legality. County legal staf F will also have closing responsibility; however, TCF will assist in these matters in all appropri ite ways at the request of the County. TCF will provide coordination services for any transaction as to which property is to be ultimately assigned or transferred to a water management di trict or state agency. 1 . 08 Alternative Funding Sources . TCF will provide specific technical and other assistance to the County in obtaining and keeping matching or alternative sources o federal, state, water management district, regional, local government, or private funding for ine acquisition of environmental lands within the County. The County acknowledges and agrees that acquisition under any alternative funding program may require compliance with other specific non-County policies, rules , laws or procedures, and that the county will cooperate as much as possible under County rule and law to meet those other requirements . In the event alternative or matching funding is to be sought, Program staff will in each instance take the lead in applying for such funding, and TCF will provide all reasonable assistance and cooperation in that effort . 1 . 09 Communications . TCF and its Subcontractors will assist the County ' n coordinating and focusing on appropriate communications with media, County Commissioners , County staff, environmental and other community organizations, landowners and other government agencies . TCF and the Subcontractors will be available to speak at public meetings and functions, arrange media events , draft press releases, and provide other needed communications services . It is expressly agreed that any such communication is su ject to the prior approval by the County' s Authorized Representative . 1 . 10 Stewardship . TCF and its Subcontractors will develop conceptual stewardship/management plans for properties acquired or proposed for acquisition. These plans shall include such topics as management cost estimates, fire management procedure , exotic species control, restoration, monitoring, research, endangered species management, volunteer program development, and procurement of outside funding for environmental lands ' management. These conceptual plans shall also include recommendations for public access/passive recreation improvements compatible with site natural resources ; initi14l development cost and annual maintenance cost estimates for such improvements ; and funding source recommendations for such costs . Such services will be provided on an "as-n:eeded, " task order basis, and will be compensated as set forth in section 3 . 03 . Any additional stewardship work will be accompanied by a description of the services needed, in a form sufficignt to permit TCF and its Subcontractors to fully cost such services and provide the County with 1 detailed commitment as to performance of those services at the cost described in the response, Within 40 days after receipt of the task order response for such additional services, the County) will either accept or reject the cost estimate . If the County rejects the cost estimate, and TCF, the 4