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c.Parking and Access <br />A 12 car gravel parking lot is planned with additional <br />overflow parking on a grass surface. <br />d.Obervation Focal Point <br />The northwest corner of the main barn should be utilized as <br />an area to observe wildlife and the lake beyond. Special <br />plantings should be planned near this area so as to attract <br />wildlife for viewing by Nature Area visitors. Much of the <br />remainder of the barn will be used as space to store <br />maintenance equipment and materials to carry out maintenance <br />functions. <br />2.Capital Funding for the Nature Area <br />Capital costs for this portion of the Park will be minimal. <br />Preliminary cost estimates are as follows: <br />0 12 car parking lot <br />0 Modifications to the barn <br />0 Trail development <br />0 Landscape plantings <br />TOTAL <br />$ 5,000 <br />15.000 <br />5,000 <br />25.000 <br />$50,000 <br />C.OPERATIONS PLAN <br />The Nature Area will be open the same hours as the Estate Garden. <br />Most visitors will use the area "on their own" without staff <br />assistance.Limited programming could include:guided wildflower <br />walks and early morning bird-watching.Staffing will consist of <br />maintenance and security personnel.Both will be done by personnel <br />hired for the Estate Garden portion of the site.