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In addition to the costs of constructing the project,the Maple-Steele District and Barnes have <br /> also determined that an annual levy for operation and maintenance of the Project will be necessary to <br /> fund proper operation and maintenance of the Project. For your information, under North Dakota <br /> law,annual maintenance levies may range anywhere from no maintenance assessment to$4.00 per <br /> acre,depending on maintenance needs;the Maple-Steele District and Barnes cannot assess more than <br /> $4.00 per acre for agricultural properties as a maintenance levy in any given year under current law. <br /> The parties cannot utilize maintenance levy dollars for any other project or purpose, and cannot <br /> collect more than the equivalent of six years of maximum levies without utilizing at least a portion of <br /> the funds for operation and maintenance purposes; in other words, the Boards will only assess <br /> maintenance levies based on need, and cannot simply assess maintenance levies continuously <br /> without using those dollars for operation and maintenance purposes. <br /> The estimated costs of the project are as follows: <br /> Total Construction $4,250,000.00 <br /> Previous Watershed Studies <br /> (Local Share) $21,700.00 <br /> Preliminary Site Development <br /> (Local Share) $71,350.00 <br /> Permitting(Local Share) $51,700.00 <br /> Project Development $40,000.00 <br /> Design& Construction Engineering $650,000.00 <br /> Contingencies $865,250.00 <br /> Legal&Administration $50,000.00 <br /> Right-of-Way $1,750,000.00 <br /> Right-of-Way Administration $50,000.00 <br /> Legal Descriptions&ROW <br /> Monumenting $50,000.00 <br /> Material Testing $100,000.00 <br /> Operations/Maintenance Plans& <br /> Misc. $40,000.00 <br /> Fiscal $10,000.00 <br /> Total Estimated Project Cost $8,000,000.00 <br /> Less Estimated ND SWC Funding $3,822,000.00 <br /> Less Estimated RRJWRD Funding $2,621,612.50 <br /> Estimated Project Cost to Assess $1,556,387.50 <br />