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on natural resources management as opposed to ACD programs, services <br />and operations. <br />Paid Leave - Regular full-time and part-time staff earn up to twelve paid <br />holidays as well as eighteen to thirty-four days of flexible time off per year. <br />Use of comprehensive time earned and extended medical benefits leave <br />occurs to a lesser extent. <br />Landlord - In 2011 ACD purchased its office headquarters, which has six <br />rentable suites, one of which is occupied by ACD staff. All direct expenses <br />and staff time associated with ACD's role as landlord is tracked separately <br />from conservation oriented activities. Rental revenues are sufficient to <br />cover all expenses. <br />MONITORING <br />In order to focus limited financial and technical resources it is important to <br />monitor resource quality, quantity, and biology regularly. ACD's extensive <br />water quality and hydrology monitoring program, coupled with inventories <br />and diagnostic studies, ensures <br />that efforts are focused where <br />they will provide the most <br />benefit. <br />Routine Monitoring - Site <br />selection is completed in the <br />early months of each year in <br />collaboration with funding <br />partners. The adjacent table <br />shows the number of each type <br />Resource <br />Quantity <br />0 <br />8 <br />o0 <br />• Lakes <br />2 <br />25 <br />• Streams <br />19 <br />12 <br />3 <br />• Wetlands <br />20 <br />• Rain Gardens <br />1 <br />• Groundwater <br />24 <br />• Precipitation <br />13 <br />of monitoring site in 2020, which <br />includes the addition of three electronic rain gauges. <br />Rain Garden Efficacy Testing — To determine the <br />effectiveness of curb cut rain gardens over time and in <br />different landscapes, ACD has initiated an effort to monitor <br />hydrology and conduct rudimentary debris analysis. This will be continued <br />for several years. <br />INVENTORY <br />Resource inventories are just as important as monitoring. Inventories <br />provide geospatial resource information essential to the development of <br />32 <br />