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63 <br />Avoidance. In consultation with a botanist or plant ecologist, and to the maximum extent <br />feasible, the project will be designed to avoid substantial direct and indirect impacts (e.g. the <br />establishment of an appropriate sized buffer) to these species. <br />Compensation. If the project cannot be designed to avoid significant impacts to special status <br />plant populations, then the following compensatory measures will be implemented. <br />Onsite Preservation. The onsite proposed open space area should be surveyed during the <br />appropriate blooming season to determine whether populations of the species being significantly <br />impacted by the project are also present within areas that will be preserved. If populations of the <br />species are present on the preservation area, it should be determined by a qualified botanist or <br />plant ecologist whether these populations to be preserved would adequately compensate, or <br />partially compensate, for lost populations on the project site. If it is determined that preserved <br />populations would completely compensate for impacted populations, then no further <br />compensation would be required. However, if it is determined that populations of the impacted <br />species are absent from the site, or that they are present but their preservation would only <br />partially mitigate for lost populations, then additional mitigation measures described below will <br />be implemented.. <br />Development of a Site Restoration Plan. If the project cannot be designed to avoid significant <br />impacts to special status plants (as discussed above) and the preservation area does not support <br />adequate populations of the impacted species to compensate for project impacts, then a Site <br />Restoration Plan must be developed for the significantly impacted species by a qualified botanist <br />or plant ecologist and approved by the City prior to the start of project development. The <br />objective of this mitigation measure would be to replace the special status plants and habitat lost <br />during project implementation. The proposed restoration program should be monitored for a <br />period of five years from the date of site grading. The restoration plan should contain at a <br />minimum the following: <br /> Identification of appropriate locations on the conservation area as determined by the <br />botanist or plant ecologist (i.e., areas with suitable soils, aspect, hydrology, etc.) to <br />restore lost plant populations.