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TO: MATT GRUBER SUBJECT:AUGUSTIN BERNAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES ,SCOPEOF • ' TASK 9: AMM IMPLEMENTATION Task 9A: Project Initiation and Management A Dudek Senior Biologist will coordinate with the City and our subconsultant,Swaim Biological,to ensure our understanding of the project and the anticipated construction schedule and that AMMs are implemented as described in the project's Initial Study and Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration.This will include periodic meetings, email and telephone communications,and budget tracking. Task 9B: Botanical Survey As required by the Special-Status Plants AMM, a Dudek botanist will survey the project site(i.e.,construction footprint plus 10-foot buffer)for special-status plants and other native herbaceous plants(i.e., native bunchgrasses and wildflowers)to be marked as Environmentally Sensitive Areas(ESAs)during final field fitting of trail improvements and alignments.The survey will be conducted in March or April 2023 to capture the typical blooming periods for the four target species: bent-flowered fiddleneck(March to June), Hospital Canyon larkspur(April to June),fragrant fritillary(February to April), and Diablo helianthella (March to June).After the survey,the botanist will summarize the survey findings including spatial data for all plant occurrences and vegetation patches(i.e., polygon features in GIS or CAD compatible file)in a brief email report to the City. Dudek will also conduct periodic monitoring of the ESAs throughout construction,which is assumed to require approximately 6 weeks. If no ESAs are identified, monitoring would not be required. Task 9C: Nesting Bird Survey As required by the Nesting Birds AMM,a Dudek wildlife biologist will conduct a survey for nesting birds prior to any trail construction occurring during the bird nesting season (March 1 to August 31). The survey will be conducted no more than 7 days prior to the start of work and include all suitable nesting habitat(i.e.,trees, shrubs,ground surfaces,etc.) in the construction footprint as well as adjacent habitat in which nesting pairs could be disturbed(e.g.,visual scan of trees within 250 feet for nesting raptors). No further work would be required if no nests are found during the survey. If the biologist identifies an active nest sufficiently close to the work area to be disturbed by construction,they will prescribe an appropriately sized buffer around the nest(s) in which no work would occur until the young have fledged or the nest is no longer active,whichever occurs first.Active nest locations will be flagged in the field and GPS coordinates for each nest will be recorded using a GPS.The biologist will summarize the results of the survey(including informal map of active nests)and associated buffer zone(s) in a brief email report to the City. Should construction pause for 14 or more days,an additional nesting bird survey would be required. Dudek will provide a supplement scope of work and budget if this is necessary. Task 9D: Alameda Whipsnake Daily Construction Monitoring As required by the Alameda Whipsnake(AWS)AMM, Dudek's subconsultant Swaim Biological,a local biological consulting firm that has extensive experience surveying and monitoring for AWS,will conduct daily construction monitoring during ground-disturbance activities(which are assumed to require no more than 20 days)and implement the AWS AMM for this project.Although biologists conducting this work would have the necessary experience and permits to capture and handle any AWS found during construction,they would not be able to do so for this project since it would constitute take under FESA and CESA. In the likely scenario that `rr 1