Annual Implementation Meeting. Once each year, the Implementing Entity shall meet with USFWS and CDFG to review and coordinate implementation of the HCP/NCCP. The Parties will review the Annual Report described in Section 11.4 above for the purposes of evaluating the implementation of the HCP/NCCP during the preceding year and the adequacy of the overall progress being made towards reaching the conservation goals of the HCP/NCCP, utilizing HabiTrak or a Geographic Information System-based system that is transferable to HabiTrak. Items to be considered in the evaluation include, but are not limited to, all contributions towards the assembly of the Preserve System, such as public lands, private mitigation lands, land donations, land acquisitions, and management activities undertaken or proposed on habitat lands. Habitat management activities undertaken or proposed will also be discussed. The Parties will also review all available reports and recommendations from Science Advisors, Land Management Agencies, the Independent Conservation Assessment Team, and others involved in preserve management and monitoring as described in Chapter 8.3.7 of the HCP/NCCP. If, based on this information, USFWS and CDFG determine that adequate progress towards implementation of the HCP/NCCP is not being achieved, CDFG and USFWS shall set forth their findings and the basis for such findings in writing; and the USFWS, the CDFG, and the Implementing Entity will take the actions specified in the HCP/NCCP and this Agreement to remedy that situation. If USFWS and CDFG determine that adequate progress towards implementation of the HCP/NCCP is being achieved, but that it is nevertheless not providing sufficient protection to the Covered Species, USFWS and CDFG shall set forth their findings and the basis for such findings in writing; and then the Parties shall work cooperatively and take appropriate actions consistent with the HCP/NCCP and this Agreement (such as altering management activities or redirecting mitigation and acquisition) in order to address the situation.
Annual Implementation Meeting. Once each year, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO shall meet with the USFWS and the CDFG to review and coordinate implementation of the Subarea Plan. The Parties will review the Annual Report described in Section 14.2 above for the purposes of evaluating the implementation of the MSCP during the preceding year and the adequacy of the overall progress being made towards reaching the conservation goals of the MSCP and the Subarea Plan, utilizing the Habitat Conservation Accounting Model attached as Exhibit F to this Agreement. Items to be considered in the evaluation include, but are not limited to, all contributions towards the preservation of habitat lands, such as public lands, private mitigation lands, land donations, land acquisitions, and management activities undertaken or proposed on habitat lands. No Participating Local Jurisdiction or Participating Special Entity will be subject to any annual, quantitative habitat preservation requirement, given the uncertainties created by natural economic and land development fluctuations. Habitat management issues will also be discussed. If the USFWS and the CDFG determine that adequate progress towards implementation of the Subarea Plan is not being achieved, the USFWS, the CDFG, and THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO will take the actions specified in the Subarea Plan and this Agreement to remedy that situation. If the USFWS and CDFG determine that adequate progress towards implementation of the Subarea Plan is being achieved, but is nevertheless not providing sufficient protection to Covered Species, then the Parties shall work cooperatively and take appropriate actions consistent with the MSCP and Subarea Plan (such as altering management activities or redirecting mitigation and acquisition) in order to address the situation.
