Biological Construction Monitoring. Based on a search of the CNDDB and a review of the Biological Resources Memorandum prepared by Redtail Consulting in March 2017, it is anticipated that two federally listed species, central California coast steelhead and California red-legged frog, may be impacted by the project. Western pond turtle, a California Species of Special Concern, may also occur in Stevens Creek. As a result, the project permits may require daily biological monitoring during construction to ensure that the project will not result in harm to these species. In addition, surveys for nesting birds (if construction occurs in the nesting season, which is generally from February 1 through September 15) will need to be conducted to comply with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and California Fish and Game Code, and surveys for bat roosts will need to be conducted to comply with the California Fish and Game Code.
Biological Construction Monitoring. Design Professional will provide construction monitoring to ensure that activities occur within the approved project limits. The monitoring biologist will work under an identified Qualified Biologist (as required in the permit condition). Included in this construction monitoring are the following tasks to be carried out: • Provide a letter to the City verifying that a Qualified Biologist has been retained to monitor construction. The letter will include the pre-construction information requested by the City in the permit conditions, including the 11x17 Biological Construction Mitigation/Monitoring Exhibit (BMCE). • Attend the pre-construction meeting and conduct an on-site education session regarding the need to avoid impacts to sensitive areas. • Supervise the placement of orange construction fencing or equivalent along the approved limits of disturbance adjacent to sensitive biological habitats; • Verify compliance with any other project conditions as shown on the BMCE (i.e., flagging plant specimens and delimiting buffers to protect sensitive biological resources); • Help ensure that construction activities, access, and staging areas are restricted to the approved development area; • Monitor construction activities (as needed) to help ensure that construction does not encroach into biologically sensitive areas beyond the approved limits of disturbance, or cause other similar damage, and that the work plan has been amended to accommodate any sensitive species located during the pre- construction surveys; • Verify that the area outside the established limits of disturbance remains free of trash, parking, or other construction-related activities; • Document field activity via the Consultant Site Visit Record (CSVR); and • Provide a Final Monitoring Report documenting compliance with permit conditions within 30 days of construction completion. Design Professional has assumed with a total of 18 site visits (108 monitoring hours total) for a pre-construction meeting and ongoing biological construction monitoring for the 60- day construction period. After the pre-construction meeting and fence installation, visits will be conducted twice a week for the duration of construction (up to twelve weeks). 285 CHANGE ORDER SUPPORT SERVICES 285.10 Technical Support of Change Order Preparation Assist the City's and Caltrans’ Construction Engineering staff in preparation of contract change orders. Prepare supporting documentation to complete the change order to include a...
