Duties of Conservancy. The Conservancy shall provide Management Services to fully implement the Final HMMP and Final LTPMP for the Mitigation Site. These Management Services, of the Mitigation Site, are listed in Exhibits A and B and are generally described below:
(a) Short-Term Management of Mitigation Site (Initial Term)
1. Conservancy agrees to implement the Final HMMP for the Mitigation Site, which has been approved by the Resource Agencies and is included as Exhibit A, summarized as follows: • Conservancy shall create a 0.30 ac, 1,070-linear ft, off-site wetland mitigation area at Trabuco Creek to satisfy Regional Board mitigation requirements. • Conservancy shall facilitate the successful establishment, management, maintenance, monitoring and reporting of native habitat within the Mitigation Site consistent with the Final HMMP. • Conservancy shall eradicate targeted invasive riparian plant species, including the removal of giant xxxx (Arundo donax) and associated root balls, and install native riparian vegetation within a 14.17-acre United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) stream rehabilitation polygon as well as a 20.21-acre Regional Board/CDFW stream rehabilitation polygon. • Conservancy shall comply with Resource Agency mitigation requirements. • Conservancy shall install 307 western sycamore trees throughout the Trabuco Creek mitigation areas. • Conservancy shall eradicate invasive riparian plant species in areas directly upstream of and laterally adjacent to the mitigation areas noted above to prevent infestation of the specified mitigation polygons (including areas within existing utility easements and prior mitigation areas in the immediate project vicinity, as covered in the Final HMMP). • Conservancy shall meet or exceed all Performance Standards included in the approved Final HMMP.
2. Phasing of Initial Term
Duties of Conservancy. The Conservancy shall implement a habitat restoration plan (including mitigation and monitoring) consistent with the Permits and approved HMMP within the Agua Chinon Wash that will include approximately 12 acres of riparian restoration and enhancement, approximately 28 acres of additional low-intensity habitat enhancement and approximately 92 acres of targeted eradication of selected non-native invasive plants. Exact acreages will be determined following delineations and field surveys completed during the planning and pre-implementation phase of the project. These Management Services are listed in Exhibit A and are described below with anticipated annual phasing:
