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Exclusions Permitting or mitigation planning services. We have assumed that the higher water surface elevation and increased hydroperiod in the Mission Creek basin will not interfere with acceptability of the Mission Creek site relative to performance criteria. Mitigation monitoring services beyond those described herein. Additional coordination with the Landscape Contractor beyond the annual monitoring budgets presented herein. We have assumed that the Contractor will diligently maintain the mitigation site, conduct weeding and keep the irrigation system in good order, and that extensive replanting will not be needed. Botanical, wildlife or wetland surveys beyond those described herein. Extended monitoring beyond year 5. Balance Hydrologics will conduct hydrologic monitoring and reporting as a subconsultant to Mosaic Associates. We have not applied a mark -up on their fees, but have budgeted time to coordinate with them on product development and delivery. Hourly rates remain the same for all staff during the period covered by this proposal. Our proposed budget is attached in Tables 1 and 2. Table 3 includes Balance's monitoring equipment rental costs, which have been discounted due to the extended period of monitoring. While we have reduced the number of site visits for hydrologic monitoring and have trimmed the number of hours for biological monitoring and coordination, both the budget and scope of services for monitoring and reporting services is greater than what was presented as an option in my November 15, 2007 proposal. The cost of service has gone up for the following reasons: The most significant factor accounting for the increase in the cost of monitoring and reporting in years 2 -5 is that the monitoring and reporting budget I prepared in November 2007 was prepared before the mitigation monitoring reports for both sites had been prepared. The proposed budget was based on very preliminary conceptual mitigation plans for both sites, but the November 2007 proposal included preparation of the complete mitigation plans, so we could only provide an estimate. The time required for data analysis has increased. This is due in part to the changed location of the gaging station and changes in bed conditions upstream from the diversion structure as well as the amount of vegetation data collected at both sites. We underestimated the amount of time required to collect and process the data in our 2007 proposal. After the first year of monitoring, we have a better sense of the amount of time required for data collection and analysis. We under- budgeted the amount of time for the wetland delineation, which will be performed at the Mission Creek site in 2013. Although Task 16 of the 2007 scope included site visits with agency staff to sign off the mitigation as complete, we did not budget time for those site visits. We anticipate a continued need for team coordination in years 2 -5. The budget for project administration and team coordination (Task 12) in the November 2007 proposal did not cover years 2 -5. City of Pleasanton/proposal years 2 -5(3) 2