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TABLE 1. MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM i Implementation Monitoring Monitoring and ' Monitoring Verification of Mitigation Measures Procedures • . Responsibility Reporting Action Schedule . ' Compliance Mitigation Measure 4.3-4: The implementation of the The project Community Review and Prior to issuance Verified by: following measures would ensure that raptors(hawks applicant shall hire a Development approve of grading or and owls)and other migratory birds are not disturbed qualified Department; qualified building permit, during the breeding season and that burrowing owls and ornithologist and the Planning Division ornithologist. whichever is occupied habitat are not taken at any time of year: project applicant's sooner. a. A qualified ornithologist shall conduct a pre- contractor(s)shall Review pre- Date: construction survey for nesting raptors(including engage the qualified construction Field inspections both tree and ground nesting raptors) and other ornithologist to survey reports. prior to and during migratory birds on-site within two weeks of the onset conduct pre- If active nests or construction. No of site disturbance(e.g. demolition,vegetation construction surveys suitable burrowing more than 14 removal and earthwork), if ground disturbance is to as described. owl habitat are days before start occur during the breeding season(February 1 to found, review and or restart of August 31). These surveys shall be based on the The project approve the construction accepted protocols for the target species.These applicant shall construction plan during the months surveys shall explicitly consider the burrowing owl as prepare construction that includes of February to a potential target species and pre-construction efforts plans avoidance of owl, August. shall be conducted according to the most recent that incorporate the nesting raptors, Confirm buffer protocol. If a nesting raptor or active nest of another recommendations of and other migratory zones if active migratory bird were to be detected, an appropriate no the pre- birds. burrows are disturbance buffer would be established in construction Inspect found. consultation with CDFW. In general, no-disturbance surveys. If required, construction site to buffers around active nests of raptors are 250-300 avoidance confirm feet,while the buffers around the nests of passerines procedures will be implementation of (perching) are 50 feet. The actual size of buffer would implemented. protection depend on species,topography,and type of measures. construction activity that would occur in the vicinity of the nest.The location of no-disturbance buffers would be marked in the field and communicated to the construction team during the preconstruction environmental training meeting described above in Mitigation Measure 4.3-2b. b.A qualified ornithologist shall conduct pre- construction surveys for burrowing owls during the non-breeding season. Pre-construction surveys during the non-breeding season are not necessary for tree nesting raptors, as they are expected to abandon their roosts during construction. If pre- construction surveys (conducted either during the breeding or non-breeding season)determine that burrowing owls occupy the site, mitigation consistent with the Staff Report on Burrowing Owl Mitigation (CDFG, 2012)would be implemented. Mitigation measures may include take avoidance, site surveillance, minimizing impacts through the use of no disturbance buffers, burrow exclusion and closure 5 1_,A/I JCNMhh Pr ith one-way doors)and JUNE 2015 compensation`fo`r e loss of occupied habitat. These measures may be necessary to ensure that owls are not harmed or iniured during construction.and that