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EXHIBIT A Scope of Consultant's Services Consultant shall evaluate sixteen(16) City stream sections and eight (8) stormwater detention ponds, as summarized in this Exhibit, to support City effort to obtain regulatory permits for performing routine maintenance activities ("Project"). City's planned maintenance activities include periodically removing debris, sediment, and/or vegetation to maintain the water bodies' flood control and stormwater treatment capacities. Such activities may occasionally require the use of power equipment and machinery on stream banks and disturbance of streambeds. Consultant shall perform the following tasks: 1. Biological Resources Assessment—Perform a biological resources assessment(BRA)to support regulatory permit applications and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation for the Project. The BRA will be completed at a level of detail and of sufficient quality to enable the preparation of the Biological Resources section of the Initial Study (IS)/Mitigated Negative Declaration(MND) and City's subsequent effort to acquire required regulatory permits to perform the planned routine maintenance activities. A BRA report containing maps and findings from literature search and site visits and, as appropriate, recommended mitigation measures shall be prepared. 2. Jurisdictional Water Delineation—Conduct site visits to assess and document the presence of wetlands, the jurisdictional boundaries of stream segments, and other aquatic resources potentially subject to state and/or federal jurisdiction. Perform soil sampling/inspections as appropriate. Prepare a report, complete with mapping exhibits, to describe the methods and results of the fieldwork, as well as the associated regulatory context. 3. Cultural Resources Analysis—Prepare a cultural resources analysis for sites not overlaid by concrete(approximately 12 sites) and other sites where a cultural resources analysis is deemed necessary, based on additional considerations and with City staff approval. The cultural resources analysis, culminating in a Cultural Resources Report, shall be sufficient to satisfy state and federal requirements defined in CEQA and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and shall include, at a minimum: (1) records research; (2)Native American consultation; (3) field surveys, and (4) preparation of a Historic Properties Survey Report and Finding of Effect document. (AB 52 consultation between City and Native American tribes is the responsibility of City.) 4. Environmental Review—Conduct a CEQA-compliant environmental review. Assume the preparation of an Initial Study, culminating in a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Work includes, at a minimum: (1)meeting(s) with City staff; (2) review of relevant documents; (3)preparation of an Administrative Draft IS; (4)preparation of a Draft IS/MND; (5)publication of the Draft IS/MND, including the preparation of hard copies and web-based documents and the preparation and circulation of a Notice of Intent; and (6)preparation of the Final IS/MND and response to comments, as well as a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and the preparation and filing of a Notice of Determination. Wage