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Docusign Envelope ID: 3D940908-FK64E95-8861-1 EA134A568D0 <br />disturbance during construction; (2) effective avoidance and minimization <br />measures to protect special -status bats; (3) and compensatory mitigation for <br />permanent impacts to special -status bats or their nesting/roosting habitat. If <br />structures, trees, or other refugia equivalents are slated for limbing, removal, or <br />modification, the Bat Mitigation and Monitoring Plan shall include the following <br />measures: <br />To ensure that special -status bats have left potential roosting refugia, work shall <br />occur over the course of two days. On the first day, smaller limbs or items from the <br />identified trees or structures shall be brushed back or modified in the late <br />afternoon. This disturbance should cause any potential roosting bats to seek other <br />roosts during their nighttime foraging. The remainder of the refugia item can then <br />be further limbed or removed as needed on the second day as late in the <br />afternoon as feasible. If bats are found injured, or if bat mortality occurs during the <br />course of tree work, a qualified biologist shall record the species impacted, and <br />the number of individuals documented. <br />• Tree limbing, modification, removal, or work on structural refugia shall not be <br />performed under any of the following conditions: during any precipitation events, <br />when ambient temperatures are below 4.5 degrees Celsius, when windspeeds <br />exceed 11 miles per hour, and/or any other condition which may lead to bats <br />seeking refuge. <br />If special -status bats are found utilizing a tree, structure, or equivalent for roosting, <br />the Bat Mitigation and Monitoring Plan shall include permanent artificial roosting <br />habitat installations that shall be adjacent to, and sufficient for, the species <br />observed and associated ecology thereof. Effective buffer zones for the <br />installation and monitoring of the artificial roosts shall be determined and <br />established by a qualified biologist. <br />Erosion Control — Grading and excavation activities could expose soil to increased <br />rates of erosion during construction periods. During construction, runoff from the <br />Property could adversely affect aquatic life within the adjacent water features. <br />Surface water runoff could remove particles of fill or excavated soil from the site, <br />or could erode soil down -gradient, if the flow were not controlled. Deposition of <br />eroded material in adjacent water features could increase turbidity, thereby <br />endangering aquatic life, and reducing wildlife habitat. Implementation of <br />appropriate mitigation measures would ensure that impacts to aquatic organisms <br />would be avoided or minimized. Mitigation measures may include best <br />management practices (BMP's) such as hay bales, silt fencing, placement of straw <br />mulch and hydro seeding of exposed soils after construction as identified in the <br />Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). <br />P22-1089, PUD -147, Tract 8522 <br />20 <br />PC -2024-14, June 26, 2024 <br />