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SCOPE OF SERVICES Task 1. Permitting Services, USACE, CDFG, RWQCB and USFWS Mosaic will coordinate with the USACE, CDFG, RWQCB and USFWS on permit terms and conditions for the Bernal Bridge project. Updated permit applications and project descriptions were submitted to the agencies in December 2006, with mitigation proposed for on-site locations upstream and downstream of the Bernal Bridge. A revised conceptual mitigation plan for the Mission Creek site was submitted to the USACE, CDFG and RWQCB on June 28, 2007, after plans to use the PG&E site for wetland and riparian mitigation were abandoned. Mosaic will describe the impacts to wetlands and waters of the U.S. and state associated with construction of the Mission Creek mitigation site in forthcoming correspondence to the agencies. We will also negotiate an agreement with the USACE, CDFG and RWQCB to ensure that the excess mitigation at the Mission Creek site will be credited towards a future City of Pleasanton project. The USFWS appended the Bernal Bridge project to the programmatic consultation for red-legged frogs in their Biological Opinion (BO) dated April 10, 2007. Since the minimization measures in the BO included on-site wetland mitigation that is not possible without the PG&E site, we will contact USFWS staff to seek a revised BO that allows the purchase of credit at the Ohlone Conservation Bank. Based on direction from CDFG (Janice Gan memo of October 15, 2007) and our research on the proximity ofred-legged frog occurrences to the Mission Creek mitigation site, we have assumed that neither the Mission Creek mitigation site or the restoration adjacent to the Bernal Bridge will be sufficient to meet the USFWS requirements for CRF habitat mitigation. We therefore suggest that the City purchase red-legged frog credit at the Ohlone Conservation Bank, and have included time to negotiate agreement with this approach with the USFWS, and a purchase agreement with the Ohlone Bank. We have not included any services related to the design of offsite red-legged frog habitat in this proposal. These services will be provided on a time and materials basis, and if additional time is required to secure permits for the bridge, we will request budget augmentation. Task 2. Conceptual Wetland and Riparian Mitigation Plan for Mission Creek Site (Complete) Mosaic and Balance prepared a conceptual wetland and riparian mitigation plan for the Mission Creek site, which was presented to the USACE, CDFG and RWQCB on June 28, 2007. This conceptual mitigation plan, which proposed the creation of one acre of perennial wetland habitat supported by low flows from Mission Creek and surrounded by riparian plantings was accepted by the agencies as appropriate for Bernal Bridge, with the excess habitat creation to be credited to a single future City of Pleasanton project. Services provided under this task have been completed. Task 3. Wetland Delineation We will conduct a wetland delineation of the Mission Creek mitigation site. The study area will include the reach of Mission Creek to the confluence with Sycamore/Fairgrounds Creek. The delineation will be submitted to the USACE for verification. The delineation is needed to define the boundaries of existing waters of the U.S. and to allow us to determine the area of impact associated City of Pleasanton/proposal7rev2