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Task 9. Preconstruction Surveys, and Tailgate Training, Bernal Bridge and Mission Creek Sites The following preconstruction surveys are required by the EIR conditions of approval, the B.O. issued by the USFWS, or are expected to be required as conditions of the permits issued by the USACE, RWQCB or CDFG: • Two-visit site surveys for California red-legged frogs to be conducted two weeks prior to construction, for Bernal Bridge at Arroyo del Valle (B.O.) • Flag location of orange construction fencing around riparian and freshwater marsh habitats at the perimeter of the construction site, Bernal Bridge (BIO-1 b and BIO 2b) • Survey the site for western pond turtles within 24 hours of start of construction, Bernal Bridge (BIO-4) • Survey for middens of San Francisco dusky woodrats, and nesting raptors, including burrowing owls and other migratory birds to be conducted one or two weeks prior to the start of construction at each site, Bernal Bridge (BIO-5, BIO-6 and BIO-7) and Mission Creek (burrowing owl survey required per l 0-15-07 Memo by Janice Gan); • Tailgate training session for all construction personnel on the potential for special-status species, and project-specific requirements for their protection, Bernal Bridge (BIO-3) if additional surveys not listed in this task are required, or if delays in construction activities require repeat surveys, we will request budget augmentation. We have not included budget for the relocation of any special-status species that could be detected during the conduct of the surveys, or nest monitoring. Task 10. Construction Monitoring at Bernal Bridge, Aquatic Salvage As required by the B.O. aService-approved biologist will monitor habitat disturbance activities until they are complete. In the absence of a construction schedule, and without independent verification of this approach by the USFWS, we are assuming that habitat disturbance is restricted to the installation of cofferdams and bypass pipe, removal of vegetation from the work zone, and installation of construction and silt fencing, and that this work will be completed in not more than five days. Salvage of aquatic organisms from isolated pools after the installation of the cofferdams will be completed during biological construction monitoring. Ifadditional construction monitoring is required, we will request budget augmentation. Task 11. Year 1 Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting (2009) We have assumed that construction of the Bernal Bridge and the Mission Creek mitigation site will be conducted during the summer of 2008, and that planting will take place in the fall of 2008. Monitoring methods and performance criteria will be fully described in the Mitigation Plans (Tasks 4 and 5), but will include the collection of plant survival, height and cover data at both sites, and hydrologic data at the Mission Creek site. Biological performance-based monitoring of the wetland and riparian mitigation sites will be conducted during not more than three site visits per year. We will notify the City and the landscape contractor of the need for maintenance activities to help ensure good site performance, but the landscape contractor or City staffwill be responsible for active site management and maintenance, including routine site visits to operate and maintain the irrigation system and implement weed City of Pleasanton/proposal7rev2