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BIO-1 Nesting Bird Avoidance <br />To avoid disturbance of nesting birds, including raptorial <br />Verify completion of <br />species protected by the MBTA and CFGC, activities <br />pre -construction <br />related to the project, including, but not limited to, <br />nesting bird survey (if <br />vegetation removal, ground disturbance, and <br />construction begins <br />construction and demolition shall occur outside of the <br />during the breeding <br />bird nesting season (February 1 through August 31, but <br />season) prior to <br />variable based on seasonal and annual climatic <br />initiation of <br />conditions). If construction must begin during the <br />construction activities <br />breeding season, then a pre -construction nesting bird <br />survey shall be conducted no more than seven days prior <br />Verify implementation <br />to initiation of construction activities. The nesting bird <br />of avoidance buffer, if <br />pre -construction survey shall be conducted on foot inside <br />nest are found <br />the project site, including a 100-foot buffer, and in <br />inaccessible areas (e.g., private lands) from afar using <br />binoculars to the extent practical. The survey shall be <br />Verify completion of <br />conducted by a qualified biologist familiar with the <br />survey report <br />identification of avian species known to occur in southern <br />documenting <br />California. <br />compliance <br />If nests are found, an avoidance buffer shall be <br />demarcated by a qualified biologist with bright orange <br />construction fencing, flagging, construction lathe, or <br />other means to mark the boundary. All construction <br />activities shall occur within this buffer until the biologist <br />has confirmed that breeding/nesting is completed, and <br />the young have fledged the nest. Encroachment into the <br />buffer shall only occur at the discretion of the qualified <br />biologist. <br />A survey report by the qualified biologist documenting <br />and verifying compliance with this measure and with <br />applicable state and federal regulations protecting <br />nesting birds shall be submitted to the City. The qualified <br />biologist shall serve as a construction monitor during <br />those periods when construction activities occur near <br />active nests to ensure that no inadvertent impacts on the <br />nests occur. <br />Survey verification prior <br />Once for bird <br />City of Santa <br />to issuance of grading <br />survey <br />Ana Planning <br />permits <br />and Building <br />Field <br />Agency <br />Field verification as <br />verification <br />needed during <br />periodically <br />construction activities <br />throughout <br />construction <br />Survey report <br />verification following <br />Once for <br />compliance with <br />survey report <br />measure <br />Resolution No. 2021-xx <br />Page 7 of 14 <br />