Item 15 - Award Construction Contract for the Santa Ana Zoo Stormwater Capture and Diversion Project

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City of Santa Ana California Environmental Quality Act Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan Santa Ana Zoo Stormwater Capture and Diversion MND Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Implementation Implementation Monitored Outside Mitigation Measure Party Phase By Agency Coordination the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), or California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), to determine a strategy for compliance with the Endangered Species Act, California Fish and Wildlife Code, or other regulations supporting special -status species. The City of Santa Ana will work together with those regulating agencies to determine appropriate impact minimization measures and compensation for any permanent impacts due to the Project. If no breeding and nesting birds and/or raptors are found, then construction may proceed as scheduled with no additional monitoring or measured required. To protect nesting birds that may occur on site or adjacent to the Project boundary, no construction shall occur from February 1 through September 15, as early as January 1 for some raptors, unless a qualified biologist completes a survey for nesting bird activity within a 500-foot radius of the construction site. The California nesting bird surveys shall be conducted at appropriate City of Santa Department of BIO-2 nesting times and concentrate on potential roosting or City of Santa Ana Pre -Construction Ana Fish and perch sites. The City of Santa Ana should require Wildlife surveys be conducted by a qualified biologist no more than 7 days prior to the beginning of any Project - related activity likely to impact raptors and migratory songbirds, for the entire Project site. If Project activities are delayed or suspended for more than 7 days during the breeding season, the surveys shall be