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 (SVP) shall be retained to develop a Paleontological Resources Impact Mitigation Program (PRIMP) for this Project. The PRIMP shall be consistent with the standards of the SVP and include the methods that will be used to protect paleontological resources that may exist within the Project area, as well as procedures for monitoring, fossil preparation and identification, curation into a repository, and preparation of a report at the conclusion of grading. Excavation and grading activities in deposits with high paleontological sensitivity (i.e., Santiago Formation) shall be monitored by a qualified paleontological monitor following a PRIMP. No monitoring is required for excavations in deposits with no paleontological sensitivity (i.e., Alluvial Flood Plain Deposits and Artificial Fill). If paleontological resources are PALEO- encountered during the course of ground disturbance, City of Santa 2 the paleontological monitor shall have the authority to City of Santa Ana Construction Ana N/A temporarily redirect construction away from the area of the find. In the event that paleontological resources are encountered when a paleontological monitor is not present, work in the immediate area of the find shall be redirected, and the paleontologist or paleontological monitor shall be contacted to assess the find for scientific significance. If determined to be scientifically significant, the fossil shall be collected from the field. PALEO- Collected resources shall be prepared to the point of City of Santa Ana Construction City of Santa N/A 3 identification, identified to the lowest taxonomic level Ana