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Legend. Applicant = project applicant, City = City of Redwood City Page 34 May 18, 2004 WP9.016451MMCHT.645 MONITORING VERIFICATION IDENTIFIED IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Impl. Type of Impl. Monitoring and Timing Signature Date (CONDITION OF APPROVAL) Entity Action Verification Entity Requirements resolved to the satisfaction of the NMFS and CDFG. Copies of written correspondence between NMFS and CDFG and the applicant shall be submitted to the City prior to issuance of a grading permit. Implementation of these measures would reduce these impacts to a less -than- significant level. Impact 8 -2: Impacts on Essential Fish Mitigation 8 -2. The applicant shall Applicant Coordinate with City Coordinate with Habitat. The proposed project would fill implement Mitigation 8 -1 above with respect National Marine NMFS and approximately 9.8 acres of estuarine Essential to Essential Fish Habitat. This measure Fisheries Service CDFG, and Fish Habitat. Impacts on federally managed would reduce the project's impact on (NMFS) and formulate species protected under Essential Fish Essential Fish Habitat to a less -than- California Dept. of HMMP, prior to Habitat regulations are similar to impacts on significant level. Fish and Game grading permit salmon and steelhead. Filling the bottom of (CDFG); formulate issuance; the Bay would result in a loss of essential and implement implement benthic habitat for many species of rockfish, Habitat Mitigation HMMP during flat fish, sharks, and rays. Filling the water and Monitoring construction column would adversely impact several Plan (HMMP). federally managed species, including Pacific sardine and the northern anchovy. Construction activities could also result in increased water turbidity, contaminant release, noise, and underwater shock waves. These possible effects represent a potentially significant impact. Impact 8 -3: Impacts on the California Mitigation 8 -3. The applicant shall: Applicant Coordinate with City Coordinate with Clapper Rail. Project construction would (1) coordinate with the USFWS and CDFG U.S. Fish and USFWS and result in direct long -term loss of intertidal on California clapper rail issues; and Wildlife Service CDFG, and wetland along Redwood Creek and Smith (2) formulate and implement a Habitat (USFWS) and formulate Slough sufficient to support incidental foraging Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (HMMP) for California Dept. of HMMP, prior to by the California clapper rail, a federal- and this potentially affected species to the Fish and Game grading permit state - listed endangered species. Noise from satisfaction of the USFWS and CDFG. The (CDFG); formulate issuance; project construction and project disturbance of HMMP should stipulate avoidance of and implement implement intertidal habitat could interfere with the ability construction operations during the California Habitat Mitigation HMMP during of the clapper rails to detect predators. clapper rail breeding season. To determine and Monitoring construction Impacts on clapper rails from noise presence of breeding special- status species Plan (HMMP). associated with pile driving, heavy in the project vicinity, USFWS-approved construction, and earthmoving equipment in clapper rail surveys should be conducted particular are potentially significant. These during the breeding season, prior to Legend. Applicant = project applicant, City = City of Redwood City Page 34 May 18, 2004 WP9.016451MMCHT.645