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Wagstaff and Associates Contract Exhibit "A" City of Redwood City Bair Island Road Development EIR October 25, 2001 Page 11-16 (a) Plant Community Assessment. A reconnaissance-level field botanical survey of the study r area will be conducted in the field, including verification of any similar mapping prepared by r the applicant's consultants, and a map showing the distribution and extent of the principal plant communities will be prepared using base maps provided by Wagstaff and Associates or the City. r (b) Jurisdictional Wetlands. A jurisdictional delineation is currently being conducted for the r applicant by Huffman-Broadway. It is assumed that this work will be completed by the r applicant as part of the project permitting process. WRA will review and incorporate these r findings in the EIR analysis. (c) Wildlife Habitat Assessment. A field reconnaissance of the project area will be conducted to verify existing information on habitats and to assess their wildlife value. (d) Special Status Wildlife Resources. The known or potential presence of any protected species or species of special concern will be identified through review of existing studies conducted in the vicinity, consultations with local experts and agency staff, and field observations. One objective of the special status species investigation will be to determine the extent, if any, of suitable habitat for these species within the limits of areas potentially affected by project construction. 2. Impacts and Mitiqation. The potential impacts to biological resoUrces resulting from the proposed projects will then be analyzed. Potentials for direct impacts to sensitive habitats, such as impacts from proposed shoreline construction or dredging activities, will be identified and assessed. Where inadequate or no mitigation for significant impacts to biological resources is proposed by the applicant, WRA will provide recommendations, focusing on avoiding or minimizing impacts to sensitive species and their habitats. No dredging or dredge material disposal plan has been provided by the applicant. It is assumed that (a) a dredging and dredge material disposal plan will be prepared by the applicant that will include existing technologies that minimize adverse impacts to the aquatic habitat and that (b) the dredge material disposal plan will include disposal in a suitable upland disposal site. Other approaches may result in particularly significant impacts to biological resources and would involve a level of assessment and mitigation planning by WRA which are beyond the scope of the estimated budget. Both indirect and cumulative biological impacts resulting from the proposed project as well as appropriate mitigation will be addressed as part of the analysis. r 3. Alternatives Analysis. Wagstaff and Associates will provide WRA with specific r descriptions of six alternatives to the proposed project. WRA will complete a comparative r evaluation of up to five project alternatives identified by Wagstaff and Associates. The r comparative evaluation will be qualitative, with a narrative briefly describing how each r alternative would affect each of the identified significant biological resource impact finding. In WP51t622tMISCtOO13-2. EXA