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delineation of the alternatives will be completed. This work will be incorporated into the Natural Environment Study Report (NESR). The biological field studies will focus most heavily on wildlife and/or botanical issues. Existing Infonnation from the previous environmental documentation and follow-up record searches at the California Natural Diversity Data Base will be assessed for plant and animal species of special concern that might occur at or near the project site. All methods and results from the above activities will be documented in the Natural Environment Study Report (NESR). In compliance with Caltrans District 5 requirements and any recommendations for mitigation, will be provided in a separate transmittal. .:. Archaeological & Historical Resources. Consultant's cultural resource management staff will pursue the archaeological and historical resources inventory, and evaluation for this project in compliance with Section 106 guidelines (as stated in Caltrans Guidance for Consultants: Procedures for the Protection of Historic Properties - Section 106 Processes [issued by Caltrans in 1995] and CEQA (Appendix K). Initially, PAR will coordinate with the City . Consultant's cultural staff will systematically examine the portions of the APE that have not been previously surveyed, and will confinn boundaries of previously recorded archaeological and historical properties in order to accurately plot them onto the project maps and APE map. The purpose of conducting additional inventory within the project is to locate, identify, and record all cultural resources and historic structures within the project Consultant will prepare an ASR that includes a description of the project, methods, cultural and natural setting, findings, preliminary evaluation of significance, and mitigation and management options. PAR will also complete an HPSR in compliance with Caltrans regulations. All site records will be attached to the ASR. This scope assumes negative findings. .:. VISual Impact Analysis. Consultant will describe the visual resources and conditions of the existing landscaping flanking the proposed improvements on the two segments, and will assess the change of the viewer's perceptions of modifying the Interchange structures and landscaping elements. The visual study will follow Federal Highway Administration methodology as described in the Visual Impact Assessment for Highway Projects, March 1995. Up to three (3) key views will be identified for each alternative including; three (3) "before" photographs and (3) "After" photograph simulations, which will be prepared. Proposed mitigation measures will be , submitted in separate letterfonn. .:. Socioeconomic Analysis. For the proposed highway improvements a socioeconomic analysis will be conducted in accordance with the instructions contained in Guidance for Socioeconomic Analysis by Caltrans Environmental Branches and in the Executive Order on Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income Populations, February 1994. The study will address land use, social and economic conditions existing in the project vicinity and the potential effects the project will have on these conditions. Exhibit "A" Route JOJ/Ralston-Marine Parkway Interchange Project Scope of Services Page 9 ---'---~""'--'-'-'