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Home My WebLink AboutRe_ EXTERNAL_ FW_ Urgent Public Records Request Canyon Loop (2)CAUTION: This message originated outside of our City of Diamond Bar network. **Please exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders.** Note that in her email to me yesterday, Lauren with USFWS said that she can handle the ITP response to the group of people who have been emailing about the project. I just need to get back to her about the other concerns, and and I am waiting on hopefully one more response from Dick Fisher before I do so. Ryan Winkleman Senior Biologist/Project Manager 949-533-0918 This email was sent from my phone. If you need to immediately reach me, please call the number above. ________________________________ From: Greg Gubman <GGubman@DiamondBarCA.Gov> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 11:03:32 AM To: Ryan Wright <RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov>; Winkleman, Ryan <Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com>; Anthony Jordan <AJordan@DiamondBarCA.Gov> Subject: EXTERNAL: FW: Urgent Public Records Request Canyon Loop Ryan Wright, I know you were cc’d on this. I am not going to be able to assist her. 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Robin Smith, RE: Canyon Loop Trail Project, California Gnatcatcher ITP Greg, As you know, this project is active. I had the pleasure of meeting with Ryan Wright last week along with another resident. We were grateful for Ryan's attention and help. This morning, I sent an email request for information to Ryan. His automatic email message states he is out of the office until December 5th. Will you please help me obtain this information today or tomorrow? I would like to come in to observe these records if they cannot be assembled quickly and sent to me via email in PDF format. I request this information PDF to this email address, in any case. PUBLIC INFO REQUEST I request all forms of communication and correspondence between the City of Diamond Bar and anyone in the United States Fish and Wildlife agency, regarding the presence of the California Gnatcatcher in the city and on the Canyon Loop Trail. Specifically, I wish to learn HOW the determination that an Incidental Take Permit was not necessary, occurred. I appreciate the City's response and transparency in this matter. Thank you. Robin Cynthia Robin Smith, Naturalist, Conservation Gardener, Teacher California Native Trees, Landscapes; Wildlife Habitat & Biodiversity Conservation Diamond Bar Preservation Foundation, Conservation Consultant Conejo Ridge Native Garden, Outdoor Classroom, Director Diamond Bar - Pomona Valley Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter 324 S. Diamond Bar Blvd., #230 Diamond Bar CA 91765 951-675-6760 Mobile cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmbakerintl.com%2fmedia%2f5024%2fs21_f_061907_icons.jpg&c=E,1,hsOvkd2oZz_1UylDIhguh6wG_R7HSpfq7oHCWLlbUWJjtpXEy5LkFRbtEXhxKYywDe5sWZBudvmHeZx5T6IVkU8BToOJRfPRA6c2qcUnab coiKOEIA,,&typo=1> From: Ryan Wright <RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 10:16 AM To: Winkleman, Ryan <Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com> Cc: Ashimine, Alan <aashimine@mbakerintl.com> Subject: RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [EXTERNAL] HCP contact Hi Guys, Just curious if there were any updates? Fortunately, Council approved the plans this week so once we add the mitigation update we should be ready for the RFP. Thanks, Ryan From: Winkleman, Ryan <Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com <mailto:Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com> > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 11:06 AM To: Roberts, Carol <carol_a_roberts@fws.gov <mailto:carol_a_roberts@fws.gov> > Cc: Ashimine, Alan <aashimine@mbakerintl.com <mailto:aashimine@mbakerintl.com> >; Ryan Wright <RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov <mailto:RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov> > Subject: RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [EXTERNAL] HCP contact CAUTION: This message originated outside of our City of Diamond Bar network. Hi Carol, I’m putting together the materials we discussed below but I was wondering if you and I could connect informally over Microsoft Teams sometime in the next couple days prior to me sending you anything. That would give me a chance to go over the project history with you, talk about on-site gnatcatchers, and discuss the project with you in a live conversation, which may help make things smoother for both of us later if I can bring you up to speed beforehand. If that works, please let me know when you’re available. Thank you! Ryan Winkleman | Project Manager/Senior Biologist/Certified Senior Ecologist 5 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 500 | Santa Ana, CA 92707 | [O] 949-330-4115 | [M] (949) 533-0918 ryan.winkleman@mbakerintl.com <mailto:ryan.winkleman@mbakerintl.com> | www.mbakerintl.com <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprotect.cudasvc.com%2Furl%3Fa%3Dhttps %253a%252f%252fwww.mbakerintl.com%252f%26c%3DE%2C1%2CGm52zbCqc8JG2nvagPzFh8vnRyWFYk80X9O2sxWc1MCtpocMXMYN-g6QgksVvgN1eEsNsfLVWasdXZiwzk1OiSFwE4PqiOltIxMy4vkF3zuKgj32WMZYBr1XEG8S%26typo%3D1&data=05%7C 01%7CRyan.Winkleman%40mbakerintl.com%7C61cfe98900c340633f2008da56053f8a%7C4e1ee3db4df64142b7b9bec15f171ca4%7C0%7C0%7C637916877797134485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJ BTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=suXXJ6rGt8LWYU5eGyYhunes5q1Ie8BHN9hCNm1FuZI%3D&reserved=0> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmbakerintl.com%2fmedia%2f5024%2fs 21_f_061907_icons.jpg&c=E,1,1SF0nUB8_9QKTzXDPs4NGbLK8m3D9VvjOjcz8FhaEHsJ9u8lMjYyXFVzFrSMZFtucQ3HQ6efEcDARf2t6FuQ_Jz4oNpzOvML0JV6zitdSidm2n4,&typo=1> From: Roberts, Carol <carol_a_roberts@fws.gov <mailto:carol_a_roberts@fws.gov> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 2:17 PM To: Winkleman, Ryan <Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com <mailto:Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com> > Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [EXTERNAL] HCP contact Please send the materials you described below (a brief memo describing the project, past survey efforts, and proposed avoidance measures) and also a map showing the location of the trail widening to me. I will review the materials and either assign it to one of my staff or handle it myself. Does that sound reasonable? -Carol (she, her, hers) Carol A. Roberts, Division Supervisor Environmental Contaminants/Federal Projects/ESA Sec 7 & 10 Collateral Duty Safety Officer Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office 2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250, Carlsbad, CA 92008 760-431-9440, ext. 271 [Please note: we are on extended telework, so the mobile phone below is best.] 24-hour Emergency Spill Response Mobile Phone 760-607-9768 ________________________________ From: Winkleman, Ryan <Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com <mailto:Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 13:19 To: Roberts, Carol <carol_a_roberts@fws.gov <mailto:carol_a_roberts@fws.gov> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] HCP contact This email has been received from outside of DOI - Use caution before clicking on links, opening attachments, or responding. Hi Carol, I have a small trail widening project in Diamond Bar for which I did gnatcatcher surveys in 2020. I found multiple pairs on-site and breeding within the 500-foot buffer that I surveyed. One of the recommendations that we made at the time was that FWS be approached to determine if the project required any sort of HCP (including low-effect), as it doesn’t have a federal nexus, and that went into the official project mitigation requirements. As the project has developed and we now as of last week have approved design drawings, the project has really scaled back what impacts it may have on the species. The impacted acreage of CSS will be very small and the project will be incorporating temporal avoidance strategies, hoping to construct this fall outside of the breeding season. As I mentioned, it’s just a small trail widening project, widening an existing trail to 5 feet where it’s generally already 3 to 4 feet wide anyway. Super small. With the low effect HCP screening form I don’t see it having any of the significant impacts that might trigger even a low effect HCP (e.g., the impacted acreage will be nominal and will be mitigated for (we’re thinking the Soquel Canyon bank), they are constructing outside of the breeding season, there is no intentional take of individual birds proposed). I’m hoping that at this point we can just get some sort of written concurrence from USFWS that the project will not require any additional measures beyond what is already being incorporated, and I had hoped to connect with the appropriate person at USFWS to initiate that conversation. I had planned to put together a brief memo describing the project, past survey efforts, and proposed avoidance measures and hopefully get something in writing back that the project impacts do not meet the level of significance requiring any sort of HCP and that the proposed measures are adequate to protect the species. Can you please point me in the right direction for whom I could talk to to get the ball rolling? Thank you! Ryan Winkleman | Project Manager/Senior Biologist/Certified Senior Ecologist 5 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 500 | Santa Ana, CA 92707 | [O] 949-330-4115 | [M] (949) 533-0918 ryan.winkleman@mbakerintl.com <mailto:ryan.winkleman@mbakerintl.com> | w