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Home My WebLink AboutRE_ EXTERNAL_ RE_ Canyon Loop Trail Improvement Project follow-up (2)FYI When we meet on site with Fritz, please include Greg Gubman. Thank You From: Winkleman, Ryan <Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2022 5:05 PM To: Rieman, Frederic@Wildlife <Frederic.Rieman@Wildlife.ca.gov> Cc: Ryan Wright <RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov>; Greg Gubman <GGubman@DiamondBarCA.Gov>; Ashimine, Alan <aashimine@mbakerintl.com>; Tang, Victoria@Wildlife <Victoria.Tang@wildlife.ca.gov> Subject: RE: EXTERNAL: RE: Canyon Loop Trail Improvement Project follow-up 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.** Hi Fritz, None of the diversions or gabion walls have been installed yet. So construction started on October 24 but has had several rain days due to recent weather the last couple weeks and is still in the ground disturbance/vegetation clearing phase. We requested that all new ground disturbance and vegetation removal be conducted at the outset of the project so that as the project goes on the contractor is working in areas that have already been disturbed. We have full-time biological monitors on-site daily during this initial removal/ground disturbance phase, and they are only using two small pieces of equipment, a Bobcat skid-steer loader and a mini excavator. To date the work has primarily been removing vegetation along the trail in order to get to the 5-foot width where necessary (some areas are already wide enough), removing vegetation at improvement areas (e.g. pads for new benches), grading and improving the condition of the trail, and creating new stairs. Following the rains earlier this week the contractor was primarily performing repair and compaction activities along the trail this week while the trail is still wet and is now going back into stair creation. I’m attaching some photos that show general work that has been performed so far. As I’ve mentioned previously, it’s primarily a small trail widening project. We look forward to the opportunity to meet on-site with you so that you can see in person how the project is going. I’m out of town on Monday but could be available the rest of the week if it works with your schedule. I am not available the week of November 21, and Ryan Wright (the City’s project manager) is out of town the week of November 28. Are you available next week after Monday? It is a small site. If not then we may need to wait until December, as I think it would be beneficial to have Ryan and I both out there with you. Thanks very much! 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://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mbakerintl.com%2f&c=E,1,2ugASKFjk3fZCNi4GZkZl6TOv-t _hvafijTPJRqqM9n7W902ug9z1C4yIUcL1ReyNZKClKXNE8--0xd_QvWatS-8GpSfaDvBnKE6GJKUoMDzQj6xv5bxV8Up&typo=1> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmbakerintl.com%2fmedia%2f5024%2fs21_f_06 1907_icons.jpg&c=E,1,G3RBiUc9qWB0WTjk0M3OJyejrPOTKd9OfEGOnaGMGY1s2ga0UAVulvZkUNc7TOowA_p2xp_h3mNkG2_xwYU4CkzARyiYtZrNLxpzxXGb&typo=1> From: Rieman, Frederic@Wildlife <Frederic.Rieman@Wildlife.ca.gov <mailto:Frederic.Rieman@Wildlife.ca.gov> > Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 2:12 PM To: Winkleman, Ryan <Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com <mailto:Ryan.Winkleman@mbakerintl.com> > Cc: Ryan Wright <RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov <mailto:RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov> >; Greg Gubman <GGubman@DiamondBarCA.Gov <mailto:GGubman@DiamondBarCA.Gov> >; Ashimine, Alan <aashimine@mbakerintl.com <mailto:aashimine@mbakerintl.com> >; Tang, Victoria@Wildlife <Victoria.Tang@wildlife.ca.gov <mailto:Victoria.Tang@wildlife.ca.gov> > Subject: EXTERNAL: RE: Canyon Loop Trail Improvement Project follow-up Good afternoon Ryan, Thank you for providing this material and elaborating on the description of the drainage crossings. Would you happen to have any photos of the crossings that have been installed? Or photos from the ground of where they are intended to be installed and where the gabions are intended to be installed? Water quality and erosion (as well as impacts to all plants and wildlife that may be present) are a concern. We want to make sure that this is being addressed. I’m sure that the City wants to protect the environment too and the site for the public and wildlife to enjoy. If you have any status reports on how the work is going or can show me additional photos of how the work has been progressing, that would be greatly appreciated. I think it may be beneficial to do a site visit and walk the trail with you and the City when we all have an opportunity. I have some other site visits scheduled this week and next, but hopefully we can set up something soon. Please provide this additional material and we can continue to coordinate on this project. Thank you for your time and assistance on this matter. 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Learn why this is important <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2faka.ms%2fLearnA boutSenderIdentification&c=E,1,iBsbvb3a2YHmzdPiQ-ZupfJbOjkX24gbaIl3UiUWl3kGgr2d5PqCwwQkC2evp9xD82lFxRn__7ptw7gomcsgcsdrBLluTzH8R0Bgi_wZOXDOjFF_VQ,,&typo=1> WARNING: This message is from an external source. Verify the sender and exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments. Hello Fritz, Thanks for your call earlier and I apologize for the misunderstanding with the project description on the website. I have included some selected photos of the southern loop of the trail where nearly all of the work will be conducted, as well as a kmz showing the trail loop and the east and west ends of the widening/improvement along the southern loop. The northern loop will be largely untouched other than one new bench area where there is already existing disturbance; the northern loop is an SCE access road for some transmission towers alongside it so the road is already quite wide on the north. On the southern loop there is trail widening along most of the length that I’ve highlighted as well as some isolated occurrences of gabion wall installations, stair installations, and new benches. The “drainage crossings” referred to on the City website refer simply to diversions to take rainfall off of the trail during rain events. As you can see from the kmz and if you manipulate your viewpoint in Google Earth, the southern loop is at the top of the slope. There is nothing above it and no waterways crossing through it; it is completely dry with no possibility of water unless it rains due to its position at the apex of the slope. The only waterway in the project area is the one down at the bottom of the canyon between the north and south loop trails, which will not be touched and will not have any construction anywhere near it. Please let me know if you have any further questions or if you’d still like to meet on-site to verify in person next week; the City has also expressed interest in attending if so. 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%2Fwww.mbakerintl.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7CRyan .Winkleman%40mbakerintl.com%7C7d0483a54f7840b43a6508dac29f7594%7C4e1ee3db4df64142b7b9bec15f171ca4%7C0%7C0%7C638036287397174249%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1h aWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0Kt88Gffu65izB9omnrA0ARcuAWpJDVIHbVI4PCGQm8%3D&reserved=0> hand. If that works, please let me know when you're available. Thank you! 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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! 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