HomeMy WebLinkAboutRE_ EXTERNAL_ Canyon Loop Trail AgendaThanks again Ryan. I think this will be a key discussion point tomorrow since the contractor seems unaware of the process. I will ask if you can explain further tomorrow because I
think it may take him some time to secure a biologist. Thank you for putting this info together.
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To: Ryan Wright <RWright@DiamondBarCA.Gov>
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Ryan,
Following up on our conversation just now, I looked up the CDFW comment letter from November 2020 and the relevant bits from BIO-4 that will actually apply were provided supplementally
by CDFW. See below. So we adapted the MM #1 into the first paragraph of BIO-4 and then MM #2 is the last paragraph of BIO-4. You can see that in CDFW’s own language it doesn’t say that
the pre-construction survey report needs to be approved by CDFW prior to construction starting. It only says it needs to be submitted. Assuming the contractor has a biologist on-board,
they should be able to conduct a quick pre-construction survey either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning and get a brief memo out to CDFW by Friday afternoon, or earlier ideally.
I’ve reached out to Anisha to find out who she has been talking to there for this project.
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
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Subject: RE: EXTERNAL: Canyon Loop Trail Agenda
Thanks Ryan. I have you toward the top of the agenda, so 2pm is no problem.
I am available at my desk for awhile if you would like to chat about BIO-4. I highly doubt the contractor has done this, but maybe we can discuss before tomorrow.
Thanks,
Ryan Wright 909-839-7061
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Thanks, Ryan. I’ll let you know if I have any thoughts for tomorrow. Just a reminder I need to be in my car and on the road by 2 to be back to pick up my son from school on time.
Just curious, who did the contractor bring on as the biologist, and has the pre-construction survey been completed yet? Measure BIO-4 in the MMRP requires the results of the pre-construction
survey to be submitted to CDFW before construction starts.
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Good Afternoon,
Assuming everything goes smoothly tonight, I look forward to meeting with you all tomorrow. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for the attached agenda.
Thank You,
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If that works, please let me know when you're available.
Thank you!
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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)
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Environmental Contaminants/Federal Projects/ESA Sec 7 & 10 Collateral Duty Safety Officer Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office
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To: Roberts, Carol <carol_a_roberts@fws.gov<mailto:carol_a_roberts@fws.gov>>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] HCP contact
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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
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