Riverpark
M i t i g a t i o n
Bank
AGREEMENT FOR SALE OF CREDITS
This Agreement is entered into this day of , 2025, by and between EIP III CREDIT CO., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Bank Sponsor) and CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE (Project Proponent), jo intly referred to as the “Parties,” as follows:
RECITALS
A. The Bank Sponsor has developed th e Riverpark Mitigation Bank (Bank) located in Riverside County, California; and
B. The Bank has been developed purs uant to a Bank Enabling Instrument (BEI) entered into by and between Bank Sponsor , the Los Angeles District of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (File No. SPL-2015-00318), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 8 (Regional Water Boards), and the Ca lifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) (Tracking No. 1798-2015-01-R6), on December 17, 2019, and
C. Project Proponent is seeking to im plement the project described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto (Project), which would unavoidably and advers ely impact Riverine Wetlands, and seeks to compensate for th e loss of Riverine Wetlands by purchasing Credits from Bank Sponsor; and
D. Project Proponent has been auth orized by CDFW, File/Tracking No. 1600-2019-0287-R6 to purchase from the Bank 0. 00 re-established Waters of the State Credits, and 1.76 rehabilitated Waters of th e State Credits; and RWQCB, File/Tracking No. SAWRQCB 332019-34 to purchase from the Bank 0.00 re-established Waters of the State Credits, and 1.76 rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits; and by USACE, File/Tracking No. SPL-2020-00037-CLB to purchase from the Bank 1.76 re-established wetland Waters of the U.S. Cr edits and 0.00 rehabilitated wetland Waters of the U.S.
Credits (of which both RWQCB and USACE cred its are a subset of, and not in addition to, the 0.00 re-established Waters of the State Credits and 1.76 rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits heretofore described), upon confirmation by the Bank Sponsor of Credit availability/adequate balance of Credits remaining for Transfer; and
E. Project Proponent desires to purchase from Bank Sponsor and Bank Sponsor desires to sell to Project Proponent 0.00 re-established Waters of the State Credits and 1.76 rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Bank Sponsor hereby sells to Project Proponent and Project Proponent hereby purchases from Bank Sponsor 0.00 re-established Waters of the State Credits and
1.76 rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits for the Purc hase Price of $1,692,435.30.
The Bank Sponsor will upon receipt of the Pu rchase Price deliver to Project Proponent an executed Bill of Sale in the manner and fo rm as attached hereto and marked Exhibit “B”. The Purchase Price for said Credits shall be paid by ACH payment or wire transfer of funds according to written instructions provided by Bank Sponsor to Project Proponent.
2. The sale and transfer herein are not in tended as a sale or transfer to Project Proponent of a security, license, lease, easement, or possessory or non-possessory interest in real property, nor the granting of any interest of the foregoing.
3. Project Proponent shall have no obl igation whatsoever by reason of the purchase of the Credits, to support, pay for, monitor, report on, sustain, continue in perpetuity, or otherwise be obligated or lia ble for the success or continued expense or maintenance in perpetuity of the Credits so ld, or the Bank. Pursuant to the BEI and any amendments thereto, Bank Sponsor shall mon itor and make reports to the appropriate agency or agencies on the status of any Credits sold to Project Proponent. Bank Sponsor shall be fully and completely responsible for satisfying any and all conditions placed on the Bank or the Credits by all state or federal jurisdictional agencies.
4. The Credits sold and transferre d to Project Proponent shall be non- refundable, non-transferable and non-assignable, and shall not be used as compensatory mitigation for any other project or purpose, except as set forth herein.
5. Project Proponent must exercise his/her/its right to purchase the Credits within 30 days of the date this Agreement. After the 30-day period this Agreement will be considered null and void.
6. Upon purchase of the Cred its specified in Rec ital D above, the Bank Sponsor shall submit to the parties listed in the Notices section of the BEI, copies of the:
a) Agreement for Sale of Credits; b) Bill of Sale; c) Payment Receipt; and d) an updated ledger. The updated ledger must detail: i) Project Proponent; ii) Project Name; iii) Status (sale complete/sale not complete); iv) Credit Sale Date; v) Permitting Agency File/Tracking Number; vi); vii) Total Number of Credits Authorized to Sell; viii) Total Number of Credits Sold to Date (inclusive); and ix) Balance of all Credits Available. The ledger should include all sales data from bank establishment to the present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have ex ecuted this Agreement the day and year first above written.
BANK SPONSOR
EIP III CREDIT CO., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By: ___________________________________
Name: Aidan Riordan
Its Chief Operating Officer
PROJECT PROPONENT
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
By: ____________________________________
Name: Jason Simpson
Its: City Manager
Exhibit “A”
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT TO BE MITIGATED
Name of Project:
Temescal Canyon Bridge Replacement and Road Realignment
Project Location:
The project is located less than 1,000 feet northwest of the existing Temescal Canyon Road Bridge and generally at the northwest intersection of Interstate 15 and Lake Street in the City of Lake Elsinore on Temescal Creek within the City of Lake Elsinore, in the County of Riverside, State of California; Latitude 33.72998, Longitude -117.39976.
Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 390-130-044, 390-130-043, 390-130-038, 390-130-016, 394-070-022, 394-070-021, 394-070-024, 394-070-020, 394-070-013
Permitting Agencies File/Tracking Number:
CDFW: 1600-2019-0287-R6
RWQCB: Project SAWRQCB 332019-34
USACE: SPL-2020-00037-CLB
Project Description:
The project is limited to the construction of a new 4-lane all-weather access bridge and new roadway alignment. The bridge will be located within Temescal Creek and will be approximately 98 feet wide and 375 feet long with a total of 8 piers and is designed to stand above the maximum water elevation of a 100-year flood event. The standard roadway realignment and bridge section will consist of a painted 14-foot median, two 12-foot inside lanes, two 15-foot outside lanes, two 6-foot shoulders, and two 10-foot parkways that can accommodate a 6-foot-wide sidewalk (Exhibit A). Temescal Creek’s current low-flow channel will be relocated to accommodate the project’s realignment of Temescal Canyon Road and the resulting placement of the new bridge abutments, headwalls, and piers. The bridge design will relocate the low-flow channel with a graded width of 18-feet and a revised depth of 1 foot below the current grade to accommodate the bridge abutments and piers. Realignment of the channel, the relocated low flow channel will be restored by re-contouring the channel to its original contours.
The Project also includes the replacement of an existing 30-inch culvert underneath Temescal Canyon Road just west of Bernard Street, and the relocation of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s agricultural irrigation line. The agricultural line maintenance easements and points of connection will not extend into the project’s proposed onsite conservation area.
The project construction area will be 7.68 acres in size. The project is anticipated to result in 1.64 acres of permanent impacts and 3.06 acres of temporary impacts. The new
bridge will not require ongoing maintenance and will not result in any further grading or channelization of Temescal Creek downstream or upstream of the project limits.
Additionally, the project has been redesigned such that groundwater impacts will not occur.
Species/Habitat Affected:
Existing fish or wildlife resources the project could substantially adversely affect include:
AMPHIBIAN: Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla), Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii);
BIRDS: Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin), American Coot (Fulica americana), American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristi), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna), Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Bell's Sage Sparrow (Artemisiospiza belli belli), Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii), Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), Black‐chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandr), Black‐crowned Night‐Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Black‐ headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus), Black‐necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), Blue‐gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea), Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), California Gull (Larus californicus), California Quail (Callipepla California), California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum), California Towhee (Melozone crissalis), Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans), Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Chipping Sparrow (
Spizella passerina), Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), Coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae), Dark‐eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), Double-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Egret (Ardea alba), , Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Great‐ tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni), Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous), Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), Lawrence's Goldfinch (Carduelis lawrencei), Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena), Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria), Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii), Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Northern Roughwinged Swallow (Steligopteryx serripennis), Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii), Pacific‐slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis), Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus), Orange‐
crowned Warbler (Oreothypis celata), Piedbilled Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Red- shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Red‐winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Rosebreasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus), Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya), Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Sora (Porzana carolina), Southern California Rufous‐ crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps canescens), Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius), Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus), Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus), Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi), Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi), Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina), Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus), Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana), Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis), Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica), Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana), Western Wood‐Pewee (Contopus sordidulus), White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys), White‐faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi), White‐throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis), Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla), Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata), Yellow- rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronate), Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), Yellow- breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
MAMMALS: Bobcat (Lynx rufus), Dulzura Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus californicus femoralis), Jacumba Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris internationalis), Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Ramona southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus ramona), San Diego Black- tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus bennettii)
PLANTS: Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis), American lotus (Acmispon americanus), Annual Burweed (Ambrosia acanthicarpa), Black Willow (Salix gooddingii), California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. foliolosum), California Croton (Croton californicus), Coastal Goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii), Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia), Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermediai), Common horsetail (Conyza canadensis), Common Sunflower (Helianthis annus), Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis), Dove Weed (Croton setiger), Fremont’s cottonwood (Populus fremontii), jimson weed (Datura wrightii), Los Angeles gilia (Gilia angelensis), Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor), MuleFat (Baccharis salicifolia), Pomona Milk-Vetch (Astragalus pomonensis), Quail Bush (Atriplex lentiformis), Rattlesnake spurge (Euphorbia albomarginata), Red Maids (Calandrinia menziesii), Red Willow (Salix laevigata), Purslane Speedwell (Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis), Sand Peppergrass (Lepidium lasiocarpum), Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius), Vinegar weed (Trichostema lanceolatum), Western Ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya), Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa), Wild Peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum var. ubescens);
REPTILES: Black‐headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps
), Blainville's Horned Lizard
(Phrynosoma blainvillii), Belding’s Orange-throated Whiptail (Aspidoscelis hyperthyra beldingi), Coastal Western Whiptail (Asidoscelis tigris stejnegeri) Coachwhip
(Masticophis flagellum), Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis melanleucus catenifer), Red- diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber), Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata), Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana), Two-striped Garter Snake (Thamnophis hammondii), Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), and other fish and wildlife resources within the Project vicinity.
The adverse effects the project could have on the fish or wildlife resources identified above include: the disturbance to, alteration of, and/or loss of nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat; the reduction or loss of habitat coverage, composition, and distribution; the disturbance to and alteration of wildlife movement corridors; and temporary impacts to water quality. The Project will impact a total of 4.70 acres of fish and wildlife resources subject to Fish and Game Code section 1600 et seq., including
3.06 acres of temporary impacts and 1.64 acres of permanent impacts to riparian and streambed resource. The 1.64 acres of permanent impacts will include construction of bridge/pier structures, abutments, riprap installation for erosion control, and low flow channel realignment. The 3.06 acres temporarily impacted as a result of vegetation removal includes the removal of approximately 78 Coast live oak trees, and various ground disturbing activities. Total project impacts of 4.70 acres of streambed are authorized under this Agreement (Table 1).
Table 1: Vegetation Communities within Project Area
Vegetation Community Total
Riparian/Riverine
(acres)
Impacts (acres)
Temporary Permanent
Ruderal 5.76 2.01 1.22
Eucalyptus Trees/Scattered
Riparian Vegetation
0.90 0.34 0.06
Eucalyptus Trees 0.88 0.43 0.19
Coastal Sage Scrub 0 0 0
Coastal Live Oak Trees 0.53 0.28 0.17
Total 8.07 3.06 1.64
Credits to be Purchased:
0.00 Re-established Waters of the State Credits
1.76 Rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits
Method of payment:
Wire Transmittal ☒ ACH Payment ☐
“Exhibit B”
BILL OF SALE
Riverpark Mitigation Bank
Contract # 25__-RP
Permitting Agency File/Tracking No(s). CDFW: 1600-2019-0287-R6, RWQCB:
#SAWRQCB 332019-34, and USACE: SPL-2020-00037-CLB.
In consideration of $1,692,435.30, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, EIP III Credit Co., LLC (Bank Sponsor), does hereby bargain, sell and transfer to CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE (Project Proponent), for the Temescal Canyon Bridge Replacement and Road Realignment project, 0.00 re-establi shed Waters of the State Credits and 1.76 rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits; and for RWQCB 0.00 re-established Waters of the State Credits and 1.76 rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits; and for USACE 1.76 re-established wetland Waters of the U.S Cr edits and 0.00 rehabilitated wetland Waters of the U.S. Credits (of which both RWQCB a nd USACE credits are a subset of, and not in addition to, the 0.00 Credits re-establis hed Waters of the State and 1.76 Credits rehabilitated Waters of the State), in the Riverpark Mitigation Bank in Riverside County, California, developed, and approved under the authority of the Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the California Regional Water Qu ality Control Board, Region 8 (Regional Water Boards), and the California Departme nt of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), as mitigation for the Project described in Attachment 1.
Bank Sponsor represents and warrants th at it has good title to the Credits, has good right to sell the same, and that they ar e free and clear of all claims, liens, or encumbrances.
Bank Sponsor covenants and agrees with the Project Proponent to warrant and defend the sale of the Credits hereinbefore described against all and every person and persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same.
DATED: ______________________________________
EIP III CREDIT CO., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By: ___________________________________
Name: Aidan Riordan
Its Chief Operating Officer
Attachment 1
Riverpark Mitigation Bank
WETLAND CREDITS: PAYMENT RECEIPT
PROJECT PROPONENT INFORMATION
Name:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
Address:
130 S. Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
Telephone:
(951) 674-3124
Contact:
Yu Tagai, City Engineer
Email:
[email protected]
PROJECT INFORMATION
Project Description:
The project is limited to the construction of a new 4-lane all-weather access bridge and new roadway alignment. The bridge will be located within Temescal Creek and will be approximately 98 feet wide and 375 feet long with a total of 8 piers and is designed to stand above the maximum water elevation of a 100-year flood event. The standard roadway realignment and bridge section will consist of a painted 14-foot median, two 12-foot inside lanes, two 15-foot outside lanes, two 6-foot shoulders, and two 10-foot parkways that can accommodate a 6-foot-wide sidewalk (Exhibit A). Temescal Creek’s current low-flow channel will be relocated to accommodate the project’s realignment of Temescal Canyon Road and the resulting placement of the new bridge abutments, headwalls, and piers. The bridge design will relocate the low-flow channel with a graded width of 18-feet and a revised depth of 1 foot below the current grade to accommodate the bridge abutments and piers. Realignment of the channel, the relocated low flow channel will be restored by re-contouring the channel to its original contours.
The Project also includes the replacement of an existing 30-inch culvert underneath Temescal Canyon Road just west of Bernard Street, and the relocation of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s agricultural irrigation line. The agricultural line maintenance easements and points of connection will not extend into the project’s
proposed onsite conservation area.
The project construction area will be 7.68 acres in size. The project is anticipated to result in 1.64 acres of permanent impacts and 3.06 acres of temporary impacts. The new bridge will not require ongoing maintenance and will not result in any further grading or channelization of Temescal Creek downstream or upstream of the project limits.
Additionally, the project has been redesigned such that groundwater impacts will not occur.
Project Location:
The project is located less than 1,000 feet northwest of the existing Temescal Canyon Road Bridge and generally at the northwest intersection of Interstate 15 and Lake Street in the City of Lake Elsinore on Temescal Creek within the City of Lake Elsinore, in the County of Riverside, State of California; Latitude 33.72998, Longitude -117.39976.
Agency File/Tracking Number(s):
CDFW: 1600-2019-0287-R6
RWQCB: SAWRQCB 332019-34
USACE: SPL-2020-00037-CLB
Species/Habitat Affected:
Existing fish or wildlife resources the project could substantially adversely affect include:
AMPHIBIAN: Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla), Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii);
BIRDS: Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin), American Coot (Fulica americana), American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristi), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna), Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Bell's Sage Sparrow (Artemisiospiza belli belli), Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii), Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), Black‐chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandr), Black‐crowned Night‐Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Black‐ headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus), Black‐necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), Blue‐gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea), Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), California Gull (Larus californicus), California Quail ( Callipepla California),
California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum), California Towhee (Melozone crissalis), Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans), Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), Coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae),
Dark‐eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), Double-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Egret (Ardea alba), , Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Great‐ tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni), Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous), Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), Lawrence's Goldfinch (Carduelis lawrencei), Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena), Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria), Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii), Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Northern Roughwinged Swallow (Steligopteryx serripennis), Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii), Pacific‐slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis), Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus), Orange‐ crowned Warbler (Oreothypis celata), Piedbilled Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Red- shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Red‐winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Rosebreasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus), Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya), Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Sora (Porzana carolina), Southern California Rufous‐ crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps canescens), Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius), Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus), Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus), Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi), Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi), Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina), Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus), Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana), Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis), Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica), Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana), Western Wood‐Pewee (Contopus sordidulus), White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys), White‐faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi), White‐throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis), Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla), Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata), Yellow- rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronate), Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), Yellow- breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
MAMMALS: Bobcat (Lynx rufus), Dulzura Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus californicus femoralis), Jacumba Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris internationalis), Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Ramona southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus ramona), San Diego Black- tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus bennettii)
PLANTS: Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis), American lotus (Acmispon americanus), Annual Burweed (Ambrosia acanthicarpa
), Black Willow (Salix gooddingii), California
Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. foliolosum), California Croton (Croton californicus), Coastal Goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii), Coast Live Oak (Quercus
agrifolia), Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermediai), Common horsetail (Conyza canadensis), Common Sunflower (Helianthis annus), Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis), Dove Weed (Croton setiger), Fremont’s cottonwood (Populus fremontii), jimson weed (Datura wrightii), Los Angeles gilia (Gilia angelensis), Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor), MuleFat (Baccharis salicifolia), Pomona Milk-Vetch (Astragalus pomonensis), Quail Bush (Atriplex lentiformis), Rattlesnake spurge (Euphorbia albomarginata), Red Maids (Calandrinia menziesii), Red Willow (Salix laevigata), Purslane Speedwell (Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis), Sand Peppergrass (Lepidium lasiocarpum), Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius), Vinegar weed (Trichostema lanceolatum), Western Ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya), Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa), Wild Peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum var. ubescens);
REPTILES: Black‐headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps), Blainville's Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii), Belding’s Orange-throated Whiptail (Aspidoscelis hyperthyra beldingi), Coastal Western Whiptail (Asidoscelis tigris stejnegeri) Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum), Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis melanleucus catenifer), Red- diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber), Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata), Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana), Two-striped Garter Snake (Thamnophis hammondii), Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), and other fish and wildlife resources within the Project vicinity.
The adverse effects the project could have on the fish or wildlife resources identified above include: the disturbance to, alteration of, and/or loss of nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat; the reduction or loss of habitat coverage, composition, and distribution; the disturbance to and alteration of wildlife movement corridors; and temporary impacts to water quality. The Project will impact a total of 4.70 acres of fish and wildlife resources subject to Fish and Game Code section 1600 et seq., including
3.06 acres of temporary impacts and 1.64 acres of permanent impacts to riparian and streambed resource. The 1.64 acres of permanent impacts will include construction of bridge/pier structures, abutments, riprap installation for erosion control, and low flow channel realignment. The 3.06 acres temporarily impacted as a result of vegetation removal includes the removal of approximately 78 Coast live oak trees, and various ground disturbing activities. Total project impacts of 4.70 acres of streambed are authorized under this Agreement (Table 1).
Table 1: Vegetation Communities within Project Area
Vegetation Community Total
Riparian/Riverine
(acres)
Impacts (acres)
Temporary Permanent
Ruderal 5.76 2.01 1.22
Eucalyptus Trees/Scattered
Riparian Vegetation
0.90 0.34 0.06
Eucalyptus Trees 0.88 0.43 0.19
Coastal Sage Scrub 0 0 0
Coastal Live Oak Trees 0.53 0.28 0.17
Total 8.07 3.06 1.64
Credits to be Purchased:
0.00 Re-established Waters of the State Credits
1.76 Rehabilitated Waters of the State Credits