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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/19/1991 Patricia Smith, Chair Conni Brunni Kevin McDermott Staff: John W. Stinson INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 19, 1991 4:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room AGENDA 1. Habitat Conservation Plan 2. Sanitary Landfill Closure 3. Co.unty Ambulance Rate Issue 4. City Center Project.' 5.. Set the Next Meeting. TO: iNTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMIT-TEE,>' FROM: JACK HARDISTY, PLANNING DIRECTOR~.~,~ / DATE: JUNE 18, 1991 SUBJECT: METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN (MBHCP) On April 18, 1991 the Planning Commission recommended approval of the MBHCP and certification of the EIR to the Council. On May 22, 1991 the Council referred the MBHCP, associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Implementation Agreement and Joint Powers Agreement to the Intergovernmental Relations Committee for discussion. Draft copies of the Implementation Agreement and Joint Powers Agreement are attached. Following is'a brief summary of the Implementation Agreement and Joint Powers Agreement. Implementation Agreement: This agreement would be entered into by the wildlife agencies, City of Bakersfield and County of Kern. The purpose of the agreement is to define the respective rights and obligations of the parties and beneficiaries of the agreement with respect to implementation of the MBHCP. Joint Powers Agreement: This agreement would be entered into by the city and county.. The purpose of this agreement is to specifically define relationships between each jurisdiction and to establish an implementation trust group with responsibility for administering the Habitat Conservation Plan acquisition and enhancement program strategy throughout the 20 year Section 10(a) permit and Section 2081 agreement term. Staff has worked with the county, wildlife agencies, the city's consultant and the BIA to develop the implementing agreement. Staff is recommending the Council approve the MBHCP, certify the EIR and conceptually approve the ImplementatiOn Agreement and Joint Powers Agreement so they can be officially transmitted to the Kern County Board of Supervisors for their action. After approval by both the city and countY, the documents will be delivered to the Federal Department of the Interior and State Fish and Game as part of the permit applications for the desired 10(a) and 2081 permits. ~ a/mir iMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, CIT~ 'OF BAKERSFIELD c°~wrY OF KE~N . REC, ARDING THE METROPOLITAN BAKERSFI~.LD HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN Apr%l 17, 1991 AGREEHENT DRAFTING GROUP Jim Movius, City of 8akerifield Planning Depar=men= Jack Hardis=¥ ' Hal Tho~e PlannLng D!rec=or Calif. Dep=. of Fish aha Game City of Bakersfield Aseie:an= Legal Advisor 1501 Truxtun Avenue 1416 9th St. 12th Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 Sacramento, CA 95814 805 326-3733 916 327-4483 805 323-3780 FAX 916 322-7870 FAX Laura Merino Laxx7 h. Eng, Ph.D. Deputy City Attorney Bakersfield Cal£f. De.~C. of Fish and Game 1501 Trux~un Avenue Eov~ronmental ServXces Division Bakersfield, CA 93301 1416 9th St. 12th Floor 805 326-3721 Sacramento, CA 95814 805 323-3780 FAX 916 322-5574 red James 916 324-8553 FAX Coun:¥ of Kern Wayne White Planning and Development Division jim BaLmoral 2700 M St. U,S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bakersfield, CA 93301 2800 Co==age Way, Room E-1803 805 861-2893 Sacramento, CA 95825 805 861-2061 FAX . 916 978-4613 White 916 978-4866 Bar:el 916 978-4619 FAX · Building Industry Association of Kern County Tom Reid Don Lindsa¥ Victoria Harris Thomas Reid Associates Castle and Cooke 505 Hamilton Ave, Suite 201 I0,000 Ming Ave. (P.O. Box 880) Bakersfield CA, 93311 P&lo Alto, CA 94301 (P.O. Box 11,165 8akmrsfield, CA 93389) 415 327-0429 805 664-6037 415 327-4024 FAX 805 664-6199 *FAX Rob Thornton 8r~ce Dlvelbiss NOSS-m.n, Gunther, ,~nox and Elliott. Deputy'County Counsel 650 Town can=er Dr., 3=e. 1250 Coun=¥ of Kern costa Mesa, CA 92626-1981 1415 Trux~un Ave. 8akers~ield, CA 93301 714 835-9000 80~ 861-2326 ex. 3827 714 545-0238 FAX 80~ 322-8653 FAX U.S. Depar~men= of the Interior Ron Swarm Solicitor's Office 500 N.E. Multnc~ St., Stm. 607 PoL'~land, OR 97232 503 231-2143 ~ 503 231-2166 FAX TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 RECITALS 2 . 0 DEFINITIONS 1 3.0 FUNDING 2 3.2 Ml=iga=ton Fees s Collection 8 3.4 Hi~i~ac~on Feel~ Exempt. ions 10 3.5 Ml~igaCion ~eeez . In Lieu. Pa~enc i0 .11 . ; 4.0 O~Z~TIONS OF ~ P~TIES 4~ Cl~y anG County and Im~kemencacion T~sc 14 4.2 US~S 14 4.~ ~ 17 5.0 ~ITAT PR~ION 17 5.1 A~nis~ra~ion of MB~ 5.2 ~.3 5.4 5.7 Salvage an~ Reloca=~on 20 S.0 M~ ~S~S 21 23 7.0 ~~ 7.1_ ~=. 24 7.2 . R~/es in General 24 -. 7.3 Sua~eion 2 '-. 7.4 Se~g~llity 25 8.0 MIS~oUS 2~' 8.1 To~ of Agre~enc 27 8.2 ~n~nca' 27 8.3 Notices 27 ~. 4 ca~ions 27 a. 5 Counter__s 2 8.6 Gove~Lng Law 2 8.7 8.8' Th~ pa~ 8ene~ici~iee 28 8.9 ConZll~ with ~ 28 28 Me=ropoii~an 8ak~rs~ield Ka~i=a= C:nserva=~on Plan Impiemen=~ng Agreemen= _ ~:I THIS IHPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT is encerea into aa of =he da~ of 4~ , 1991, by an~ ~ng =~O ~NI~D STA~S FiSH ~ WI~ S~VI~ 5~ Agency of =he Dep~n= of the ~nter~or of the Uni=ed Stares.of ~r~ca ~i ('US~S') =he ~ZFO~IA DEP~~ OF FISH ~.G~, a S~ivision of the 7~] Resour=eo Agen~ o~ =ho s=a=e ~of Califo~a (-~-), =Ag CI~ OF B~FIE~ 8~ ('Cit~') and the ~ OF ~ '2~I. This Agre~en= is ~asea on =~e following fa~s an~ asa~ons, 14 'in=en=ions and 16 1.1 The Me~ro~li=~ fl~rs~ie~d H~ac Co~=Lon PI~.("~CP"). 17 demcr~ a'c~a=~vo f~al, sram, ~ local P~of'co~e~ation ,for i~ a n~r of p~= a~ an4'si s~ie8 of conce~, as lis=~ ~.def~ 19' Se~on 1.6 of this A~un= (=ho "S~em of Conco~-). T~ ~ is a 20 ~roauc=-of le~A~ 8=udy and nego=ia=ion and re~emen=s coo~~on of~ 21 9=Lva=e deveio~n= and'conse~a=ion in=eres=s wi=h federal, s=a=e and local 22 gove~n=s. of Concern. T~O ~ ea=~isheg =he co~l=ionm un~= whic~the coun=y and. 27 pe~=s =o all~ t~l t~g of S~c~e. of Conc~ inciden=al =o deveio~en= 28 an~ o=Aer 1~ uaog w~=A~ a ~on of =~o his=orLcal r~qo of the Species the Secre=~ of the Uni~ Stares De~n= of the ~nt~or un~= Se~ion 21 10(a) of =~e End~qo~ S~cie8 Ac= ('E~') a~ a ~= fr~ CDF~ under 32 Se~ion 2081 of =he CaLifo~ia Fish and G~ Code, eacA for a (20) ~{etro.~okitan Bakere~teld Hab£Cac C0nsecva=ion Plan ~mplemen=tng Agreemen ~ eliminate the review of individual Projects by the parties to this Agreement 21! and eliminate the em.position of Dfc]acc-sPecific mitigation measures to 4 5 1.4 The purpose of this Agreement is Co define c~e respective rights ~ and oUligacione of the parties and identified beneficiaries of this Agreemen 7 with res.oeec to the implementation of the MBHCP. Nothing contained within the ali MBHCP shall be construed to e~d the oUligacio.ns, or limit the rights, of 9 any party beyond the specific, oUligacions and rights of such parc~ sec forth '0 herein. 14 FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the recitals sec forth above, the covenants '5 sec foz-ch herein and ocher consideration, =he receipt and adequacy.of Which 16 are hereUy acknowledge~, the-partial hereto do hereb~ agree as 17 18 2.0 Dmrn~TX0Ns 20 21, The following terms as used in this Agreement shall have the meanings 2211 sec fcrl:h below~ 241~ 2.1 The term "ESA" means the Endangered S.De~iss Act of 1973, as 2~i amenUeU, and the te~ "CESA- means the californxa Endangered S~e~ies Act, 26 amended, as 27 28 2.2 The term "take- or "taking- and the term "incidental take" shall . 29 have the 8ame. meanin~ Provided therefor in the ESA. 30 21 2.3 The term "Permit Area- means those Portions of the City and the ,22 County covered by the MeCro.Dolitan Bakersfield 20~0 General Plan, except the 33 area.of the Kern River primary floodplain and the Kern Water Bank Project, as 34 s~o~n~ on Exhibit C. ,~6. 2.4 The te~-m "Federally Protected SDecies- ~hall mean those.~_plancs'or April 17, 1991 ~eCropolitan 8ak~t~ield Habitat Conservation Plan ZmpiemencLnq Agreement i anumals listm~unc~r =he ESA tha~ ara' four~ or may be found in 2 .Area. They £ncludet 5 San JoaquLn kit fox Vulpes macforms mu=ica 7 blun=-nos~, leopaxd lizard Gambelia 8 Tiptonkanqaroo rs= Dl~odomFs n. 9 g~anc kan~ar~ rs= D.,t4)odomlrs i0 12 14 CalifornL& j~welflower Ca~lanchus californlcus 15 San JoaquLn wooly-threads Lembercia congdo/ht~ 16 Hoover's wooly-erst Eriascrumhoover£ 17 Ker~ mallow Eremmlche kernens~s 20 an~ls lAs=ed under =he CESA ~ha= are found or may be found in 21 Area. They includes 23 '~: 24 25 San Joac~Ln kit.fox. Vulpll'macro~is musica 26 bZun:-nosed leo~ard lizard Gnm~elia silus 27 Tip=on kangaroo ra~ D/podomys n. 28 gLanc ka. nc3aroo fac D/~odomFs 29 San Joaqu&n (Nelson's) antelope squirrel .A~spermophilus nelsoni 30 32 ' 33 Bakersfield cactus Op=n~a 34 california jewelflower caglanchus cai/fern,=us 35 Tulare pseudobahia Pfeudc~Mb.,tape.tz'zoJ2.,~.~. i 2.6 The term "S~ecies of Concern- means one or more of-the following s San Joaquin kit fox Vulpef macrocis 7]1, blunc-noee~ leopard lizard Gambelia si/us 8 TipCon kangaroo fac mipodomys n. 9 shorc-nose~ kangaroo sac DipodomFe niCracoides brevanasus i0 grant kangaroo fac DipodomFs !I San Joaq~i~ antelope squirrel ~spermopailus nelso~i 12 San Joaquin pocket mouse · ~ Perognacahus i. ~aornacus 16 i, Sakersfield cacCu8 Op~cia crelease~ 17 Hoover's wooiy-ecar 18 california jM~flower "1~ San joaqu/~Woo~y =breads Lembercia_congdo~ti 20 ~akess~ield eal~busn A~ri~lex :ularensis 21 'slough 22t recurred larkspur Delphinium recurvacum 23 Tulare Peeud~babia0 Pseudohah/a pe~rson~.L =5 Keen mallow 27 2.7 The term "mitigation- £nciudeez 29 (a) Avoidin~ the impacc altogether by hOC Caking a certain action os pares 30 of an acCion. 31 (b) Minimizing imgacc8 by ~imicing the degree or magnitude of the action and 32 Les implemencaCion. 33t (c) Re~C~f~ing the im~a~C by repairing, retu~bilitating, or restoring the 24 im~acce~ envtronmenc. 35 ] (d) Reducing or eliminating the impact over c~ by Preservation and ~6~ maintena~¢e-operations during C~e kife of the action. A9=tl 17, 1991 ~ecr.opo~tan 8akeFs~e~d Hab£cac conservation P~an ~p£emen~n~ A~eemen~ ~ ii (e) CompenSating fo= =he impact by replacing or providing suDsCiCuCe 211 resources o= environment8. 411 "~ltigacion' further includes ~ut is nsc limited Co, :he' designation, ~ii acquisition· or relegation of lend'as open space and the provision of ~ adequate funding-for wildlife conse~vacion, protection or enhanceme'nc. 8 2.8 The"te~m-'"Pe~mittee- eh&Il mean the City and the County.. 9 i0 2.9 The ce~m' 'Su~permit=ee-'shall mean landowners and ocher private i1 paroles chat ar~.'grading, building, or =endue=lng ocher development activities iI w£cAin the Pecmi=Area as approved by =Re Pe~m~cCee under =he ce=ms cf =his '3 Agreement. 14 15 2.10 The term "Trustee- sAail mean the City and the County. 16 17 2~11 The te~-'!mplemen~ation Trust' shall mean =haC body responsible 1~ for ma.lc:Lng prellL'*V~ acquisition decis£0ns and for administering =he MBHCP. 19 The ~piemencacion T=a~c~com~ises repcelentativel of the City and the County 20 as True=eel. The Im~lemencatio~ Trust wil! be ore&ced through =he formation 21 of a Joint 90wets Aqreemenc (-~pX-} (see sample JPA ac=ached hereto as Exhibit 22 E). RepresenceCivol-from USFWS and CDFO are Co be man~ator~ advis°r~ 2~ addition° a mem~eL--o~ the public will be appointed as a mandatory advisor. 24 The men. er of the publ£c will .sez~e a cwo yea= term and will be 25 appointed by the ri=F Council ahd Kern county 80ard of. Supervisors. The 26 Trustees may consult any ocher advisor8 as neceslarg. 27 2~ 2.12 T~e Cazm "acquisit£on- shall mean and ~efer co an~ of the 29 followLng= ~0 (a) OwnerSh£p of, o= 'a con=ingency-~ree con=rac~c or escrow co purchase, a ~1 ~ee £n~e~in =eel ~2. (~) Ownership of, or-d con=ingency-~ae concrac~c or eso=~w to purchase, a ~3 w£~dl~fe'c°nuervac~on easement £n peFpecu£ty, or similar ee~&te in 95 (c) Re~ordation--o~an irrlvocable off~t, to de=ILo&Ce & fee inCoreet, or a 36 wildlife conee~vetLon easement in perpecuLty or sUnilar est&Ce ~e=roPOlitan Bakersfield Habitat Conse~va=ion Plan 2 2 2.13 The =era 'open land- includes natural land and land which has 4 significantly been altered by agricultural or industrial use, but which has ' no= been 8uba=an=iall¥ develo.oea for urbanusee. Open land in =he Pc=mi: Area 6 is shown on Exhibit B da=ed as of 8 2.14 Tho term 'natural land" means undeveloped la~d which has no= been 9 significantly altered by human acCivi:y. !0 Natural land generall · brushland/woodland, dense brushian /~.~ ...... ¥ ~nc!udes open wetlands, ep~eo~=ai flooded land, bare ground s .... - ...... ' 12 grasslands, grasslands sub4e .... ' dna aunes, rock outcroppings, j c= ~ grazing, and non-crop aaricul=u ii waich has retained natural cent- . - ral.land 14 ours or nas revs=ced bac~ =o ns=ur vegetation. Natural land does not include fo ........... al. 15 been'leveled or gra~ed to facilitate irrigation or Production activities or 16 , agricui=ural l~ld which has been au= of Production for ieee than five 17 consecutive years. Natural land in =he Ps--nit. Area. is shown on Exhibit A 18 da=ed aa of , 19~1. 20 2.15 The term "urban development- means a change in land use from open. 21 lan~ to an~ other land use for w~ich a Permit suc~ as a building permit or use 22 permit would be required from =he Cit~ or Coun=~, includin~ but no= limited 24 a change from natural land =o agricultural use,. o= a cha~ge from-natura~ land 25 or agricultural use =o use for oil produccion exce~c that ce~cain structures 26 or facilities appurtenant =o agriculture or oil Production may require a 2? permit from Cl=F or County un,ir cit~ or Coun=~ ordinance and are therefore 29 20 2.16 The =arm -progecc. means =he whole of an ac=ion, which has a ]1 ~o=en=ial for resulting in a physical change in =he environment, directly or 22 ultimately, and =ha= is an~ of the following= 24 (I) An activity direc=l¥ undertaken by an~ public agenc~ including bu= no= ~5 !~m~Ced ~O pUbliC Works cons=ruction and re,&Ced 26 (2) An acclvlC~ unde~Caken by a pc=son which is supra=cod in whole or in April 17, 199! Habitat Conse=vacion Plan Implemencin~ Agreement I 9a=c through public agency contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or 2 forms of assistance from one or more public agencies. 3 (3) An activity involving =he issuance =o a person of a lease, 4 license, cez~ifica=e~ or other entitlement for use by one or more ? 2.17 The term 'Urban Development Pe~=' means issuance of a building 9 development. Whelm & pro~ecC which would result in urban devekopmenC wouid i0 not require 'a building permit, =he =arm "Urban Development Pe~mi=" means ii issuance of a~uee pezmit or encroacmaent permit by =he City or County. 12 13' 2.18 The-term 'preserve lan~' means land.acquired b~ =he ~mplementation 14 Trust forincoz~ora~ton into'prese=v~s for-the conservation and pro=er=ion of 15 Species of Concern. 17 '2.19 The tem"~sem- or "prmse=ve si=e" mman~ a parcel of preserve -}8 land or an agg=egation of parcels of preserve land pL'~:e,.-.:ed fro~ future'ur~an 1~ deveko~_~n= or ot~er disturbance, and managed as a unit for =he conservation ~0 and protec~ion of Species of Concern. 21 ~2 2.20 The term 'enhanced lan~' means (1) open and natural land w~ich is (2) lan~ for which the Xmpkementa=ion Trust ~as entered into 24 a Cooperative Agrmem~nt pursuanc Co Section 5.5 of thLI 26 2.21 Tho. term "Incidental Take Ps,mits' shall mean generally c~e 27 £ssu~i by th~-US Depaz~mmnt-of Interior' under Series 10(a) of the ESA, and 28 the. permit issu~ by t~e Department of Fish and Game under Section 2081 of the 29 CESA, 30 31 34 36 ~etropo~an Bakera~ie~d Habita~ Conservation P~an ~mPlemencin~ A~reemen-c 4 ~ ~.1.1 ~ ~ncegral an~ essential P~C of the ~HCP is the 5 iden=ifica=~on, 7 ma~:en~=e, a of Con=e~. e~=~n= an~ margin= of a ne:~r~ of Presets for' 9 i0 3.1.2 Fu~8 Co purchase, e~ce an~ m~age'the prosobee 8nail be- · !1 derive~ fr~ am m~y sources as ~ss~le includi~, buU no: l~:ed - Ii ~n~federai agencxes suc~ as CDF=, US~S, =he Bureau of L~ Maria-= =o, --~ ~uas~a=Lon Fun~, exXs=in~ an~ fu=ure federal, s=a=e an~ local 14 bona issues, l~cal aha regLonal o~n space an~ h~i=a= asseee~n= 15 !~ conse~anc&es and t~s=s, and the mL=iga=ion fees des=r~ in Sec:ion !6 3.2. 21 the pro~s~ Preaches for S~ciea of Concern could no= be 22 seiec=e~, pro=eu=e~,'ac~ee,, esc~lishe~, ma~=a~e~, e~cea aha managea. 14 sources con=~l~=e4 b~ =Aim Agre~n= in Se~on ~.1.1, are sufficien= 26 27 3.2.2 P~ly follGw~g =he exes:ion of t~s Agre~n=, =he.cl~ and 28 Coun=y s~ail e~ 0fences ("Ord~ces-) r~i~ =he patenc of an 29 End~gere~ S~=Lo8 H~i=a= ~ltigaCion Fee ("Mltiga=ion Fee-) in 30 22 3.2.3 The Mitiga=ion Fee snail apply to ail P~cel8 of l~d loca=ed 33 'wL=hin =h ~L= ~8a which receive an Urb~ De~lo~n= Pe~= as define~ in 34 Sec=~on 2.~ exce~ for those Pro~ec=s ex~ un~r Sec=ion 3.4. The paten: 35 of a Mitigation F~ for an~ p~ce~ or area ac the ch~ a~lc~le April 17, 199~ i Fees w£ch respect Co such parcel or area pursuln= co Chis Agreement and the 2 Ordinances regardless whether =he Ordinances or =he Mitigation Fees are modified by the City or County prior =o the issuance of an Urban Development 4 Permit or ocher approval for any land use wi=bin such'parcel or area. S 3.2.4 The-Mitigation Fe· is =o be collected from all persons, firms or 7 entities receiving' City or County approvals for urban development in 8 accordance w£th this Agreement. The Mlt£qacion Fee shall be collected by city !0 Permit as defined-in SeoCion 2.~. Clty--o~N=T app~ovaL's for a project 11 occurring prior to the.Urban Dev~opmenc PeLmLtt 8hall be conditioned on !2 payment of the Mitiqation Fee aC Cbs time of issuance of.the Urban Development 13 Permit. !4 !5 3.2.5 ExcepC-fo~the in lieu payment authorized pursuant Co. Sec=ion i6 ].4, the Ocdinancel shall require c~e payment of'the Mitigation Fee in cash, .18 of development- fees, at the "Mitigation-Fee Rate" of One Thousand DoLlars 19 ($1,000.00) pet grOlS acre fo=each parcel of land-prOpOled for urban 21 defined in Section 8.1. Mi~igaCion Feel may be paid directly by the ocher fundinqme~anilml authorized to raise revenue for--public benefits and 26 3.2~.~ Except as provided in Sect:ion 3.4.3, C~e area balil for the 27: Mitigation Fee e~l be the enCOre area of any ~and parcel sub)et= in aL1 or 28 in parc co Urban Oe~kopmenC% Even though the Mitigation Feel may nsc be due 29 until an Urban Devlko~mlnc' Pe~mLt is £slued, =ha area of the parcel shall be ~0 calculated at the time of firlCappz~vaL, prior to any diminution by ~I subdivision or dedication of easement8 or rights-of-way or ownership co any 33 ~4 3.2.7 The OrdinanCel shall prOVide for the. anrmal adJulCment of the ~ep~lnC of Laboz'-vith-the-vaLve of One ?houland DoLLarl ($~000.00) in the i ',~ ye~ 1990 aa =he basis for =he Mitlga=ion Fee RaCe. ~ ~ 3.2.8 The Ordinances BAsil r~Ln in suUs=an=ial~ e~ivaien= fo~ ana 9  ' ee . !1 !2 ~ 3.3.1 Pr~ly followino =he exertion of this Agre~enC. :he pa~es l~ ~ snail exe~=e a Join= Ps.rs Aqrm~n= ("JPA") in suDs=~=iall~ the s~e '4 as =~a: a==ac~e~ here:o , , . 15 aha County s~all convey all ~i=lgacion Fees colle~e~ during an~ calendar --..~9 3.3.2 The /~i~n:a:ion T~8:8~11 hold ~fu~s reCeiv~ pur8~= 20 to Sec=ion 3.3.1 ' an a sep~a=e U~a= acorn: for the PU~se of attiring and 21. ennancing h~ita= for the conse~a=ion of S~uies of Concern in accordance 22 w~ch this Agre~n= an~ the T~8= Agrsemen=. 24 Ii 3. ~. 3 The Impl~nCaCion T~8C. will be ..reo~nl~le ' 25 Mitigation Fee R-* ...... for reviewing 26 ~=ea co8C8 o ' ' aha ennanc~g h~ltaC for S~uiee of Conce~ an~, if a~ropriace, : ac~n~ rec~enuing 27 revisions in tho Or~cee to a~jua= the le~l of Mitiqacion Fees. 28 29 31 3.4.1 Public Pro~e~s less th~ ten gross acres in e~enc or resulting 22 in use of less th~ ten acres of o~n 1~, d~e~ly un~a~n by' the City, 33 the Counc~, 'o= any ocAer go~ncal entity othe~ise 8ub~e~ to 34 Or~inances shall be ex~ fr~ Mi=i~a=ion Fee re~ir~n=s. No=wi=hs=an~ing 36 pro]e~s whe~ use= feel are colle~eU, (ii) public progeccs where April 17, Metr .opo£itan Bakersfield Habi~a= Conservation Plan Implementing Agreement ! entitles operate facilities by franchise, and (iii) public 2 more gross acres. '. 4 3.4.2 Pro~eccs not auu)ecc =o an%~~ by the-City or =he County may vok~c~ly o~ ~'~Ca fr~--che City 9 ~o c~o ~i=igaC/on Fee. Su~ vokunc~ p~ci~cion il ~ccs of oCho~ise ex~ p=o~e~s on f~ai pr~e~ed s~c~e8 or scare 14 3.4.3 P~e~s ~n =ho ~ion of tho Pe~iC ~ea which are zoneU for 15 reeo~ce e~ra~on or a~l=uro n~ 17 an~ aseociaC~ diaCurU~ce 'such aa grad~q, pav~ng, dra~e and open sCora~ or (ii) the .fee will be paid on a ~~ of t~ ~. one half acres, in 20 min~ di8=~ area of' 2.5 ac~g. 21 22 3.4.4. The' followin~ activities are ex~ ~=~ =he Mitigation Fee fo~ o~ the-p~x~sC~ d~o~c~ (2} MobLleh~ 25 r~u~nc~ '~. (3) Om~o~c of ~Y'pn~ for wh~ch'~ OS~S has 30 3.5 Mi~iaaCion Fe~ Iff Lieu 32 3.5.1 Thl~O=d~cel shall p~ide ChaC l~er8 may dedicate l~d in ~6 MetropoLitan Ba~e=s~ield Habitat Conse~va=Xon Plan Im~.lemen=lng Agreement ~ 2.5.2 Landowners Proposing dedication of Iand in lieu of payment of 2 Mitigation Fees shall su~ic a Petition for a dedication consistency ~ determination =o =he Implementanion Trust. the Peri=ion shall provide a 4 description of the land propose~ for dedication, a repo~-= Prepared b7 a 5 qualified biologist on the value of the land as habitat for Specie8 of .~ Concern, and'% ~ ~ monetar~ value Of cae Lan~ =o be claimed in ? lieu of fee~. ' 8 time limits: The Petition shall be bandied, in accordance with =he following 9 (i) if upon review of the. petition, =he Implements=ion Trust. finds I0 informs=ion provided to be i-~----ate - . =he '-----~ =or uetermining consistency, the !1 True= shall, within for=y_five (45} days of receipt o'f the petition , 12 provide the landowner w£=h a writ=es statement of the additional -- information re.=uire~. ?he 45 day perXo~ can De ex=ended if both Dar=xes 14 agree. 15 (ii~ Upon receipt of an adequate Petition, the Implements=ion Trust shall, within for~¥_five(4~} days of reoeip= of the Pe~-i=ion~ issue a !? determination with relpeoc to the accel~ca~ll£t~ an~ tone,aCes o 18 la~ pro. ced for d-=- ' cy. f the uqacation w£=h =he preserve ac~isiCion criteria set- ~- %9 fo~h in Section 3.5.3. The~45 day peciod can-beex~ended if both 20 par=Les agree. 21 (iii) If the Implementation Trust fails =o make a writ=en determ~nation of 22 i cone~stenc~ or lack of consisten~withi~ t~e 45-day period, ='he land £~ ~ropose~ for dedication will be deeme~ =o be steerable and consistent 24 w£=h =he Preserve acquisition criteria se= for=~ in Section 3.5.]. The 25 45 day per~od ca~ be ex, ended if bo~A par~ies agree. 26 27 3.5.3 Land is appropriate for ac~uieition as all or par= of a preserve 28 si=e, and shall qualify in lieu of payment of 29 .within one of ~he of ~otential local Preserve Mitigation Fees, if i~ is acquisition areas identified in S0 Exhibits E, or (ii) i~ is in a ar&a identified for'pr~eez-za=/on outside of the 31 Metropolitan Bakersfield Area as identified in Exhibit F, (iii) or i= is in an ~2 area determxne~ by the ~m~lementat£on True= =o provide benefits to one or more· 33 of =he S~eeleeof Concera. N°~w£thstandin~ the foregoing, =~e Implementation 24 Trust ma~ at its sole discretion re,eOt an~ offer for dedication in lieu of ~5 Mitigation Fees. 36 ApriI 17, 1991 I 3.5.4 If in consultation with the .USFWS and CDFG aa advisors, =he 2 Implements=ion True= determines that the land proposed for dedication is 4 Sec=ion 3.5.3, =he decLication may be used in lieu of payment of =he ~ fee. ~Jpon =he recordation of an irrevocable offer of dedication in' favor cf 7 Fees ("Fee Credits'). F~.Credits 'shall be calculated in equivaien~ acreage I0 pa~n= of MiCiqa=i~ F~e on one abre o~ ur~ deveko~n=). The ~oun= I1 Fee Cr~its grated for a p~i~l~ d~ication of l~d shall be calculated as 12 follows] 12 (i) The Fee cr~i= (in acres) snail be e~al =o =~e fair m~e= value 'of the 14 dedicates 1~ ~ea (in doll,s) divid~ by =~e provaxlinq 15 F~ Ra~ (in do~l~s ~r acre}, i6 (iii but. in no e~nt s~l the'n~r of acne of F~ Credit be greater 17 .=~. a~n~ of ac~e of 1~ d~cat~. ~0 N~i~C~ C~oro~ pr~ieion8 of th~s So, ion 3.5.4, 20 Impl~en=a=ion T~s= ma~ eke~ =o provide Fee Cr~its (i) in the ~n= of the 21 fa~ m~eC va~ of l~d dedicace~ to =~o Im~e~ntaCion T~BC by any person 22 u~n =he reception of an irr~c~e offer of d~ica=ion, and (~i) in an 23 ~unc =eC~-~ .to ~e a~r~aCo by =~e I~~aCion T~aC for 24 e~c~nc a~viC~ conduced b~ a a~~ttee pursuit Co a' Coo~=aCive ~0 inde~n~enCly Cr~or~8 be~n private enC~Cie8, a~ boC~n p~ic and 32 Fees in CAe 8~ ~ as 8~ifi~ in So,Lens 3.5.4 a~ 4.1. ~y 35 in w~ich Cho d~icaCion i8 ~. ~6 Ha=roPoli=an Bakersfield Habitat Conserva=xon ~lan Implemen=Lna 4 .5 4.1.1 Neither the City nor the Coun=y shall issue any Urban Development S Perm,= for any parcel of land located within =he PezmL= Area w~ich will allow 7 any urban development of such parcel by any person, fi=re, or em=it7 prior 8 =he collection of the aPplica~le Mitigation 'Fee for.such parcel. 9 iQ 4.1.2 Subject re.all of the =eLmm and con~ition~ of this 12 Area, all Species of Concern including federally prot~c~e~ sPe=iee or 12 pro=ec=e~ s.uecLee, may ~e incidentally taken upon suc~ parcel and =heir 14 ha~i=a= may be modif!e~ during =he course of °=Aerwise.lawful_ac=lvitiee. . 15 No=wi=hstan~ing =he foregoing, on-site =ak~ of all Species of Concern will be 16 mitigated =o the maximum ex=est prac~ica~le, =o =he ex=est required in Sec=ion 17 5.7 of this 18 "-~9 4.1.~ Upon receip~ of the Mitigation Fee~or ce~lfie~ Fee Credit 20 descried in Section 3.5.4, 21 Subpermit =o allow i .... ~he City or County aa PezmLttee~ehall grant ad,sen=aA ~ake of federally or state Pro=ec=e~ species in 22 the area for w~ich =he fee was paid and in accordance w£=h any conditions 26 No=ling in =his Agreement is intended =o .authorize =he imposition of an~ new 27 or different con~ltione or exac~ion8 on =he Subperm~t or on anFlan~ use. 28 approval beyon~ thole Conditions or exactions.validly im.~xssed on =he Land use 29 approval by =As City or Count7. 21 4.1.4 The Subpermit shall be in writing.and may be incorpora=e~ S2 =he form or lanc/uage of any Permit or approval iseUe~ by =he Cl~y or County. 33 I~ shall¢on=&in the substance of the following 36~ MBHCP and City/Coun=~ Ordinance, [entity paying fee~ and its April 17, 1991 .~etr .opoiitan 8akezsfield Habitat Conservation Plan Implemen=Lng Aareemen= -~ 10(a) ~e~ dee~nac~on} aha [aCaCe 1081 parc designation} and are ~t~ed ~he inc~denca~ ~a~ of preceded s~c~es as lisce~ 6 p~cei). I~.the-fee-is paid only on a ~ion of the p~cei ~hen 7 a ~9 8~ng C~o ~tCed areas of diaCur~ce 8Aould be aCCacA~ to-C~ ~-1-5 U~ 'isaacs of the Incidental Ta~ ~e~Cs, =he !1~ T~sC s~l p~ a Baso~o ~ap ~or p~nea of ~n~Co~n~ c~ and LI ~ m~ci~ac~on u~-Cho'MBH~. Tho map, w~ich w~ll be Uae~ on aerial i~ ~ ~nocoq~a~y c~n a~x~cely ac c~e c~m~ o~ ~he ~sau~ce o~ ~he Znc~encal' ~4 Ta~ ~e~Cs, ah~ ah~ existing urU~ de. lo--nC, o~n 1~, an~ nacura~ 15 1~. 17 4.1.~ The City an~ County eac~ an~ se~aCei~ eha~l ~Cain an~ 18~ p=~de the I~l~encaCion T~aC w~ch an u~Co~aCe =eco~ o~ the following, 19 ~ =alculaCeU f=~:.c~e dace o~ this DO~iO~C-Pe~C ("A~~ Urb~ Oeveio~nc'), an~ show~ng ~C' of 1~ fo= whic~ a Mlti~aCion F~ was colle~ed, and the ~unc 24 o~ 1~ fo='w~i~ a Mitigation Fee credit w~. cla~ 27 (iii) The c~laCZve'~nC of A~~ Urb~ De, lo--nc on open 29 4.1.7 Tho ~mp~ncaCion T~8c sAa~l ma~Ca~ and pr~de tho City. and ]0 County with an up-Co,aCe recor~ of =ho follow,hq, cai~laCed fr~ the dace of 3i this Agr~nc ~ ~2 (i) Tho a~n~' (in ac~) of Mi~igaCion Fee.Cr~L~s ouc~~q a~ unused. 33 and the holder or re~ of suc~ cr~its~ and ~4 (ii) The c~la=Lvo ~nc (in ac~e} of ~ fo11~ (a) naC~al l~d 36 1~, oc~-ch~ nacura~ 1~, ac~ by C~ ~mp~CaCion T~sc, Me=ropo~itan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan ImP~emen~lnq Aareemen= which is covere~ by a Prese~e Manag~n= PI~ r~e~ by Se~ion 2 a~ (c) l~d for which =~e Impl~en=a=ion Trust ham enCere~ inco a ;~ (b) and (c) are colleccivel~ refe~od ~o as ~he ~' L~d8-) and shall no= include =he area aasoc~a=e~ w~=h unus~ Mitigation ~ F~ Credits re~ed un,er P~agrap~ (i). 8 4.1.8. A= .no =~.8ha~l the ~nC-o~~~8 be ~e88 =hen 9 g=ea=er of-the, follow~ngz (i) The_~n= 'of App~ ~r~ Deveko~n= on i0 c~n land o= (ii) Thr~ =~m =he.~un= of A~r~ Urban Deve~o~en= on i1 natural 1~, as-oh~ on =he re,rd refo~ to in Se~on 4.1.6. !2 4.1.9' P=ior =o =he issuance of an Urban County as a~ropr~a~e, shall CO~uc=. =he-cad,la=ion de 16 4.1.6, a~ina o a ..... · s=r~ed in Sec=ion 17 o~n l~d p~.~ fo= . . ~ c-=ne '~n= of neural land and 4.1-10 A pro~e~ a~lc~=.~F.:ele~ =o e~nd Mitigation Fee 21 application for a~rovai of ur~ de--ko--n=, In =he even= ~ha= a 23~ ' ~on 4.1.6, addin~ Co =he area of 24~ conaucc =~e calculation deicr~e~ in .... Cit~ o= .Councy shall ~ Approved Urb~ De--kO--nc =~e ~nc -~ 25 for urban de, ko,n= in =he -r ' .:-or-na~ra.l l~d and open' land proposes p o]e~, and addin~ =o =he area of E~anced L~s , 2S the ~un= of Mitigation Fee Credits (in acres) which =he pro~e~ a~lican= has ele~ed to e~n~. In no even= sha~l the calculations made pursuant 28 Sec=ion 4.1.S include ~ E~anced Lands for'which ~he ImPlantation Trust 29 ]0 has issu~ F~ Credits until, auc~ t~.ae the holder of such Fee Credits e~nds 8uc~ F~'Cr~i=8 by rel~Lshinq =he.Fee Credits, or appropriate ]1 ps--ion =hereof, in writing to =he Cit~ or Count, as appropriate. 4.1.11 The Cit~ or =he County shall nsc approve any Urban Deveko~enc Pe~c if the effe~ of the approval wou~d be ~o 35 4.1.6 bas~ on =h ..~--..i~. 1rely violace SecCton . 36 · --~a=~ons se='-fo~h.- in Se~on 4.1.9 or 4.1.10. April 17, 1991 .~e~ropoli=an 8ak~rs~iel~ Ha~i=a= Conserva~:~on Plan ! 4.1.12 when an ur=an develol~nenc progec~a is approved, =he Ci=7 or =he 2 Coun=y BAsil no=~f~ =~8 .~mpl~n=a=~on T~8= of =he ~n= of na=urai land anu ~' o~n 1~ a~ov~ for ur~.deveio~=, an~ =he ~un= of Mi=iga=ion Fee 7 8 4.2.1 Af~ isi~e of t~-Se~= 10(a} Pe~n, CAe US~S shall i0 acciviCiel =~8u~, includ~g 11 ac~isi=ion, m~Lfica=/on, m~g~=, o~a=ion and ~in=~ce of the 12 ~rese~e8 in order =o insure c~li~ce w~Ch =~ia Agre~nc. 17 s=a~fs, bo~m o= c~~ of.t~ o~-p~em to th~ A~un= to insu=e 18 ~he a~~ate 21 en~orc~n= r~el ~e a~ell~ in Se~on 7.3 .of this Age--nc. The 22 ~S~S s~all dele ~el= effo~s Co ae,~sC CAe Imp~CaC~on T~8= in 2! o~ca~ing, a~~. fu~g fr~-sou=cci include,' buC n~ l~Ced =o, =hose 26 27 28 4.3.1 A~er is~ce of the 1081 Pe~=, Chi ~ s~l moni=or cae 30 inciud~g ~uC n~' l~d.to, CAe 8ele~Lon, a~l~lon, ~/ficaCion, 31 ma~qun=, o~=a=ion ~ ma~=enance of the premo~e~ in order =o insure 33 34 4.3.2 ' s=a~fs, ~oards or councils o~ =he ocher parties to Chis Agreement co insure 2!t. =he appropriate monitoring of permit=ed incidental Cak~, and Co insure chaC ~ =he ~mplemencacion of the MSHCP is consistent w~ch, and will not render 4 £nvaiid, any finding upon which the 1081 Perm,= is Uase~. The CDFG aAall 5 devote ~esc efforts co assist =he ~mplemencacion Trust in o~=a~ning additional ~ fussing from sources including, ~uc hOC limited to, Chose lisCeG in Sec=ion ? ].1.2 of =his Agreement. @ 9 i0 5-O HABITA~ PROT~CT~C:~ 12 ~.1 Adm~nistrat£o2 of MBH~. The ~mpiemen~ation Trus~ snail ~e -- res.oon81~le for =~e selection0 ac.qu~sicion~ and management o~ preserve lands .'4 an~ ennanced lands, and for aqm~niscering the ~BHCP. The Implementation Trust shall maintain complete a 16 h-~`~ ....... , ~u=~u~ anq up-to-date records of 2he amount and ~2~ ~¥,~ ~he preserve land acquired, C~e amount and quality of !? e d he a~oun= of Ap~coved Urban 19 5.2 Annual RePorting. The Implementation Trust sha~l make an annuak 20 repot= wi=bin-thirty (30) days after =he end of the fiscal year of =he 21 implementation Trust to USFWS,and CDFG on the status of theMBHCP. The 22 will provide the following information: 24 (1) the. amount of ha~i=a= lost to urban develuFmenc over 'c~e past year, 25 showing the --~u_n= o~ natural land and the ~-~unc of open land so 26 affected. 27 (2) An estimate of the a-busc of ta~i~g of any 1As=ed species which has 28 taken pi&ce within the Permit Area. The esc~mace of take can be ~ase~ 29 on habitat area los= and does hOC require a Census or population' 31 (3) The cumulative "~unt (in'acres) of preserve land acquired. 32 (4) The cumulative am,unc (in acres) of. enhanced land. 33 (5) Management accivitles conducted on preserve lands over the ~asc year and 34 chose pro~ose~ for the following year. 3'5 (6) Enhancement activities conducted in the past year and those planned for ~6 Checc~tn~yes=. A~ril 17, 1991 2 .. Concezn in each preserve. 31! (8) A deecril~cion of anY sc£encifio research conUu=ced on the preserves or 4ii w£thin the Permit area An =he past year, and any propose~ for'=~e 5 upc~mZng year. 6 ? s.3 Preserve Ac=uisiCion. The Implementation Trust shail identify 8 potential, prelerVo sites, following cae prelervu design guidelines of the i0 acquisiti~n program. Preserve sites w£thin oho PermLC Area are identified on !1 Exhibit G, and pCelOm sites outside Chi pezlit Aria are identified on ii Implementation Trust w£Chout requxrin~ an amenchnenc Co chis Agreement. 15 5.4 ~resorve Manauemen= Entity. Prior Co acquisition .of any parcel of 17 ~nci=y ~or oho prome~v8 within which CAe parcel will bo located. Preserve ~9 Trus~ =he. Na~ure C~nservan~ff and C~F~. I~-Cho preserve management entity is 21 accep~ respons~Jmllity for management and/or enA&ncement of the preserve ekco 22I ~hroug~ a written, agreement w~Ch C~a Implementation.Trust (*Preserve 2]~ Management Ag~n~'~. Each Prese~ Management Agreement sAall.inciude a 24 detailed prOIOL'TO mana~emnt Plan consistent wit~ the manageme=c gui~el£nes 25 described in Sea, ion 5.6 ("Prelim Ma~age~enC Pla~"), and shall include · 26 prov~sions for monitoring and repeL'ring. I~ =hO Implementation Tr~st is 27 ac=ins as Oho p~eerve management entity, iC shall adop~ a Prelerve Management 28 Plan~ A Proeerv~ Management Agreement or if tho ImpAementaCion Truer is 29 acting as Chi preserve management enti~,_a Preserve Management Plan, snail be 30 'adopted by Chi ImPlementation Trust within one hundred twenty (120) days 21 following ac~iel~ion of the first parcel of preserve land within the preserve 32 8~Ce. 26 improvutsont aa en~an~ed lands. The Implementation Trust may enter inca an ~{e=ropoli=an Bakersfield Habi=ac Consez-va=ion Plan ImPiemen=~ng Agrse~nc '0 2 I1 ennanced lands i ("Coo.Deracive Agreemen=s-). The ~mPl~ncacion T~us= may also 31} enter 1nco cooperacive Agreements co pro=e== and enhance potential preserve 4I~ land prior =o acauisiCion'. Each Cooperative Agre~nc shall include a 5 ii ~ plan for =he management and enhanc~n= as aopro~rzace, of the It subject land consisCenc with the guidelines des'crkbed in Sec=ion 5.6 7, ('"Enhancement Management Plan-), and shall include provisions for moni=oring alt and repeL-ting. I0. 3.6 Preserve Manaa~n= Plaid. . 12 5.6.1 Preserve Managemenc 'Plans 8~all a~dress the following issues= '4 Ii (!) Which Species of Concern are currently supper=ed by the preserve, and 15' which Species of Concern the prese~v~ could Pocencially suupor= 16 (2) . . Which ocher plan=s, animals, or e~ological communities are currently or 17 could po~cially be supper=ed. 18 (3) APproPriateness'of visi=or use. 20 pro~ibi=e~ on the press=ye. 21 5) Requiremen=s for fencing and signing preserve boundaries. 22 6) Rec~ir~encs for pa=rolling of preserve sire. 2~ 7) Extent of allowamle.visitor use. 24 25 5.6.2 Enhancement Management Plans, and where appropria=e, Preserve 26 Management ~lane, s~all address =he enhancemen= of the land covered by the' 27 plan. Th~ discussion of enhancement activities shall include discussion of ~8 the following iseuee~ ~ 29 30 (1) RssCric=i0n of the uso of the !and, assurinq irs permanent use for 31 Pro~mc~cion and conservation of Species of Concern. 22 (2) control of exocic and invaeive piano speuies. 33 3) Control of the Presence of coyotes or domestic animals on the preserve. 34 4} cr~a=ion of ar=ifS=iai toi~ograp~7 where appropria=e =o enhance ha~i=a= ~5! for Species of Concern. ' 36 (5) Discinq or plows to loosen soil where heavily compacted soil preven=s Metro.peliCan Bakersfield Ha~ita= conserva=ion Plan Implemen=~n=. Agreemen= 21 2 ~ (6) 'The a~roprXa=enesa of ~Pl~n=inq con=roiled bu~xng for vege=a=xon ~ (8) Sullen=al ~l~C~g of pl~c S~c~ea of Conce~ in areas where ~ 5,7 Salvaoe and RelocaCio~. Salvage and Relocation of =he Species 9 Conce~ s~il be en~rag~ by the lmPl~nCaCion T~IC =o reduce on sire =a~ i0 Co c~e greatest e~enc ~ra~ic~e. 12 ~ 5.7.1 AC ~he rim% o~ =he execution of this Agre~nc, i= is coneLdere~ i~ praccLcal co Pr~Lde for =~e Salvage and Relocation of ~he S~ Joa~ kiC fox 14 and pl~C S~ciel of Conce~ as a~cLfied he=e~, it is nec considered i5 pracclcal to P~ide for c~ Salvage and Re/ocs=ion of the ocher antis of 16 conce~ ('8~11 an~s-) due ~o Che~ biologLcai r~wCs. I~ is 17 anciclpac~ =hac such Salvage and Relocation of 8~11 ani~JL8 ~y bec~ !~ a~o~ed ae by =he ~~n=aCion T~s= w~C~C r~ri~ ~ ~m~nc =o Chis 20 Agreement. 22 ~.7.2 The I.m~l~nCaCion T~SC shall ma~nCa~ an inVenco~ of ~o~ 23 fox ~ens an~ ~ locations of Pl~C S~iel of' Con~. For =~e pu~oaes 24 Chis series 5.7, -~- m~ a verified den airs refle~ a do--need 25 hiaCo~ of uae, ei~b~ f~ actual oble~a=iou of ki= fox or fr~ re=eno . 26. evidence of uae and plot=ed on the ~p ~Ca~ by the l~lwca=ion T~aC. 28 either e~enC or do--need during =he pal= five ye~l and p~oC=ed on the map 29 maLnCain~ by =he I~~=ac/on T~sC. Info~c/on.~y c~' fr~ a 30 of aourcel, inciud~g biological aumyI co~u~ed for ~qA c~ll~ce relaCed il co a pro~e~., Hmr, there i8 no 8e~a=e re~~nc for a preconac~cCion 34 5.7.~ The ~mp~nCaCion T~sC shall en~ra~ effete by ocher8 co 36 de~o~C. To do .Chil, the Zmp~ncaCion T~IC s~l ~ ~ ~ (1) Maintain a eau of ~ ~._ -d ..... --'=--~- ~ ~ de~.w£=hin one to three . years. This information can come from City and County approvals or other 2~i sources. ~it (2) Maintain a list of individuals holding valid scientific collecting : pS'mits or Performing research on the species of concern, and ~tl systematically up, ate c~ose individuals on areal propose~ for 7 develO~nc. 8 {3) Re~umre the inglusion in all Preserve Management Pla~s of an evaluation 9 of the value and suitability of each preserve =o serve as a recipient of i0 relocated kiC fox or plant Species of Concern. If acceding relocated ii individualsis determined to be appropriate for a preserve 8its, =he !2 Preserve Management Plan s~all include the cost of relocation to the 12 preserve 14 4) coordinate with landowners to encourage relocation activities 16 (5) individuals holding scien=£fic co ll.~.~n~ermi=.. · 17 ~,nsure that relocation ac=ivory as~.~.~b¥ =he HBHCP is ~ at no cost ~o the landowner~ ' ..18 (6) R~co~mend methods to be use~ for relocation ac~Xvitiee. A scientific %9 Permit=es may use alternate relocation methods 20 7) Ga=her da~a on the success of relocation activities from scientific 21 perm,=tees engage~ in relocation. '~ 5.7.,4 i~ relocation of San Joa.=uin kit fox is 24 deve£o.u~ent of a project si=s, the landowner shall be re~u~red to eliminate. 25 the known dens, Co allow kit fox to escape the construction area, prior 26 project grading. 'city or County approvals may be conditioned u~on com~liance 27 with this requirement. Den destruction associated with approved building 28 permmts and required as a condi=lon of local governmen: 'approval, is 29 consmdered to ~e an mnciden=al take and does not require a permit other than 30 the Serius 10(a} and 2'081 Perm,:. The'Implementation True= shall describe 21 methods for den des=rut=ion, and the landowner shall record and. rspor~ to the 22 Implementation Trust on any sightings-of San Joa~uin kit fox during =he 33 displacement OPeration. ]5 5.7.5 The ~SFWS and CDF~ shall condition scientific collecting permit '~ holders to notify =he ZmPlementa=ion Trust of co~lec=ing activity in the Metropolitan 8akere~ield Ha~ita= Coneerva=ion Plan Impiemen:Ln~ Agreemen= 23 I Pa=mi= Area on an annual basis. ;he 0SFWS 'and CDI~ Shall no:if¥ tbs 2 Implements:ion Trust of scientific collec~cing pe=mi:s issued within the Permit 3 Area. 4 5 5.7.6 At any time, and wi=h permission from =he Implements:ion True:' 6 any person holdinq proper scien:ifi= collec~cing permits may remove and 7 .relocate kit fox from known dens in development aream to, maximize mitigation 9 or =he-Y~HCP'to paF =he cos= of the reloca:ion or salvage activity or be !0 responsible fo= ob~aining necessary governmental or priva:e approvals to !1 relocate anF-SPe~ies of Concezn. If for any reason the persons responsible 12 for rmloca=ing Speuiee of Concern are unable =o car-L-Fou= the reioca:ion !3 activities in'time or in'a manner to avoid inCer~erence with approves 14 construction accivi=iee, =he landowner may proceed to engage in the supervised 15 destruction of known dens as described in Section 5.7.4 and otherwise iniCia:e 16 approv.~ construction activities. 17 19 6.0 MOT~AL AS~UP~N~ 20 21 6.1 The primary purpose of this Agreement is Co provxde for =he 22 long-term reconciliaCion of new urman development within cae Permxc Area 23 the conse~vacion and protection of the Species of Concern. Based on and in 25 USFWS and CO~ hez~r assure tho City, the county, and Third 26 Beneficiaries (as de£ined in iec~cion 8.8)--the~,--Co--~he-maximum ex~en~---'- 28 (i) Co~pliance with ~he Ce~ms of this Agreement consCiCuCes compliance with 29 the provisions of the ESA, the CESA, and wi~h the provisions of any 30 ocher local.and eCaCe-~aws which provide for or authorize the protection 31 or conse~vaCion of Species of ConCern or t~eir. 32 (ii) The Clt~, the County, and Third Pa~cy 8e~iciaries (as defined in 33 Section 8.8), Uhrough this Agreemen:, have adequately provided for 34 conee=vaC£on and protection of .tho Speoies of Cgnce~n and their 35 in the-PezmLC Areal 36 (£ii) NO furC~=-miCiqaCion, enhancement or compensation iS necessa=¥ or will MeCro_Do~i~a~ 8akers~ie~.d Habitat 'Conservation Plan rmp~emen~ng i be re~e~ or recanted by US~S or CDF~ w~Ch roo~ =o new ur~ 2 ~ develop= w~ch~ =he Pe~c ~ea Co provide for =~e conse~ac~on or 7 dedication of la~ in lieu of Mitigation F~i, may also be e~e~ Co 10 dedication of p~se~ ~ In lieu of Mlti~a=ion F~t ehakl consOl=uCc the i! full ex=ant of mitigation re~ire~ for inci~ental t~ of S~iea of Conce~ !2 reia=e~ =o =~e o=~e~iae lawful ur~ deveko~n= of 1~ w~thin =~e 12 {~ Area. The P~le8 agree cAac =he~ w~il nec see~ =o ~8e a~dl~ional 14 ~ mXCi~acion re~~ncs w~Ch res~ co the proration a~ conae~ac~on of 16 throug~ an~ oC~= .agen~ appleI P~ceos whe~er or nec. suc~ agen~ is a 20 24 7.1..1 Ma)or ~~cs Co =~e ~ shall r~e ~~nc of this 25 Agre~enc (as delur~ in Se~ion 8.2)', ~ ma~ be ini=iaCe~ by ~y of.the.. 26 pa~iee ~o chis Agre~nc. The P~7 P~sing the ma)or ~n~nc s~all 28 an analys~a of tho effo~ of the ~n~nc on 'the S~u~eo of Concern and 29 imPl~encacion of tho ~H~. Th~ P~o~ ~n~nc muac be approve~ or 30 den~ed by the ocher POles w~=h~ n~cy (90) days of receLpC.of =he Proposal 91 exce~ where longer. =im~ lines are ~8~ b7 remitments of law. 32 a~en~enc8 are ch~geo in the following= (i) the bound~iee of '=he Ps,Lc ~3 .~ea (oCher =h~ boun~ adJus~nCs of lell Ch~ one hun~ 8~Cy 34 acres), o= (ii) the mechod of calculac~g the ad~ac~ of mitigation described ~ in Se~on 4.1.8. All ocher ch~ge8 are minor ~n~ncs. 'April 17, 1991 Metropolitan Bakersfield Habi=an Conservation Plan ~mplemen=~ng Agreement 7.1.2 Minor amenc~nents =o the MflHCP shall not require amendment of this Agreement, and ma.v be ini=ia=e~ by any of the par~ies =o the Agre~nent. The party pro~os£ng a minor ~n~n= s~all cir~late =o the o=~er p~ies a s=ac~nc of the reason for =he ~m~n~nc. M~or ~ncs re~e the approval of the ~pl~n=a=ion T~n=, which shall apple, or d~n~ =he proposeU ~n~en= with~ n~etY (90) days of ~ece~p= of the 7.2 ~ies in Genera~. Ea~ o~ =he p=ies =o =~is Agrees= and the Third Pa~y Benlfici~el (as de~~ in SeiZes 8.8) shall have all o~ re~ie8 ava~l~le in e~L=~ (includ~ s~uific perforce and injun~ivo relief) and aC law =o enforce the rem of th~ Ag~= and the Series 10(al Pe~= ~ the Se~ion 2081 Pe~= a~ to s~ r~iee and c~nsation for any breach of th~ A~n=, a~ ~o~ce o= failure =o ~=~om a cause of action arising fr~ =~im Agrees=. No~iths=an~ing =he foregoing: as hokd~s-of-int~eCs in 7.3.1 S~e~ =o She P~sions of th~ Series, US~ and CD~' (refe~-to 'co~18~veky. in this Series 7.3 as the "Resource Agencies') agree =ha= =hey .will no= sus~n~ 'the Se~ion 10(al Pem~= or the Series 2081 7'. 3.2 Exc~ w~e~ 'a ReSource Agln~ deCl~e8 =~C e~n~ action !<e=ropoiitan 8akersfield Habitat C=nserva~zon Plan £mplemen=~ng Aqreemen= 'i! is necessary =o protect Species of Concern from ~nen= and 211 injury, =he Resource Agencies snail no= suspend =he Permits wi=bout firs== 2~ (i~ Re~em=ing ~he Cl~y or County =o take appropriate r~ial law eh=ore--n= ~ Impl~enta=ion T~8= no=ice in writing of =he facts or conduct which may ~ ~ warrant =he 8us~ns~on an~ an o99o~un~=y for suc~ affec=e~ Peri=tee 7~ demons=rate o= achieve compliance with =he ESA o= CESA, re~la=ions issued ~lj thereunder, =he Pe~=s an~ ~his Agre~en=. 7.3.3 ~ 8us~ns~on under =his Sec=ion 7 3 shall be I~ L~e~ia=ely u~n .=he reamon~le dete~ina=ion by =he Remource Agencies _2~ the v=ola=ion has been effec=ively reUress~. As soon as Poes~le, bu= no 2~ later =nan ten (10~ worKin~ Uays a~ter any sus~ns~on of one of the 4~ znm Resource Agency havxng sus~n~e~ a Pe~x= s~all consul= w~=h the affec:eu .5 Pe~i==ee concerning ac=ions =aken co effect&rely redress =he i6 necess~:a=e~ the sus~nsion. As soon as possible, bu= no= la=er =hah 17 (30) da~s after the conclusion of the consultations, the ~s~rce Agenc~ shell !8 transit Co the alleged Pe~ttee writ=mn noC~ce of the Rel~rce Agent's --1~ dece~inaCion of actions necesea~ co effe~ive~y re~ele the violaCion. Upon 20 full pecfo~ance of the necessary actions 8~cifled by =he Resource Agency 21.:~ L:s writ=eh notice the Resource Agency s~ail {~iaCely rescind the 12~1 susDens~on. 7.~.4 The Resource Agencies can sus~n~ =~e Pe~L=s under =~e following =:n~iclons; (i) The Resource Agencies deCem~ne chaC emeC~en~ ac=~n is ~eceesa~ ~o ~=oCecc one o= ~o=e ~ec~e8 of Conce=n f:~ m~neac Deveio~en= Pe~c issued by the City or cbs County violates the =e~s of Sec=Lon 4.1.8 of =his Agre~en=. 21 ?.3.5 If the Pe~L= is suspended, =he affec=e~ Pe~L==ee snail cease ~21j issue Urban Deveio~ent Pe~=s or =o approve any action which may =esult in a ~ald the ~iti~ation Ese and which have already rece~ve~ approva~ from the 25 Pe~ittee snail be allowe~ to continue in the use of ~he parcel subject to the April 17, 1991 Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat conservation Plan Impie~n=~ng Agre~en= i 7,4 Se~=~llitv.' The violation of the Se~on 10(a) ~ . 4 shall noc"ad~rse~ a~fo~ or ~e aCtr~uto~ to, nor s~all i~ 5 loss or d~m~nu=ion of an~ right,, 9rivil'~e or benefit under =his Agre~n=-of, ~i S.1 Te~ of A~n~. T~h Ag~unc aha~l be effective as of the day ii an~ ye~ f~s= se= fo~ ~e (-E~fe~ve Da=e'] a~ shall r~Ln in effect i5 !6 8.2 ~~nts. T~I A~nC may be ~~ o~y in a !7 by ail of the, p~iel h~. T~e.-Ce~, p~isio~ ~ co~=ions o~ {8 Ag~c':s~l-bl~b~ u~ a~ in~e Co =~ b~fit of the p=ies he~o 20 sAall ~e ~n w=~c~ anU shall ~e given Ay ~=eonal de~ve~ o= ~aal. ~ecaVe P~ad, a~ oAall be Ue~ 8ufficienCly g~ven 27 1501 T~ Av~ 28 B~rsfield,. ~ 93301 29 30 County of Ko~ 31 2700 M ]2 8~=8field, ~-~33Q~ ]5 Offi=o of ... Po~I~, OR 97232 i~etropoii=an Makere=ield Habitat Csnservatzcn ~lan Impiemenc~n~ Aareement £~ ' :i Californza De.Dar=men= of Fish and Game :! 1416 9th Street 12th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Any' parry ma.v gzve no=ace :o the o=ners spec&fying a different a~dress for no=ice pur~osee. ~. The hea~ings of the various set=ions hereof are for convenience only, and shall no= affe~ the meanXn~ of an~ provision of this Agreemen=. 8.5 Counte~ar=~. This Agre~en= may De execu=e~ in mul=iule :cunterpa~s. all of which snail ccns=itu=e mu= one an~ the s~e. zns:rumen= 8.6 Governing Law. This Agreemen= snail be governeU by an~ ccns=rue~ in accordance w~:h the ESA, =~e CEMA an~ the in=ernai laws of the Sta=e of California, exce~ to the e.,<en~ tha= federal law m~a:oril7 applies. 8.7 co--lets A~reeMer~. This Agre~en= constitutes the fu~l an~ complete agre~en= ~e=ween the pa~ies concernzn~ the sunjec= matter hereof an~ superse~e, any prior or con=em~raneous agreements or understandings, wnet~er oral or wr&~ten, all of' which snail be de~ to have Deen meruem here~n. ~u being t~e ~n=entZon of the.pa~ies the= ~his De a comDie=eiv Ln:egra:e~ agre~n=. 8.8 Thir~ Pa~y Beneficiaries. Sub~&==ee. wao Pa~iciDa:e in the MBHCP t~roug~ the paten= of Mitiga:ion Fees or who acc~ula=e Mitiga:ion Fee Cre~i=s throug~ the dedica=ion of Presets land in lieu of Mitigation Fees, are in:ended beneficiaries ("Third pa~7 Beneficiaries-) of this Agreemen=, an~ s~all have the righ= to enforce the =e~s of this Agre~en= as if they were a pa~y to this Agreemen=. :;one of the righ=s or Denefits created by this Agre~en= snell inure to or Uenefi= any ~rson o=~er =~an =he iden=ified pa~ies here&n an~ their successors and assigns and the Third Parry Beneficiaries and their successors an~ assigns. 8.9 confliq= wic~ MSHCP :n the event of any conflic= Ze=ween =he April %7, 1991 DRAFT He:to.Doll:an 8akez~ield Habita= Conse=va=&on Plan Impiemen=~n~ Aareemen= 29 I~. provzsions of the ~CP an~ this Agre~n=. =he provisions of this A-re~e~:~. ~ ~ shall con:roi. 7 !0 ii 14 15 I7 19" 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 '30 31 32 34 35 ::etro.Dolitan 8akers~£eld Hab~ta: Ccnserva=~on ~!an Im.uiemen=znq Agreement ' :! iN WITNESS WREREOF, =he par=ies have execu=ea this Agreemen= as of the ' ',l date firs= se= fozq:~ a~ove. 4 ii UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 5 it 87: -2 ii CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME 4 ~ v: ~5 16 Name: 17 18 Title: 20 21 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD ~2 27 ~ Title: 30 ~ COUNTY OF KERN 21 23 34 Name: 36 ~ . T.tIe. April 17, 1991 Me=roDoii~an Bakersfield Ha~i:a= conserva=ion Plan Imglemen=~ng Aqreemen= 21 2 AP~rove~ am ~o form~ Depar:men: of In=er&or 7 Office of the Soli¢i=or 9 i0 ii iS Lega~ Advisor california Depar~men= of Fish and Game 17 20 City A~orne¥ 21 24 Coun:¥ 25 26 27 - 28 29 , 33 34 ~I[IROPOIIIAIt flAK£[~StI[II)IIABIIAI CONS[RVAIlOII PIAII HAi'IJI{AI I AI'JI)S I{LLIAII'IIH('; j [homas Reid Assoclales wilh ~ ~ad ~onsullants and llerra Iladre Consull~nls' ~ :--, ,, .... ,___,__, ~--i-~ -~.~ ..... I I I I j I .lq_ I I I 'r- 1-]_.1 .~. I I I I J. I I I I I I j. I I '1 I I I I I I ~' 0 I ~ ~ 4 J 0 I ~ J 4 ~ 6 I I I I I I I I I~ I I I ~..~, ~.j~..~.~..~ I.~GEND ~ Nalurai Lands --ItCP Area J~oundar¥ Sou, ce~. Ao,iul Pholo$ Feb. 1988. lhm,)Q$ Reid Associates, Qued Cofl~ulloflls ,, 'lhomus Reid Associaks wilh I 4.: Quad Co~tsullanl,: and lien'u Madre Con~:ullonl~ ",, , ~ , ~',_., ,'r ' ,'~ -.} -.,1' I' 'i.~.f-.->-l- t ~ ' II '1. '1- I' ...~..~..~. ., , , ~ · ~. , , , , ,. '~ ' I I '.'.I " 'I ' '' t .... ~ ' · 4 I '1 , ,,, , I I I . I I I I I I~l Urban Open .Lqn4 .. ' ~ , I!CP Area floundary . t.t£]ROPOIIIAN BAK£RSFI[LD ItABI[A]' CONS[RVAIION PIAII AREA ()1:I~[:1~11' lhomas Reid Asso¢ialos wllh ~ Quad Consullanls and llerrcz Uadre CoJl~ullc]Ms (,~1 "~ I ~z~[ "~"~' I I ! I I I- I I o i 2 j ~ 5 I ~ I I I LEGEND ~ Subjecl'lo !ncidenlal ]:eke under Ci!y or Courtly Permil ~ Kern River Primer~, Flood Plain & Kern Waler Bank Excluded .... HCP Area Eloundary Soulce$: Ihomol Reid METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD HCP EXHIBIT ~XHIBIT D P~OPOSED SAH~LE HITIC~TION FEE OP. DINANCE Sec:io~ P,u~-o~ae. This article provides for the establishment of fees which, upon payment, will sac~sf7 U.S. ~[sh an~ ~/ldlife Scarce, State Depar~enc of Fish an~ G~a and Co~ mici&a~on requirements for endan~ere~ species and their habica~ which may occ~ wi~in :he area sub]ccc :o a Seccio~ lO(a) pe~i:. ' ~e. pU~ose of chis ~:/cle is co pr~de, a me~od for fi~ing i~iemen:a:lon of a Habi:a: Co~e~a:ton Pi~ ~emen:in& a&reemen:, and a See:ion 10(ap pe~:. ~r the festal E~ered Spe=ies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. See:ion ~531 e= seq.). I: is the f~er p~ose of this Ar:tole pr~de a ~ for mi:~&a:ion of ~:s =o fe~rak a~ s:a:e pro:et:ed en~&ered species ca. ed by develop~n: of.h~i:a: a~ pro. de f~r habi:a: mi:i&a:ion as i~:ifte~, in. ~e H~i~= Co~e~:ion PI~ 'a~, implemen:inE a~reemen:. Section Definitions. As used in :his Ar:tole =he words an~ phrases are ~efinee as follows: A. "Aeeesso~ B~i~" or "Ac=e'sso~ S=~e" me~ a builain& or s~c~e ~e~ from a pr~i~aL b~l~.on~ ~e s~ lo= and c~:o~ly ~t~n~i a~ s~ordL~:e Co ~m 'pri~/pa~ bu/ldin~ or use. 8. "Deve~o~:- me~ :he co~=ton, ree~=gion, co~rsion, s:~~ algeraglon, reloea:1on, or':e~g~ng of any-sc~ccure, or ~ acct~1~ re.ring a pe~i: fr~ or ~ approval by (C~) whi~ physically dts~bs a si:e, i=E~n& &ra~ng(~ny parcel of reek pr~er~ 'wE~in :he Fee-~sess~n: Area. " C. "Fee Asses~en: Area' me~ :he l~ wi~in :he Me:rop~rsfleLd Habitat .Co~e~a:ton Pi~' S~dy Area.and-des~ibed ~~ Ti~ ' "~abLca: Come.ac/on PI~' (HCP) me~ a p~ prepared purs~n: :o the pr~tsio~ of 16 U.S.C. Section [539. E. "~tCa: Httt&ac~on- (H.H.) m~ 'fees collected from development for =he p~osa of f~ h~tCa: ac~isiCton ~/o: habitat e~ancemenc for Ee~ra[ a~ s~ protected p~c a~/or an~[ species. r. "Otlfie[d Devekop~nc- me~ application a~ development for :he pu~ose of pecroie~ extraction or e~e~nc of pecro[e~ extraction. G. "~e~ic' me~ ~tccen Sove~n~[ approve[ or au~orizacion issued by an au~orized Co~ (C[~) official e~ert~ :he ho[~r =hereof =o a certain [~ use entitlement pe~cced by :he ,Zonin&, 5uildin& or Gradin& Ordt~es. H. "Un'ycleped" me~ [~d nec prevto~y occupied by a build[n~ or used for a pu~ose s~]ecc :o H~H. fees or [~ for which a peri: ~as nec iss~d pr~or :o the effective dace of chis Section Deaf.scion o~ ~e~ooolican Bakersfield Censers:ion Plan Sec:ion 10(aP Peri: Area., :WET~OPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD.HCP' ~i1 :~ose certain lands locates in :he County ' , _~l~fo..rn:~, as hereinafter Darticuiariv ~ ....... . or ~ern,. -~a:a of · onali ~e ~esignated as the Metro--;~--L ...... =~e. ~ereoy ~.rea is described as follows: "Rev' ed. e Desc ' 'on of ~he Pro Are =o be Prov%ded- including any areas bounded by a street of influence: said boundary ;hen ~c extend tO the outer right-of-way of said street or streets. Se .! ementation o' Fee. A. During t'he time the H.M. fee is in effect, prior :o the approval of any building permit for deveiopment in the unincoroorated area of :he ~ee Assessment Area, :he CounL-y will collec~ a habitat mitigation fee of ~ $1000 per gross acre of new deveiopment uniess otherwise exempt'under ~.,~f~ ~his Article. Pa~rment of :he H.M. fee will satisfy Coun:y'<Ci':y) ~. ,& conditions of approval placed on projects with regard ~o impact ~,~ lff mitigation for federal and szate encian~ered suecies w~ich h~ve ..... ' previously been satisfied. £xceot as Drovide~ herein. :ne" '~ .snail be coilectad for ail deveioomen= of un=eveioDe~ Lane on - zross acre basis. = _ 3. H.M. fees will not be required for :he following: 1. Addition, remodels or reconstruc:lons totalling not more :han 50% of =he square footage of the pre-existing development: 2. Mobilehome replacement; ' 3' Oilfield'development: 4. Commercial agricultural and related agricultural accessory structures and uses: 5. Development of any parcei for ~hich :he Uni:ed Si&res Fish an~ Wildlife Service has approved other mitigation procedures or which does not otherwise violage :he provisions of the Endanzered SpecLes Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Section i531 eu seq.). For PUrpOSes of this Article the foregoing are deemed =o have no si~nlfican: adverse impact on any endangered species. SectioB ?a%n~ent of Fees: --he H.M fees shall be paid in fuil~ in cash when collected at :he time :he project applicant makes application a buildin~ permit. I/~e fee may be paid by cash, pledged certificate of deposit, irrevocable Letter of credit, or performance/surety bond if :he project appiicanc wishes ~o pay the H.M. fee riot to " · ~rac= or parcel maD. All ,,, ~__= .... P. recoraatzon o: :he final ........ _ _ . · b_~ ~=~u sna~ De maae payable uoon demand by ~he ~arecuor o= the Department of Plannin= and Deve~ ....... ' · ' ..... ~. . department). . ~ ~u~uu ~ervtces (cL:y ~lann:nz Se ' - T t on o ee :'he H M. fee shalZ~%main · in "effect ~.o~,~ne same =arm ~s =h'a,M~_e~rop ~axsfieUd-~ZP'Section .... ~=parace trust :or pa ent of ha itat mi:igation as identified in the HCP. ym b ~IETROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD HCP - EXHIBIT D ,3-3 Section . -~-dovciOn of Re~u~acion~, _-he ~oar~ of Supervisors (CtL7 Council) may, from time co time, by resolution ado~c: re~u~acions .for the administration am/ impiemencaCion of chi~ Article no £nconsiscent vith Such re~t~.ia~tons, and any amendments ~hereto, shall be adopted after a duly noticed public hearing. the eff~ve dakin of this a~, there is hezmm; es~-~h3 ~Sh~o,4 the ~ ~ shall meet as often as wazzan~ to c~t bus.ness. AL1. .~eentnq. s sl, mii ~e s~e~ ar~ conducr, e~ pursuant 'co ram 1:=~,~ of the SAID/= Brown Act (Gov. Cocle SecY.%on .54950 er. seq. ). ~ se=cm~ of t-he. A~ency si'roll keep nU.m.m, es of all meer/nc3s ar~ shall, as soon as Poss~h!e af~.r each meenu~., forwam:% a coplr of the mU:utes to e-~a memi:er of the .Aqency. Pao~ 4 An ~6m~nisr. rar_tve officer .snaii,~e seiecr~d by., ar~ shall pi~r~ of ar~ upon L~ terms _ur~scr-.k~d t7 n~m _Aq~n=y., arn shall _nerfozm dur_tes as ~ ~. shall any of ?.em. su~:ess~-s of th~ ~'=es. rmliuz:n~d to r2~ fedmrai, s~al:e or local aqmnc¥ or ~ .uarT~ to this Aur~e~en~: Lha:..nrov~ded the fun~s. By Date TJijb'- ~1/6/90 (J1SA.HCP) Page iL: ~.j 26. PRESERVE OPPORTUNITIES OHTSIDE OF ._ :_ ~ [ ...~._. m _ _ -"'"'~'" THE METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD AHEA KERN 'NATIO -- PFIOPOSED AI.LENSWOilIH i} ~ Il ] 2 WILDLIFE REFUGE ECOLOGICAL. ._ RESEHVE ~ I I - I I r, [llllllj ~ PROPOSED. SEMITROPIC ~ NORIII 'RESERVE Source; Unlled Slalel Geological 8u~ey, TRA . Wasco~ 1~ PROPOSED BU~ONWILLOW ECOLOGICAL RESELL ~ i, , BAKE~FIELD 2010 GENERAL P~N AREA · .[ ..~'. I~~ · LOKERN ROM ' "~' ;. PRESERVE ~ U[1ROPOLII'AN BAKERSFIELD tlABIIA1 COHS[RVAIIOH PLAN  lhomas Reid Assoclafes with I .];[ .z~r Qued Consullonls ~nd !lerr~ U~dre Consullanls ,-~~-~..~..~..~ , ' -1 '-T--T---r-- '-'l i -' r--T I I I , , , ~ '1 '1 -' I I I I I LEGEND. ~ Speciall~ ~laqJBe.r. ' ~ Caclus Preserve Acquisiljon Areas ~ S°ulh Wesl [an~ ~r~Ser~e Acquisilion Area ., ~ DWR ConservaJion/Enhancemenl Pri'or.iJy Lands ~,~...: ,,.~.. ,.,, ,..~,.,... ,.~. ' .... I'iCP Area Boundary MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Revisions made to April 17th Draft of MBHCP Implementation. Agreement based on Conference Call of May 13t~)~ TRA FILE: BBHC DATE: May 15, 1991 MAY.~ 0 1991 FROM: Tom, Victoria TO: MBHCP Implementation Agreement Drafting'Group The following revisions to the April 17th Draft of MBHCP Implementation Agreement have been agreed to in a conference call between Jack Hardisty, Jim Movius, Ted James, Rob Thornton, Don Lindsay, Tom Reid and Victoria Harris. The changes reflect comments made by the Kern County Counsel. Additions to text or text changes are redlined and deletions are stricken out. The City and County h'ave scheduled the presentation of the Implementation Agreement to an Intergovernmental Council on June 6th. It would be valuable for the City and County to receive agency comments on the Implementation Agreement prior to that prdsentation. Comments should be submitted to Jim Movius in writing. Discussiohs of comments received can be arranged through conference calls. 2.11 The term "Implementation Trust" shall mean that body responsible for making preserve acquisition decisions and for administering the MBHCP. The Implementation Trust comprises representatives of the City and the County as Trustees. The Implementation Trust will be created through the formation of a Joint Powers Agreement ("JPA") (see sample JPA attached, hereto as Exhibit E). Representatives from USFWS and CDFG are to be mandatory advisors. In addition, a member of the public will be appointed as a mandatory advisor. The member of the public will serve a two year term and will be alternately appointed by the City Council and Kern county Board of Sup..ervis....O,..~.,r:.s. The' Trustees ma~ consul t'an~ other advisors as neceSSam..r.y,..  ::?.~.~e...i::::i!~!::?::i!::i::::::?:~i?::::!~:~i~.~.?~:::::::i::~!?:~::i:::~.!! 'i ============================================================================================================================================== .~: .20 The term [nhanced Land means  ~::i[ii~ [:==: ~===:iiil ............. =?q.:.=~.=.=.:.=.:~2.1=~=Ci.:.=.=.:.~=.~.~.=.=.=.=ji=~.¥=2.2=.~.~=.¥:.=.:.~ ............... ~ .............. ::::::::::::::::::::::::: ....... t'.-.~'<--.'-'-':i:'~.: ...... ,~ ~ " ..... ~ ............ Thomas Reid Associates { 505 Hamilton Ave., Suite 201 (Post Box 880) I Palo Alto, CA 94301 Tel: 415-327-0.429 -- Fax: 415-327-4024 3.2.4 The Mitigation Fee is to be collected from all persons, firms or entities receiving City or County approvals for urban development in accordance with this Agreement. The Mitigation'Fee shall be collected by City or County no later than the time City~or County issues an Urba~ ~evelOpment Permit as defined in Section ....... * cf +~ Mi+~-+~- r~ ~+ +~ t~_ cf ~ cf +~ ~-~-- n .... ~ .....t Pcrmit.' ' ........................ · ......~ ...... >.:... ~>:×...:.:.>×...:.:.:~,:.:+...: ........................ .~....... .......... · ...... ~:~.~:~.:.~:~.:~:..~.~.'.::~ .......... - ............... ~.:*~:~.::..?..:::~.'.,..:~ :: ...... :!~2.~m~::.:;,,,;::.~i~i.J~:~,~:..,.i~ .......... ~ ................ i.j~i~!:.:.:.:.:.:~..:..{~.~!.:i!~:.:~..~i.....~i~...i.j~?:L~i ............. ::~::~i~t~ :: ~':i .~u~w~ ~,3~,u 1 nD [,lle Torego 1 nD sentence, c~anges....~...'t.~i.~...~.F~..~..~i.~i.~i..~.$.§~......hi.~....~.~.~.:.:.~ad~ by the City or County, upon recommendation of the Implementation Trust, solely with respect to the level of the Mitigation Fee. 3.4.2 rejects not subject to any ~i~!!ii~ approval by the City or the County shall not be subject to the Mitiga~:¥~'~'~l~:':':'requirements of the Ordinances, and are not authorized to incidentally take Federal~PrOtected Species or State Protected Species under this Agreement. ~?ever, otherwise ~m~entit~es ~ay v~l~ntar!ly seek !~nd u:: ~iiii~i~ permits from ~n? u]~y or uoun~y ana oe subjected to the Mit~"~'~"~'""l~'~'":'i~i~i~!. Such vomun:ary participation in the MBHCP is contemplated by th'~':°:~:F~:'~:~":':i~' th'is Agreement, and may serve as mitigation for impacts of otherwise exempt projects on Federal Protected Species or State Protected Species. 3.4.4. The following activities are exempt from the Mitigation Fee requirement: (1) Additions rcm;dcls ;r rcccnstr:ction totalling not more than 50% of the s~uare footage of the ~re-existin develo ment' ~i~B~i~:~i~!i (2) Mob~lehome replacement; and (3) Develop~'~i'"'"'6'F'"'"~' parcel f6'~'~'h"~'~'~"'"~:6'""USFWS has apprOved other mitigation procedures. ;r which Thomas Reid Associates J 505 Hamilton Ave., Suite 201 (Post Box 880) I Pale Alto, CA 94301 . Tel: 415-327-0429 .-- . Fax: 415-327-4024 3 3.5.2 La~downers proposing dedication of land in lieu of payment of Mitigation Fees shall submit a petition for a dedication consistency determination to the Implementation Trust~ The'petition shall provide a description of the land proposed for dedication, a report prepared by a qualified biologist on the value of the land as habitat Tot Species of Concern, and a statement of the monetary value of the land to be claimed in ~i~. The 4.3.2 The CDFG, to the maximum extent practicable, shall actively participate in meetings of the Implementation Trust, and shall insure the availability of its staff for informal consultations and meetings with the staffs, boards or Councils of the other parties to this Agreement to insure the appropriate monitoring of permitted incidental take, and to insure that the implementation of the MBHCP is consistent with, and will not render invalid~ an~ finding u~on which the 2081 Permit is based. ~i~i:ii~~~ funding from sources including, but not limited to, those listed in Section 3.1.2 of this Agreement. 5.5 Habitat Enhancement.. The.Implementation Trust shall identify and prioritize lands, other than preserve sites, which may be suitable for improvement as enhanced lands. The Implementation Trust may enter into an agreement with the landowner for the manQgement and improvement of potential enhanced lands ("Cooperative Agreements"). The Implementation Trust may also e~ter into Cooperative Agreements to protect and enhance potential preserve land prior to acquisition. Each Cooperative Agreement shall include a dct:ilcd plan~for the management and enhancement, as appropriate, of the subject land consistent with the guidelines described in Section 5.6 ("Enhancement Management Plan"), and shall include provisions for monitoring and reporting. 5.7.3 Th~ Implementation Trust shall encourage efforts by others to relocate kit' fox and plant Species of Concern from areas subjeCt to. development. To do this, the Implementation Trust shall: (1) Maintain a map of areas approved for development or pending approval. ..... +~ *~ ~ ~ ....~ wi+~- ~ t: +~-~ yc:~s Thi informati ~ ............... . ................... s on can come from City and County approvals or other sources. Thomas Reid Associates t 505 Hamilton Ave., Sure 201 (Post Box880) I PaloAIto, CA 94301 Tel: 415-327~429 -- Fax: 415-327-4024 (2) Maintain a list of individuals holding valid scientific collecting permits or performing research on the species of concern, and systematically update those'individuals on areas proposed for -i development. (3} Require the~inclusion in all Preserve Management Plans of an evaluation. ofthe Value and suitability of each preserve to serve as a recipient of relocated kit fox or plant Species of Concern. If accepting relocated individuals is determined to be appropriate for~a preserve site, the Preserve Management Plan shall include the cost of relocation to the preserve (4} Coordinate 'with landowners to encourage relocation activities by ~' individuals holding scientific collecting permits. (5) Insure that relocation activit as required ....... ~ ............. ~)mm~:~:~:m~:~m~ ............ {6) Recommend methods to be used for relocation activities. A scientific permittee may use alternate relocation methods (7}'Gather data on the success of relocation activities from scientific permittees engaged in relocation. 6.1 The primary purpose of this Agreement is to provide for the long-term reconciliation of new urban development within the Permit Area with the conservation and protection of the Species of Concern· Based on and in consideration of this Agreement and the MBHCP, the parties hereby'agree, and USFWS and CDFG hereby assure the City, the County, and Third Party Beneficiaries as defined in Section 8. that, .......................... 7.3.5 If the Permit is susp..ended, the affected Permittee shall ~t~gat,..i~m~:: ~Ii~i~i~i~ll ~ ~ ~ :~ ~ ......... E'~ ~'~'fi'"'~'~'"'"!"5 "~'~'E'"'"OF~'~'?~'~':?~T~:~ In addition, the following technical changes should be noted: Page 6, line 28: "agreement" should be "Agreement". Page 8, line 23: "Mitigation Fees" should be "mitigation fees". Page 10, line 14: Insert "Trust" after "Implementation" Thomas Reid Associates i 505 Hamilton Ave., Suite 201 (Post Box 880)' J Palo Alto, CA 94301 Tel: 415-327-0429 ~ Fax: 415-327-4024 Page 10, line 22: Replace "Trust" with "Joint Powers" Page 11, lines 6 and 7: "federal protected species or state protected species" should be "Federally Protected Species or State Protected Species". Page 11, line 9: Insert "requirements" after "Fee". Page 13, line 24: ."subpermittee" should be "Subpermittee". Page 1-4, lines 12 and 13: "federally protected species, or state protected species" should be "Federally Protected Species or State Protected Species". Page 14, line 21: "federally protected species or state protected species" should be "Federally Protected Species or State Protected Species". Page 15, line 11: "Baseline Map" should be "baseline map". Page 15, line 33: "or" should be "of". Page 16, lines 13-14: Delete ", or issuance of an alternative permit if no building permit is required". Page 16, lines 16, 23 and 35: "4,1.6" should be "4.1.8". Page 18, line 32: "enhanced land" should be "Enhanced Land". Page 19, lines 10 and 11: before "preserve" insert "Potential". Page 19, line 36: "enhanced lands" should be "Enhanced Lands". Page 21, line 19: Delete "as". Page 22, line 13: Insert a period after "preserve". Page' 25, line 9: "permit area" should be "Permit Area". Thomas Reid Associates I 505 Hamilton Ave., Suite 201 (Post Box 880) I Palo Alto, CA 94301 Tel: 415-327-0429 -- Fax: 415-327-4024 AGREEMENT DRAFTING GROUP Coordinator: Jim Movius, City of Bakersfield'Planning Department Jack Hardisty Hal Thomas Planning Director Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game City of Bakersfield Assistant Legal Advisor 1501 Truxtun Avenue 1416 9th St. 12th Floor Bakersfield, CA 93301 Sacramento, CA 95814 805 326-3733 916 327-4483 805 323-3780 FAX 916 322-7870 FAX Laura Marino Larry L.'Eng, Ph.D. Deputy City Attorney Bakersfield Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game 1501 Truxtun Avenue Environmental Services Division Bakersfield~ CA 93301 1416 9th St., 12th Floor' Sacramento, CA 95814 805 326-3721 805 323-3780 FAX 916 322-5574 916 324-8553 FAX Ted James County of Kern Wayne White Planning and. Development Division Jim Barrel 2700 M St. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bakersfield, CA 93301 2800 Cottage Way, Room E-1803 Sacramento, CA 95825 805 861-2893 805 861-2061 FAX 916 978-4613 White 916 978-4866 Barrel 916 978-4619 FAX. Building Industry Association of Kern County Tom Reid Victoria Harris .Don Lindsay Thomas Reid Associates Castle and Cooke 505 Hamilton Ave, Suite 201 10,000 Ming Ave. (P.O. Box 880) Bakersfield CA, 93311 Palo~Alto, CA 94301 (P.O. Box 11,165 Bakersfield, CA 93389) 415 327-0429 805 664-6037 415 327-4024 FAX 805 664-6199 FAX Rob Thornton Bruce Divelbiss Nossaman, Gunther, Knox and Elliott Deputy County Counsel 650 Town Center Dr., Ste. 1250 County of Kern Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1981 1415 Truxtun Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93301 714 835-9000 805 861-2326 ex. 3827 714 545-0238 FAX 805 322-8653 FAX U.S. Department of the Interior Ron Swann' Solicitor's Office 500 N.E. Multnomah St., Ste. 607 Portland, OR 97232 - ~ 503 231-2143 503 231-2166 FAX THIS AGREEMENT, which shall be effective upon the day of 1991, between th~ City of Bakersfield, a cha~tez~ mur~cip~l coz%~oz-ation (he~ein~ter refez~ to as "City") and the County of Kez~%, a political subdivision of the State' of Califorr~ia (hereinafter refez~ to as W I TNE S S E T H:. .~. WHEREAS, the City and CounW bare regulatory aurluority or ,resp~msibility under cerrad'n Federal and State staruss, includin~ ~he F. ndancjered Species Act of 1973, as. am~, t_he California Er~z~d Species Act of 1984, the Natior~] Environmental Policy Act, th~ Callfoz~/a Environman~al. Quality Act, an~ Stmte Planning and Zoning Law to protect threatened, er~ng~red an~ ~date species and their habitats from adverse effects resu/t£ng, frc~ public and pri~ate development actions: and WHEREAS, it has been determined that federally listed er~nc3ered api,~] and plant species exist wi~%in the Metropolitan Saker~fieid a~ea: a~z/ ~,~.{EREAS, ,,~.he United States. De.~s~ment of the interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, adm/nistering the Endangered sPeCies. Act (16 U.S.C. Sections 1531- 1541), 'has detez~u%ned that no "take" of endancje~ed species sba/1 be al/owed un/ess c .a~gensatlon for habltat loss and indlvlduai _specles impa. ets ls ~z~vlcl~d: and. WHEREAS, the presence of such endangered species and the *need for thelr pro~ec~ion is an a~ea-wide issue and a Habitat Conser~-ation Plan (.he~e/naXter "H.C.P.") is necessaz7 for the pa~ties to obta/n a peri. it.under Section 10(a) of the _Er~n~ered Species Act and to most app~opriatei.v provide a co .m~ive ap~ to '~he protect/on of er~nc3ered species wh/le allowinc~ z~asonsble u~ban WHEREAS. the City. and C~unty desire that their local land use regulations and. development decisions cc~mply with State and Federal en~ .species sta%,~ and regulations, and, along with loc~i in4~t-ry, that planning witdlin M~troPo. liran Bakersfield provides for continued economic ~ and deveio~ ~_rjw~n_~t' and ensures a healthy econ~¢ environment for its citizens an~ in,t-ties: ar~ WHEREAS, th~ Habitat Conservation Plan will provide a cc~ive method of mitigating ' _mm_~acts of development within the plan area on ~ plant and WHEREAS, th~ Habitat Ccalservatio~ Plan will be im~iem~nted un~ Th~ terms of a Secticnu lO(a) permit issued by. r~he 'U.S. Depertment of the Interior,. Fish and Wildlife Service ar~ a Section 2081 /~t isstled blt the CaliforrM[a De~% of Fish and Game: arm~ WHEREAS, as Section 10(a) Permit holder and 2081 Permit issuer, the C~%%r · ar~ Counter. will be responsible for ~miruister~ the Habitat Conservation Plan prc~ an~ stratec3y in ~ areas of their respectiv~ jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, the City and Count7 desire to estmblish a joint aut~horit7 with the' ability .to administer th~ Habitat Conservation Plan Procjz-am. T~RE, it is n~At~iy agreed as follows: · The City and County have entered into th~ Agreement to define reiatica%ships be%ween each jurisdiction and to establish an Imp_lem~n~ation Trust Grou~ with r .esponsibilit7 for administering ubs Habitat conServation Plan a .c~uisition and enhanc~ .program s~ratecjy throughout the 20 year Section lO(a) Permit and Section 2081 ~t term. .Upon The effective date of this agreement, there is hereby established the Metropoiitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan Im~l~-nting Trust Grou~ (hereinafter referred to as "Agency")... -2- The imp_lemen~ation of the Habitat Conservation Pian remmes on t/ue formation of an Agency which is _responsibie for program ~dminisrration. The Agency is' composed of the following: 1. City of Baksrsfieid as .Trustee 2. County .of Kern ss TruStee 3' U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Advisor 4. California Department of Pish and Game as Advisor 5. The Nature Conservancy as Advisor 6. The Build~,.ng IndusTry Association as Advisor ~ Agency shall m~et as often as warranned to conduct business. All meetirmj~ shall be sckmduled and conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Ra/ph M. Brown Act (G or. Code Section 54g$0 et seq.), The secretar~ of the sh~l keep minutes of a/1 meetings and shall, as so~n as possible after each meeting, fol-~rd a ~ of the minutes to each member of. the Agency. !. The Agency shall have and shall ex~rcise.pcx~rs co~mcn to the City and' Count? with r _espect to imp. lemenr~tion of the plan, and shall have the au~rity to do all of the following: A. Mitigation fee collection and fund man~en~nt. B. Pursuit and Management of State and Federal Grant Programs if. applicable. C. FTeserv~ acquisition. D. La~d restoration ar~ enhancement. E. Preserve Monitoring and ~ Re~ort Pr .e~aration. F. Adm/r~ister .the Habitat Consez~ration Plan im~. lementation acgreemen~. G. Employ agents, consultants, advisors, ind~~t contractors and empioy~es~ ar~ contract for p~ofessional services. H. Make and enter into contracts. I. Ac~re, hold sn~ co~vey real and personal pr -°Perry. '-3- J. incur debts, obligations and liabilities. K. Accept. contributions0 gran~s, or loans from any. public or private agency or indivi~]0 or the United States or any. d _e~~0 i~~ality, or acje~uc~. ~hereo~, for th~ purpos, e of financir~ its activities. L. invest mcauey v_hat is not needed for immediate necessities, as Uhe Board determines advisable, in the same manner and .upon tbs same conditions as or, her local entities in accordance with Section $3S01 of the Code. M. Reimburse AGency members the acrua.l amounts of ~heir reasonable and necessary ~_xpenses incurred in atterziirg The m~etincys of the AGency of any cc.-.~ittee of the Ac3m-~'y and in performirg ths duties of their office. O. Do ail other acts reasonable and necessary to carry out the.-~xrpos_ e of this 2. ~ powers shadl be exercised in the manner provided by. the Ac3resm~nt, and 'exceut as ~i¥ set forth herein, subject only to the restriction .upon the manner of ex~rcisirg said po~rs as is ' .nmposed upon or effected upon the Cit7 and County in the exercise of similar pow~rs~ Notwithsl~ the ge~.ralit~ of the for~3oirg, the A~ency shall have no power to bind the Cit7 or County to an~ monetary obligation whatsoever by this AGreement othar than that expressly authorized by the mu~%~31~ written consent of the Cit-f and County. The shall be strictly accountable for all funds received, held and disbursed by it and shall be sUbject .to the reporting reguiremen~s for all receipts and disbursements as provided for in Government Cc~_e Section 6505. Mitigation funds ~oilected by the City and County will be dePOSited quarterly into a single trust flxn~ to be ~m~.istere~ by the '~:j~'~-~. An administrative officer sb~ll be selected by, and shall serve at t_he pleasure of and upon the terms prescribed by the Agency, and shall perform such duties as the Agency shall require. This officer shall be subject to the horsing r _eguirem~nts of Section 6505.1 of the .C~t Code. --4- The City of Bakersfield Finance Director shall be tbs Treasurer for the Ac3sncy. The Treasurer shall Perform such duties as prescribed by the Agency. ~ A. Rules. The Agency shall deveiop and adopt rules and regulations for the corz~uct of ~ts affairs or hush. ss. B. Enforcer. '~ue Agency. shall also develop audit 'and review procedures to assist in ensuring Compliance with the Section 10(a) Permit C. Duties. The City and County are r _esponsible to provide on-going s~a~f .su~po. r~ wh~re needed. 'Other agency, members are to function as advisors A.' Punds shall be derived and supp..lied bY th~ City and County mi~lga=l~n fees, federal grants, or othsr available sources. The Agency shall .. also appi¥ for available state or federal funds and Shall ma~e new and add/tionai applicati°ns from t~rm~ to t/me as a~iate. The Ac3snc~ may also establish and. collect '~zarious fees for services provided by it~ B. All expenditures of .funds, from whatever source received, shall be ' LIMITA_TIC~ ON FISCAL_ ~.T~ATIONS ~AND_ PARTTw~' r.TaBTr. TTy The ~ shall .specify in all contracts for purchase of goods and services that responsibility for payment is that of the Agency. and not 'of any of the parties to th/s Agreement. The debTM, liabilities and obligations of the Agerm7 shall not be the debts, liabilities or obligations of the parties to this Agreement or of any of them. -5- This Agreemmn~ shaii be bir~ up=n and shall enure ~o flue bem~fi~ of th~ sum:ceSsorm of thru parties. A par~; may, at am; time, withdraw from th/s Agreement following, nine%7 (90)' days notice to nhe Agency and all of th~ members thereof, by resoluti~n of intent to withdraw. Upon ths effective date of sunh wiT/udr-~ai, such member sba/1 cease to be bound by this Agreement, includ/ng any provision relating To the furnishing of anything or payment of 'any funds to or on behalf of the Agama, ex=euting obligations theretofore incurred. Agency assets r .epresent/rm3 ar~ accumu/a~:ed capital Contribution of the witahdrawing, parry sbaii remain subject to Agency control, d .egreciation and use Without co .mpensation to the withdrs~ing par%%r until termination of th/s ~t and the distribution of A~3ency asse~s. -. Th/s Agreement shall rem-~n /n force and effect as 'long as t/us Section 10(a) Permit and Section 2081 Agreement are in effect or until such t/me as a majority of the members shall agree upon the termination thereof. If this Agreement'is terminated, all real 'and-personal property, owned by the ~ shall be distributed to the federal, s~ate or local funding agency or party to this Agreement that supplied the property or whose funding provided for'the a .cqu/sition of the prope~. Should the orig/n of any real or persor~i prope, z~ be undeterminable, that prope, rty shall be disbursed to the par~ies to th/s. Agreement in the same proportion as contributions were made by the parties. Th~s Agreement shall, not terminate until all property has bee~ distributed in accordance with this provision. U.~an termination of this Agreement any surgi~ money not 'cc~mitted 'for d/sbursemen~ shall be returned to the federal, state or local agency or the part7 to tb/s ~t that provided the fxzr=~ uruless use oS said finds are othez~ise agreed to specific disburs~,-nt. -6- Th/s A=jr~t may be ammnded by a written, ~t mutuail¥ approved by the city and County. Shmu/d any part, term. portion or prevision of this A~t be finaiiy decided to be in ccru~lict with any law of the Un/ted Sta~es or the State of California, or oth~wise be unenforceable or ineffectual, the validity of the re~ainin~ partm, terms, portions or provisions shall be deemed severable and shall not be affected thereby, provided such rem~ portions or provisions can be construed in substance to constitute the Agreement which t/us parties intended to enter into in the first instance. Th/s Agreement may be executed in counterparts, such of which sba/1 be deemed an ortgtr~l, all of wh/ch tog~tkmr shall cmustitute one and the same instrument. The Agency shall imde_mnifT., defend, and save harmless the City and Coun~;., their elected officials, agents and emp. ioy~es, 'from and against any and ail · cla/ms and losses 'whatsoever occurring or resLlltirm3 to pe~cns, fizl~S or corporations furnishing or supplying ~°rk, services, materials or supplies tO tine Agency. in connection with the .performance of th/s Agreement, and, exz~pt as expressly provided by iaw, frcm any .and all cla/ms and losses accruing or resulting to 'any person, firm or co .rporation, for damage, injUry or death arising C~lt'of or cora-_~cted with the ~ per~ozlmanc~ of its obligations ur~t-r this Agreem~t. -7- Prior To em~.ioying personnel, and before acquiring or uTi!izirg equixm~ent or pr°Pert~ undsr this Agreement, The. Agency shall obtain at its sole cost and ex~m~e, at least The foliowirz3 insurance policies which shall be kept in full force during The entire period Of This Acjreemen~: A. C~iv~ General Liability insurance on an occurrence policy form in an smount of not less Than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). B. Worke~' Compensation insurance in accordsnce wit/x, the Californ/a Code. Said insurance coverage shall be obtained from commercial insurance carries and shall provide coverage for all officers, empioyc~_~ and ag~n~s of the Agency. In addition, the parties hereto shall be r~,~a as ~a~tional insureds, an~ sa/d insurance shall be primary. Premiums shall be paid from Agmnc~ furzis. · Sa/d coverage shall provide for thirt~ (SO) day no=ices prior To The effecTiv~ date of cancellation,, and t/us Agency shall notify ail parties promptly upon receipt of such not/ce. Further, the Agency shall, emmpt when contracting wiUh .a entity, reqtLire tb~e policies in all its con%Tact~ for work or services and shall specify That the Agency be namad as additior~] insurede. Ths failure of any party To enforce 'against anonher, a provision of th_is Agreemen= shall not constitute a waiver of. That party's right To enforce such a provision at a later t~-, and shall not serve To vary the Terms of th/s Any tawsudt .pertairning .To amy matter aris~ urger, or growing out of, t/u/s contract shs/l be' instituted in Kern County, Califorrha. Th/s con=tact shall no= be assignsd by any parry, or any par~ suk~=itu~ed, wi~lmouT prior written consent of all the parties.. This contrac~ se~s forth ths entire Acjreem~nt bet~n the parties and supersedes all ot/uer oral or written representations. This contract ma~ be m~dified only in a writing ap~ by and signed by all the parties. Agermy shall, at Agency's sole cost, comply with all of the requir-,~n~s of Municipal, State, and Federal authorities now in force, or which may hereafter be in force, perta/n/ng to this Agreement, and shall faithfully observe in all activities relating to or growing out of this Agreement all MuniciPal. ordinances and State and Federal S~a~utes, rules or regulations now in force or which may hereafter be in force. This Agreement is effective upon execution. It is the uroduct of nsgotiation and therefore shall not be consL-rued against any par%7. IN WITNESS WHEP~0F, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be' en~ecuted, the day and year .first-above written. "CITY" "COtAfI~" CITY OF BAKERSFIFTn COLATfY OF KERN By By. Clarence E. Me~a~, Mayor Chain,=n, Board' of Supervis~ Larry r.unsrdini Bernard ~ Cit~ Attonusy C, oun%-y Counsel Countersign,ed,: Czrdntersigned: Sy By. 01%7 F~ Director TJ:jb - 3/1/91 (JPA.H~P) -9-