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Exhibit A (Scope of Work) <br />Task 4 - Forestry Field Work <br /> <br />Description <br />Prepare City timber sales bidding documents and contracts and other forest management activities and reports <br />needed by the Lake Chaplain Tract Safe Harbor and Cooperative Habitat Enhancement Agreements (SHA/CHEA). <br />Services to Be Performed <br />Conduct field work to complete the layout of timber sales as required under the SHA/CHEA. Field work activities <br />include timber sale layout, road location and layout, harvest boundary determination, property line location and <br />demarcation, stream identification and enhanced protection buffering, wetland delineation and enhanced protection <br />buffering, identification of potentially unstable slopes, leave tree marking, snag and coarse woody debris selection, <br />baseline habitat block location, special set-aside area location, special management area location, preparation of <br />contracts for bid including mapping and construction specifications. <br />Obtain permits required to conduct forest management activities will be acquired prior to the sale of timber. These <br />permits may include Forest Practices Applications, Hydraulics Project Approvals, Shoreline Management Permits, <br />and possible easements and Road-use permits over private and/or public lands. <br />Upon completion of any final harvest timber sale, a contract will be prepared for the reforestation of the harvest area. <br />Tree purchase will be arranged for, and the areas will be replanted according to SHA/CHEA standards. Harvest areas <br />will be monitored, and additional stand management activities will be recommended as appropriate. Stand <br />management activities may include replanting, slashing and thinning. Contracts will be prepared and executed for <br />required stand management activities <br /> <br />Task 5 – Forest Management Contract Compliance <br /> <br />Description <br />Administer Timber Sale and other forest management contracts, such as tree planting, that are required to implement <br />the City's forest management plan. <br />Services to Be Performed <br />Conduct field inspections of ongoing forest management contracts on City property to ensure compliance with all <br />applicable State and Federal laws, contracts, and permit conditions. Corrective actions to contractors will be <br />implemented as needed with both Roots Forestry and City staff involvement. In addition to field inspections, harvest <br />progress audits will be made to ensure appropriate payments to the City. Required insurances and bonds will be <br />reviewed and passed on to City Legal for approval. <br /> <br />Task 6 - Interagency Coordination <br /> <br />Description <br />Review and respond to proposed and ongoing forest management activities with the potential to affect Lake Chaplain <br />Tract, water supply lands, and transmission line rights-of-way. <br />Services to Be Performed <br />Review and respond to forest practices activities on or near the Lake Chaplain Tract and water supply lands, as well <br />as transmission line rights-of-way. Work with regulatory agencies, stakeholders and affected Tribes to ensure <br />protection of City facilities and City drinking water quality. <br />Meet with the Washington State Department of Natural resources (DNR) annually to review their proposed <br />management activities on or adjacent to Chaplain Tract and water supply lands. Activities to be reviewed shall be <br />forest management activities such as timber sales, road construction, maintenance and abandonment, pesticide <br />application and reforestation activities.