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Exhibit A (Scope of Work) <br />Task 2 – Environmental Permitting <br />This Scope of Services includes preparation of environmental documentation in <br />compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and Executive Order 21-02 <br />due to the use of Connecting Washington grant funds. The Scope of Services identifies <br />this and other key assumptions that the Consultant has relied upon in determining the <br />Consultant’s effort, fee, scope, and schedule for the project. The Consultant and the <br />City agree to renegotiate these terms in the event a key assumption becomes invalid. <br />Cultural Resources Assessment <br />SEPA and Governor’s Executive Order 21-02 require evaluating potential impacts to <br />historic, archaeological, and cultural resources, in consultation with the State Historic <br />Preservation Officer (SHPO) and Native American Tribes. This assessment includes an <br />archaeological survey and a historic built environment study. <br />Archaeological Study <br />Prior to fieldwork, the Consultant will conduct an online review of previously identified <br />cultural resources and previously conducted investigations within the project footprint <br />plus a 1-mile-radius study area with the Department of Archaeology and Historic <br />Preservation’s (DAHP) Washington Information System for Architectural and <br />Archeological Records Data (WISAARD). The Consultant will also review <br />geomorphological data, aerials, plats and atlases, city fire insurance maps, GLO maps, <br />and soils mapping to assess archaeological potential within the project footprint. <br />Interested Tribes will be identified using WISAARD. <br />Because most of the project area is heavily developed and underlain by Pleistocene <br />glacial drift, in situ archaeological resources are not expected in surface or buried <br />contexts. Thus, conventional pedestrian survey will likely not be effective for most of the <br />project area. A field visit by Consultant archaeologists will confirm conditions in the <br />project area. Portions of the project area that appear minimally disturbed will be mapped <br />on a GPS device and surveyed at no greater than 15 meter transects. Representative <br />photographs will be taken throughout the project area. <br />Areas appearing minimally disturbed will be recommended for subsurface testing in the <br />form of shovel probes. This will require a second mobilization to allow for utility locates <br />to be conducted prior to excavation. The fieldwork may include up to 12 shovel probes <br />(hand dug round holes, no more than 40 cm wide at the surface). Shovel probes will be <br />excavated to a depth of approximately 100 centimeters, to Pleistocene-aged sediments, <br />or to dense gravel deposits of obstructing rocks, whichever is encountered first. <br />Sediment from the shovel probes will be screened through 1/4-inch mesh unless it is <br />clearly recent fill. If a shovel test probe contains cultural deposits, the Consultant will <br />record the contents of the probe, photograph the cultural deposits, and map the probe <br />location using a GPS unit. No artifacts will be collected, which will instead be returned to <br />the bottom of the shovel test probe of origin. All shovel test probes will be backfilled <br />upon completion. <br />At least two weeks prior to fieldwork, the Consultant will reach out to potentially <br />interested Tribes for informal technical coordination in order to introduce the project and