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III WithersRavenel Our People.Your Success. ► Conduct a pedestrian survey of the project study area to document vegetative communities and determine presence/absence of potential habitat for listed species; ► Conduct a pedestrian survey of the potential habitat within the project study area to determine the presence of protected species and/or potential habitat in which protected species may occur; ► Use GPS to locate any occurrences of listed species observed during the pedestrian survey; ► Upon completion of the delineation and threatened&endangered species survey,WithersRavenel will prepare a letter report documenting the findings of the field review, as well as provide Biological Opinions on the likelihood for the project to affect federally listed threatened and/or endangered species. 2.3 US Army Corps of Engineers Jurisdictional Determination WithersRavenel will provide the following as part of this task: ► Prepare a Jurisdictional Determination Request in support of the wetland delineation and submit to the US Army Corps of Engineers(USACE); ► Coordinate with the USACE to schedule a site visit to review and verify the wetland delineation. Upon completion of the field verification,the USACE will issue a Jurisdictional Determination,which will be valid for 5-years. Any changes to the original wetland line as a result of the USACE field verification will be communicated to the surveyor for incorporation into the final wetland survey; ► Submit follow-up email to USACE recapping the results of the wetland verification and request USACE to respond concurring. This will provide adequate documentation for state and local submittals that the USACE has approved the delineation until the actual Jurisdictional Determination has been issued by the USACE,which may take several additional months to be issued. 2.4 NCDWR Stream/Buffer Determination WithersRavenel will provide the following as part of this task: ► Prepare a request for a formal Buffer Determination and submit to the NC Division of Water Resources (NCDWR)to verify stream/buffer origins and subjectivity to River Riparian Buffers. ► Coordinate with NCDWR to schedule a site visit to review and verify the stream locations and buffer subjectivity. Upon completion of the review,NCDWR will issue an official Buffer Determination Letter verifying the stream locations and buffer subjectivity for five years. TASK 3-TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY AND SUBSURFACE EVALUATIONS 3.1 Topographic Survey WithersRavenel shall provide a design topographic survey and subsurface utility evaluations for the Phase 1 project areas. Details for the extent and scope of survey for each park site is detailed below. Survey and subsurface limits are depicted in Exhibits V-VIII,attached. Horton Park ► Boundary survey of approximately 9.8 acres as highlighted in red on Exhibit V,attached. Topographic survey limits of approximately 7.4 acres as highlighted in yellow on Exhibit V,attached. Survey limits extend to the center of the perimeter roadways or to the toe of slope of railroad ballast,whichever is applicable; ► Survey control to be tied to NC State Grid NAD'83(2011)and NAVD'88; ► Locate existing property corners; ► Locate existing site improvements such as roads,drives,walkways,signs,buildings,overhead utilities, etc.; ► Locate storm and sanitary sewer structures including top and invert elevations and pipe sizes and types, where such determinations are possible; ► Locate the next in line off-site storm and sanitary sewer structures for any given storm or sewer line; Lee County Park Design WR No.02181091.00 12.04.18 Page 3 of 12