A. On-site monitoring of all aspects of preservation, salvaging and transplanting, planting, and associated mitigation operations, including harvesting, permit compliance, site clearing, grading, plant marking, color-coding, and plant protection shall be provided by the property owner during project construction.
B. On-site monitoring shall be performed by an independent monitor, not an employee of the property owner, who is a qualified professional and practitioner in native plant identification and protection with qualifications equal to or exceeding those in 18.72.070. The monitor will be under contract with and at the expense of the property owner.
C. The monitor shall be authorized by the property owner to require contractors and developers to demonstrate and verify that all aspects of preservation, salvage, mitigation, and plant protection activities are performed in conformance with the approved preservation plan and this chapter and the preservation manual.
D. Immediately after the monitor's initial site visit, the monitor shall prepare a report on the status of specimens identified on the approved preservation plan and specimens tagged as preserved-in-place or to be salvaged and transplanted-on-site. The report shall include the general condition of specimens, the identification of specimens under stress, damaged, dying, or dead, and the appropriate techniques to relieve the stress and damage, and recommendations for the replacement of specimens that are dead or dying.
E. The monitor shall conduct periodic on-site inspections and provide periodic progress reports to the property owner and the planning division no later than forty-eight (48) hours after the on-site inspection. The progress report will outline the status of plant preservation plan work accomplished to date, any problems encountered, and any noncompliance with the requirements of the approved preservation plan and this chapter.
F. A preserved-in-place, transplanted, replacement, or supplemental plant identified in the monitor's status report or the county's field inspection report as dying or as having died during project development will be replaced by the property owner within three (3) months of the report's completion. The plant(s) will be replaced with a viable plant(s) of the same genus and species in good condition, of uniform shape, and representative of the species and equal or greater caliper as the replaced plant; or, replaced with two (2) or more plants of the same species with a minimum fifteen- (15) gallon can size and total appraised replacement value equal to or greater than the appraised value of the replaced plant. The owner will take action within a shorter period of time if required to improve the health of stressed plants and to prevent plant loss. These requirements will apply to all supplemental and replacement plants and to no less than ninety percent (90%) of all plants salvaged and transplanted on-site.
G. The monitor shall conduct an assessment of the condition of the site's specimens and replacement and supplemental plants one year after final inspection has been performed on the site, and the monitor shall thereafter certify as to whether or not the requirements of the approved preservation plan and this chapter have been complied with.
(Ord. 1998-39 § 1 (part), 1998)