Common use of Site Setting Clause in Contracts

Site Setting. The NRP (Figure 1) is a 213-acre property that is located in the southwestern portion of NASA ▇▇▇▇ Research Center (“ARC”). ARC is located in Santa ▇▇▇▇▇ County, California, approximately 35 miles south of San Francisco and 10 miles north of San ▇▇▇▇. To the north and west of the NRP lie the ▇▇▇▇ Campus and Bayview Areas; to the south is U.S. Highway 101 and the City of Mountain View; and to the east are the runways and hangars of the Eastside Airfield. ARC is located near the southwestern edge of San Francisco Bay on nearly flat fluvial basin deposits. The elevation of ARC ranges from approximately 36 feet above mean sea level to 2 feet below mean sea level (IT,1993a). The predominant surface features are man-made structures including buildings, hangars, roads, parking lots, and landscaped areas. The areas just north of ARC were previously tidal salt marshes and mud flats of San Francisco Bay. However, these marshes and mud flats have been eliminated or greatly altered by diking and filling (IT,1993a). Currently, stormwater retention ponds separated by roads and levees and former saltwater evaporation ponds are present north of ARC. The former saltwater evaporation ponds have been transferred to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for restoration. There are no streams on ARC, although several streams are present to the east (Coyote Creek and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇) and to the west (Stevens Creek). Surface water features include stormwater drainage ditches, several small ponds, seasonal marshes, and stormwater retention ponds (PRC, 1996). For discussion of current and proposed future land uses, see Sections 3.1 and 3.2.