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p. CULTURAL RESOURCES: The project proponents shall submit plans to the Community Development Department for review and approval which indicate (via notation on the improvement plans) that if historic and/or cultural resources, or human remains are encountered during site grading or other site work, all such work shall be halted immediately within the area of discovery and the applicant/developer shall immediately notify the Community Development Department of the discovery. In such case, the project proponents shall be required, at their expense, to retain the services of a qualified archaeologist for the purpose of recording, protecting, or curating the discovery as appropriate. The archaeologist shall be required to submit to the Community Development Department for review and approval a report of the findings and method of curation or protection of the resources. Further grading or site work within the area of discovery shall not be allowed until the preceding steps have been taken. If Human burials are found to be of Native American origin, steps shall be taken pursuant to Section 15064.5(e) of Guidelines for California Environmental Quality Act. q. EXCAVATION/RECLAMATION SCHEDULE: The reclamation plan shall show the phases of excavation. Reclamation on one phase of an excavation shall be initiated prior to the start of the next excavation phase. The final reclamation of any phase of excavation shall be completed within two years of the commencement of the reclamation process. Excavation shall be limited so that at any point of time a maximum of one phase is being reclaimed while one phase is being excavated (Development Title Section 9-1415.3[0]). r. ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORTS: Annual inspections of the excavation shall be conducted by the County to ensure compliance with the conditions of the permit and the reclamation plan. The County may use professional services as provided for in Section 9-240.11. The consultant shall be selected by San Joaquin County. Upon completion of the annual inspection, the person in charge of the mining operation shall submit to the State Geologist and the County a report which shall contain all the information as required by Section 2207 of the Public Resources Code. The cost of the inspection shall be paid by the mine operator. Additional inspections may be conducted, but the cost of additional inspections shall be paid for by the mine operator only if non-compliance with the conditions of the Quarry Excavation Permit or the reclamation plan is found. (Development Title Section 9-1415.3[q]) s. PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE: In order to ensure reclamation of the site, compliance with conditions of approval, and compliance with County and state mining regulations, the applicant shall provide performance guarantees as a condition of the issuance of the Quarry Excavation Permit. The amount and form of the guarantee shall be subject to annual review and approval by the County and the state, and the amount shall be adequate to ensure reclamation of disturbed land and/or land to be disturbed during a given phase. The annual review of the financial guarantee shall be coordinated with the annual inspection and approval of successive reclamation security so that the guarantee includes the amount of disturbed land plus the amount of land estimated to be disturbed during the next 12 months, less the amount of land previously determined by Development Services Division annual inspection to have been reclaimed. The performance guarantee shall be in the form of either: 1) a surety bond, 2) a trust fund with the lead agency, or 3) an irrevocable letter of credit. Any interest accrued in a trust fund shall stay with the trust fund account. The financial guarantee shall be payable to "San Joaquin County and the Department of Conservation" under the applicable provisions of the County and the state mining regulations. The financial guarantee shall be callable by the County or the State under the following circumstances: 1) The applicant causes the excavation to become idle (as defined in Section 9-110 of the Development Title)without an approved interim management plan; 2) The applicant files for bankruptcy; 3) The County or State determines on the basis of annual inspections and reports that the applicant has not maintained substantial compliance with the approved Permit;