14 ATTACHMENT 6 - Appendix A - E

6 A number of state and federally listed species, as well as other special status species (i.e., candidate species for listing and California Species of Special Concern) have been documented in the vicinity of the project site. These include, but are not limited to, animals such as the Callippe silverspot butterfly (Speyeria callippe callippe), California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), and American badger (Taxidea taxus); and plants such as Congdon’s tarplant (Centomadia parryi ssp. congdonii). This report evaluates the project site’s suitability as habitat for these and other species; impacts that may occur to these resources as a result of the project; and, where potentially significant impacts are identified, includes mitigations to lessen such impacts on these resources to a less-than- significant level. 1.1 Project Description The proposed project includes construction of 39 single family homes on lots averaging 26,000 s.f. (0.6 acres), with a minimum lot size of 17,500 s.f. (0.4 acres). The homes will be clustered on approximately 28 to 30 acres on the low, flat portion of the site, below the 25% slope line, while approximately 81 acres of open space on the more visible foothills will be preserved as the most prominent feature of the site. The conservation area acreage is proposed to be preserved in perpetuity via the establishment of in a deed restriction, conservation easement, or similar conservation mechanism, along with a habitat management plan. Pedestrian access from Alisal will enter through a small passive park surrounding an existing wetland area near the western boundary of the site, and then continue on a trail through an open space parcel that runs between the homes in that portion of the site. The trail then continues to the open space area on the eastern side of the site, ultimately connecting to the open space to the north of the site. In addition to the homes, trails and associated infrastructure, the project will include the stabilization of a portion of the slopes occurring to the east of the development and above the 25% slope line, approximately 4.25 acres. The project proposal includes a General Plan Amendment and corresponding amendment to the Happy Valley Specific Plan (HVSP) which would: a) change the MDR designation on the upper lots to Open Space, and b) change the SRDR designation on the Flats area to LDR.