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58 <br />3.3.3 Potential Impacts to California Red-Legged Frog Habitat and Individuals <br />Potential Impact. The project site provides no breeding habitat for this species, and although <br />CRLF have been detected in ponds on the adjacent golf course property, it is considered unlikely <br />that this species would occur in the upland habitats of the project site to forage or move between <br />other suitable habitats. Therefore, the project is expected to have a less-than-significant impact <br />on this species. <br />Mitigation. None required. <br />3.3.4 Potential Impacts to Burrowing Owls <br />Impact. Currently, the development area and slope stabilization areas provide no habitat for <br />BUOW due to a lack of ground squirrels and ground squirrel burrows. However, ground <br />squirrels have been observed to occur on adjacent properties, and should they colonize the site in <br />the future prior to project development, potentially BUOW could also colonize the site. Should <br />BUOW nest or roost on the site in the future, project activities could result in a loss of habitat for <br />this species and in impacts to individual owls. Construction activities that adversely affect the <br />nesting success of BUOW or that result in mortality of individual owls that are nesting or <br />roosting on the site would constitute a violation of state and federal laws and would be <br />considered a significant impact under CEQA. <br />Mitigation Measure. Implementation of the following measures would reduce impacts to <br />BUOW habitat and to individual BUOW to a less-than-significant level. These measures would <br />also be consistent with the goals and objectives of the EACCS. BUOW is considered a focal <br />species of the EACCS and general and species-specific avoidance and minimization measures <br />included in the EACCS Biological Opinion which also will be implemented are included in <br />Appendix B. The project proposes the preservation of approximately 81 acres of grasslands as <br />open space to be preserved in perpetuity via deed restriction, establishment of a conservation <br />easement, or similar conservation mechanism, with a habitat management plan and this will <br />compensate for the permanent loss of approximately 28 to 30 acres of BUOW foraging and <br />potential future BUOW roosting and nesting habitat.