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If project activities will occur during the non-breeding season (September 1 <br />through January 31), a second pre-construction survey shall be conducted for <br />burrowing owl to document wintering owls that have migrated to the project site, <br />as well as breeding owls that may have left the project site. If owls are not <br />detected during this survey, project work can move forward as proposed. <br />If occupied burrows are detected during this survey and can be avoided, project <br />activities shall not occur within 160 feet of occupied burrows. <br />If occupied burrows cannot be avoided, one-way doors shall be installed to <br />passively relocate burrowing owls away from active work areas. Two natural <br />burrows or one artificial burrow shall be provided in adjacent grassland habitat for <br />each one-way door installed in an active burrow. One-way doors shall remain in <br />place for 48 hours. The project site shall be monitored daily for up to one week to <br />ensure owls have moved to replacement burrows. <br />Once unoccupied, burrows shall be excavated by hand and backfilled to prevent <br />owl occupation. When feasible, other unoccupied burrows in ground disturbance <br />area should also be excavated by hand and backfilled. Depending on the <br />California red-legged frog and California tiger salamander Habitat Assessment <br />results the project site may require a pre-construction survey for these species as <br />well before burrows can be collapsed. <br />Site(s) affected: Sites 18, 20 <br />4.0-1d: Compensatory mitigation for annual grassland habitat providing <br />potentially suitable habitat for burrowing owl. Annual grasslands at Sites 18 and <br />20 may provide foraging, nesting, or wintering habitat for burrowing owl. If <br />burrowing owls are found to be absent through the surveys prescribed above, <br />then consistent with standard CDFG mitigations standards and ratios, annual <br />grassland habitat at Sites 18 and 20 shall be compensated for at a ratio of 1:1. If <br />burrowing owls are found to be occupying Sites 18 or 20, then compensatory <br />mitigation shall be required at a ratio of 3:1, acres replaced to acres lost. The <br />project applicant may fulfill this obligation by purchasing annual grassland <br />property suitable for, or occupied by, burrowing owl. Such land shall be protected <br />in perpetuity through an endowed conservation easement. Alternatively, the <br />project applicant may purchase credits in an approved mitigation bank for <br />burrowing owl. <br />Site(s) affected: Sites 18, 20 <br />Draft SEIR, pp. 4.0-28 to 4.0-32; Final SEIR, p. 2-5.) <br />Impact 4.0-2 <br />Development facilitated by the General Plan Amendment and rezonings could <br />potentially adversely affect wetlands, streams, or riparian habitat. <br />The SEIR evaluates the impact of the proposed project on any riparian habitat or <br />other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations by <br />the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The proposed