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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />62 <br />Special-status Wildlife with Potential Habitat but Deemed Absent <br />California Red-legged Frog <br />Olberding Environmental determined that the site contains potential suitable <br />habitat for CLRF. In response, eight protocol-level surveys for the species were <br />conducted: two surveys during nonbreeding season (August 2021), and six <br />surveys during the breeding season (March, April, May 2022). No CLRF were <br />observed during any of the surveys. Findings of the CLRF surveys can be <br />found in the CLRF Survey Letter Report (Appendix C). Therefore, no impacts <br />to special-status amphibians, including CLRF, would occur due to project <br />implementation. <br />Special-status Bumble Bee <br />Olberding Environmental conducted a protocol bumble bee survey on <br />September 20, 2023, to identify the presence of any special-status bumble <br />bee species and identify any potential nesting or foraging habitat. No <br />special-status bumble bee species were observed on or adjacent to the <br />project site during the targeted survey. The most abundant flowering plant <br />throughout the site is black mustard (Brassica nigra) which is not a nectar <br />producing flower suitable for bumble bee foraging. Therefore, no impacts to <br />special-status invertebrates, including bumble bees, would occur due to <br />project implementation. <br />Alameda Whipsnake <br />The project site is located adjacent to the finalized USFWS Designated Critical <br />Habitat “Unit 3” for Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus). <br />However, Foothill Road, which is an active roadway and likely acts as a <br />barrier for snakes to access the area, lies between Unit 3 and the site <br />boundary. Additionally, the annual grassland habitat within the project site is <br />regularly disked several times a year, further degrading the grassland habitat <br />benefits. The lack of suitable habitat and regular disturbance of the annual <br />grassland habitat would deter this species from utilizing the project site. <br />Therefore, no impacts to special-status reptiles, including Alameda <br />whipsnake, would occur due to project implementation. <br />Special-status Wildlife with Potential to Occur <br />Pallid Bat <br />The pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) has potential to occur throughout the <br />project site, including foraging in the annual grassland and oak woodland. <br />Vacant structures, old orchard trees, or oak woodland on-site may serve as