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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 65 <br />Element Update could result in direct or indirect effects on riparian habitat <br />and other sensitive communities because of project construction. <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded future development consistent <br />with the Housing Element Update would be required to comply with adopted <br />State, federal, and local regulations for the protection of riparian habitat and <br />other sensitive natural communities. These include the CWA’s regulations of <br />some sensitive natural communities and aquatic habitats qualifying as <br />protected wetlands or jurisdictional waters, CDFW’s Lake and Streambed <br />Alteration Agreement (LSAA), and the General Plan’s goals, policies, and <br />programs protecting riparian habitat and other sensitive natural <br />communities. Nonetheless, the potential for impacts to sensitive natural <br />communities or riparian habitat remains potentially significant, requiring <br />implementation of MM BIO-1, which requires a qualified Biologist prepare a <br />project-specific BRA prior to the issuance of grading permits. <br />Implementation of these goals, policies, programs, requirements, and MM <br />BIO-1 would reduce potential impacts to less than significant. Therefore, the <br />Housing Element Update FEIR concluded future development consistent with <br />the Housing Element Update would not result in significant adverse effects to <br />riparian habitat or other sensitive natural communities, and impacts would be <br />less than significant. <br />Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion <br />The analysis under the Housing Element Update FEIR remains consistent with <br />the proposed project. As discussed above, the project site supports five <br />habitat types containing developed, ephemeral drainage, intermittent <br />drainage, non-native annual grassland, and oak woodland (see descriptions <br />above). The CDFW’s California Sensitive Natural Communities list determined <br />that the project site supports the “valley oak woodland/riparian habitat <br />alliance” (oak woodland), which is considered an “S3” sensitive community. <br />Most of this habitat occurs to the west of Foothill Road, but a small portion of <br />valley oak riparian habitat occurs along the southern boundary of the <br />project site. <br />Based on the most recent Site Plan (Exhibits 4a and 4b), the proposed project <br />would result in permanent impacts to 38.25 acres of annual grasslands, 0.08 <br />acre of intermittent drainage, 0.17 acre of ephemeral drainage, and 0.44 <br />acre of oak woodland. Temporary impacts resulting from the proposed <br />project would include 0.77 acre of annual grasslands, 0.01 acre of <br />ephemeral drainage, and 0.03 acre of oak woodland habitat. Most of the