ITEM 23 ATTACHMENT 1 - CEQA Checklist

City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 68 The proposed project currently includes the design of on-site mitigation to be provided at a 2:1 ratio. The mitigation features would be constructed in portions of the project site currently identified as upland areas. Additional BRA Conditions of Approval include minimization measures to reduce potential impacts to on-site jurisdictional “other water” features; CWA Section 401 certification request; Section 404 Nationwide permit; and the CDFW LSAA. These on-site mitigation features and minimization measures would reduce project impacts to jurisdictional features to less than significant levels as described in the Housing Element Update FEIR. d) Fish and Wildlife Movement Corridors Would the project: Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of wildlife nursery sites? Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated some of the rezoned sites contain wildlife movement corridors. Therefore, future development consistent with the Housing Element Update could result in impacts to wildlife movement corridors or nursery sites and also has the potential to interfere with the movement of native resident migratory fish or wildlife species. Future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be required to comply with adopted State, federal, and local regulations for the protection of fish and wildlife movement corridors in addition to the goals, policies, and programs related to fish and wildlife movement corridors in the General Plan. Compliance with these goals, policies, programs, and State and federal requirements would reduce impacts; however, the potential for impacts to fish and wildlife movement corridors remains potentially significant, and would require the implementation of MM BIO-1, which requires that focused surveys be conducted to determine whether special- status species, nesting birds, or migratory birds occur on a given project site, and that potential impacts to special-status species be avoided and minimized. MM BIO-1 also requires that a site investigation and assessment be conducted for projects on sites where potentially jurisdictional wetlands or waterways are present, and compliance with the appropriate permitting process of each agency claiming jurisdiction prior to disturbance of the feature would also protect wildlife movement corridors.