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City of Pleasanton—Villages at the Quarry Project 15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist 85 Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated some of the rezoned housing sites may 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. Chapter 7, Conservation and Open Space Element of the General Plan contains policies (Policy 1) and programs (Programs 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, and 1.6) relevant to the rezoned housing sites (detailed above). 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. Therefore, the Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that with mandatory regulatory compliance and implementation of MM BIO-1, future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would not result in significant adverse effects to wildlife corridors or native wildlife nursery sites, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife species to drop below self-sustaining levels, eliminate a plant or animal community, or substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a species, and impacts would be less than significant. Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion The analysis under the Housing Element Update FEIR remains consistent with the proposed project. According to CDFW’s Areas of Conservation Emphasis, the project site is in an area with limited terrestrial connectivity opportunity and would not interfere substantially with the movement of any native