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Hana Japan Restaurant Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 29 May 2025 distances are recommended pursuant to CDFW’s Staff Report (2012) or as otherwise coordinated with CDFW: • From April 1 through October 15, low disturbance and medium disturbance activities shall have a 200-meter buffer while high- disturbance activities shall have a 500-meter buffer from occupied nests. • Between September 1st and February 1st, if western burrowing owls are residing within the project footprint or within 200 meters of the project footprint, the owls may be passively evicted by a qualified biologist using CDFW guidelines. If owls are not within the development footprint or within 200 meters of the development footprint, from October 16 through March 31, low-disturbance activities shall have a 50-meter buffer, medium-disturbance activities a 100-meter buffer, and high-disturbance activities a 500-meter buffer from occupied nests. • Earth-moving activities or other disturbance shall not occur within the aforementioned buffer zones of occupied burrows. The buffer zones shall also be fenced. If burrowing owls are found in the project area, a qualified biologist shall also delineate the extent of burrowing owl habitat within the site. • Buffers may be modified by a qualified biologist knowledgeable enough to establish buffer sizes commensurate with the acclimation of burrowing owls to disturbance. The buffers, if modified over that prescribed above, shall be coordinated with CDFW. Crotch’s Bumble Bee IV-2. Consistent with CDFW recommendations, a minimum of three surveys for Crotch’s bumble bee shall be conducted prior to construction activities, each survey scheduled two to four weeks apart during the species flight period (April through October). Within 14 days prior to the commencement of construction activities between April 1 and October 31, a qualified biologist shall survey for Crotch’s bumble bee. The surveys shall occur at least two hours after sunrise (when temperatures are greater than 60°F and less than 90°F without rain) or two hours before sunset. The survey area shall include the project boundaries and a surrounding 100-foot buffer area. The survey duration shall be appropriate to the size of the project site and buffer area based on the metric of a minimum of one person-hour of searching per three acres of suitable habitat, or an approximately half-hour survey for an average-sized project site. The biologist leading the survey(s) shall be designated as a qualified biologist for bumble bees. Surveyors shall not capture or handle bumble bees unless authorized specifically for Crotch’s bumble bee by CDFW. Bumble bees shall only be netted, chilled, and photographed for identification purposes if the biologist is authorized by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in accordance with Fish and Game Code 2081(a), which does not include take caused by project-related activities. If the lead biologist does not have an MOU, identification techniques shall be limited to photographs of bumblebees in flight or resting on floral resources. Survey results shall be submitted to the Community Development Department. If the species is not detected within or around the project site, further mitigation shall not be required.