Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project 15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist 55 site’s grassland vegetation communities. Therefore, special-status plant species are not anticipated to occur on-site, and development of the proposed project would result in a less-than-significant impact related to special-status plant species. According to the BRA, a total of nine special-status wildlife species are known to occur in the vicinity of the project site, including tricolored blackbird, California tiger salamander (central California Distinct Population Segment [DPS]), pallid bat, burrowing owl, Crotch’s bumble bee, western bumble bee, Townsend’s big-eared bat, American peregrine falcon, and California red- legged frog. Six of the nine foregoing species require specialized habitats that do not occur on-site, including cliffs and large trees, marshes and wetlands, caves or hollow trees, and open grasslands with nectar sources. With respect to the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) (CRLF), the closest CNDDB and iNaturalist records occur 2.3 miles from the project site. According to the BRA, the generally accepted dispersal range for CRLF is approximately two miles, which places the project site outside of the dispersal range for the locally extant CRLF population. While technically potentially suitable CRLF upland dispersal habitat occurs on-site, the species is not expected to occur due to excessive distance. Therefore, the BRA concluded that the only special-status wildlife species with the potential to occur on-site include burrowing owl and California tiger salamander. According to the BRA, active ground squirrel colonies occur throughout the project site. The open grassland and on-site ground squirrel burrows could provide the necessary nesting habitat for the species, which is known to occur in the vicinity of the site. Therefore, the BRA concluded that the project site could support breeding burrowing owls. Development of the proposed project could therefore have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on burrowing owl, and a significant impact could occur. With respect to California tiger salamander, the BRA establishes that the project site provides suitable upland dispersal habitat for any individuals of the species within dispersal proximity of suitable breeding habitat. According to the CNDDB query conducted for the site, a suitable breeding pond was reported in 1992 within the Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area (CNDDB Occurrence No. 530). However, the exact location of the pond was not recorded and the record is considered potentially extirpated. Furthermore, according to the BRA, California tiger salamander breeding records do not occur within the generally accepted dispersal range for the species (1.3