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<br />Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. <br />CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum <br />Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction <br />November 2025 <br />A-63 <br /> <br /> <br />MITIGATION MEASURES APPLICABLE? <br />(Y/N) TIMING IMPLEMENTING <br />ENTITY <br />VERIFYING/ <br />MONITORING <br />ENTITY <br />A qualified RPF or botanist with knowledge of the special-status plant species habitat and <br />life history would review the treatment design and applicable impact minimization <br />measures (potentially including others not listed above) to determine if the anticipated <br />residual effects of the treatment would be significant under CEQA because <br />implementation of the treatment would not maintain habitat function of the special- <br />status plant habitat (i.e., the habitat would be rendered unsuitable) or because the loss of <br />special-status plants would substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a <br />special-status plant species. If the project proponent determines the impact on special- <br />status plants would be less than significant, no further mitigation would be required. If the <br />project proponent determines that the loss of special-status plants or degradation of <br />occupied habitat would be significant under CEQA after implementing feasible treatment <br />design alternatives and impact minimization measures, then MM BIO-1c would be <br />implemented. <br />The only exception to this mitigation approach is in cases where it is determined by a <br />qualified RPF or botanist that the special-status plants would benefit from treatment in <br />the occupied habitat area even though some of the non-listed special-status plants may <br />be killed during treatment activities. For a treatment to be considered beneficial to non- <br />listed special-status plants, the qualified RPF or botanist would demonstrate with <br />substantial evidence that habitat function is reasonably expected to improve with <br />implementation of the treatment (e.g., by citing scientific studies demonstrating that the <br />species [or similar species] has benefitted from increased sunlight due to canopy opening, <br />eradication of invasive species, or otherwise reduced competition for resources), and the <br />substantial evidence would be included in the PSA. If it is determined that treatment <br />activities would be beneficial to special-status plants, no compensatory mitigation would <br />be required. <br />Project-Specific Measures