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Draft Environmental Impact Report Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan 3. Key Project Characteristics, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures a. Key Project Characteristics The Phase II Specific Plan site would be devoted to public and quasi-public uses as des- cribed in the Specific Plan (see Chapter 2 and the use descriptions in Appendix B), Potential uses include buildings (such as a cultural arts center, a youth/community center, a child care center, etc,), outdoor facilities (such as sports fields, an amphitheater, roadways and parking, etc.), planted open space (such as the Grand Meadow), and open space main- tained in a more "wild" condition (such as the corridor of the Arroyo de la Laguna), Figure 14 presents the Plant Community Conceptual Plan from the Phase II Specific Plan, As shown in Figure 14, a suite of restored natural plant communities, typical of what once may have existed on this site, is proposed for planting in the open space areas, If restored as shown, these areas could provide valuable habitat for many of the native wildlife species known from the project vicinity, Although a substantial acreage ofthe site (at least 100 acres) would remain in open space under the Specific Plan, some of that acreage would be subject to grading and replanting and, therefore, would be subject to disturbance of any biological resources present. Other considerations that necessitate consideration of the potential for impacts on biologi- cal resources include (1) the subsequent construction of flood control storm water deten- tion basins that were not identified as potential habitat in the 2000 EIR and (2) changes in regulatory standards since 2000 (e,g" listing of and critical habitat for the CTS and re- proposal of critical habitat for the CRLF), The mitigation measures imposed under the earlier EIR and any measures imposed under this document would fulfill the City's obligations under CEQA with respect to biological resources, However, development activity within the project site may require one or more permits from state and and/or federal resources agencies, Those permits may impose miti- gation requirements that could differ from, and/or be greater than, the mitigation measures established in the earlier EI R and this document. b. Significance Criteria Significance criteria for impacts on biological resources are drawn from CEQA Guidelines Appendix G (Items IV (a) through (e) (Item IV (I) does not apply in the absence of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan or other conservation plan) and Item XVII (a), Impacts on biological resources would be significant: (1) [Ifthe project would] have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or indirectly or through habitat modification, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the CDFG or USFWS; 62