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Chapter 4 Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures E, Cultural Resources An exclusion zone of 250 feet shall be established around any active nests of any raptor species found on the project site until all young have fledged, . Pre-construction breeding surveys for special status songbirds shall be implemented and an exclusion area be established around any active nests. If project construction or tree removal is scheduled between March 1 and August 15, a pre-construction survey for special status species songbirds shall be conducted and a 50-foot exclusion zone shall be established around any active nests of such species found on the project site until all young have fledged, Consideration should be given to similar management of active nests of other MBTA-protected bird species found on the project site, With the incorporation of these measures, impacts on raptors and nesting birds would be reduced to a less-than-significant level. d. Mitigation Measures With the incorporation of the measures described into the Phase II Specific Plan, no signifi- cant effects related to biological resources have been found; therefore, no mitigations are needed, 1. Framework for Analysis This section addresses the relationship between the proposed Phase II Bernal Property Specific Plan and cultural resources of the site, The Specific Plan site, and particularly its Western Area, is known to be an area of archaeo- logical resources, The cultural setting (history, prehistory and ethnography) of the project area is thoroughly described and evaluated in earlier CEQA documents,14 A comprehensive summary of the cultural resources setting drawing on earlier cultural resources assessments and evaluations is provided in Chapter 5, Part M of the 1997/2000 EIR, which is hereby incorporated by reference, 2. Setting The project area has been surveyed for the presence of archaeological sites or resources, in whole or in part, on several occasions since the 1970s, Two significant archaeological sites are known to be located in the Plan area: sites CA-Ala-483 and CA-Ala-SS4, 14 The most extensive presentation was prepared for the 1995 Bernal Property Annexation DEI R by William Self Associates, Consultants in Archaeology and Historic Preservation. A description of site features and other archaeological and historical information provided in that document are summarized in the 1997/2000 EIR. Both documents are available for public review at the office of the Pleasanton Planning Department. 69