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FIND~G: The City Council finds that with the implementation of mitigation measures designed to ensure protection of heritage trees during grading and construction activities (MM 6a and 6d), limiting the removal of heritage trees for development only to three (MM 6b), and ensuring proper protection of trees during the grading and construction of individual lots and custom homes (MM 60 and ensuring adequate protection from over-watering (MM 6g), impacts of development on heritage trees are femble and have been incorporated into the project design or into the project by reference through conditions of approval, and will be effective in reducing the impacts of this project to a less than significant level. 2. I-Ierita~e tree loss due to landslide re~air IMPACT: The City Council finds that heritage U'ea losa due to landslide repair could have a potentially significant biological (and visual) impact. DEGREE: Significant. FINDING: Although the SEIR recommends implementation of the Reduced Grading Alternative (MlVl 6e), the Council finds that this mitigation measure places too severe a limit on the development potential of the site, especially since the act-~l limits of landslide repair areas are not definitively known. Thefore, the Council finds an appropriate mitigating measure is to require preparation of detailed and definitive technical studies, prior to approval of a tentative rap, which indicates the extent of landslide repair measures. The Council may, at that time, elect to require elimination of lots whose creation would require landslide repairs beyond those contemplated by the SEIR (Condition. 50). TIm Council finds that implementation of this alternative mitigation measure, in combination with other measures requiring replacement of removed trees, etc. (MM 5p, 6c and 6d) are feasible and have been incorporated into the project design or into. the project by reference through conditions of approval, and will be effective in reducing the impacts of this project to a less than significant level. 3. Habitat loss/reduction of on-site wiMlife IMPACT;. The Council finds that habitat loss and the reduction of on-site wildlife due to development and the introduction of domestic species may have a potentially significant impact. DEGREE: Potentially Significant. FINDING: The Council finds that implementation of mitigation measures (MM 6h and 6i) limiting the free-ranging of domestic dogs and cat.s, and prohibiting vehicles (other than maintenance vehicles) from hillside open space m, are feasible and have been incorporated into the project design or into the project by refezL*nce through conditions of approval, and will be effective in reducing the impacts of this project to a less than significant level. Page C-9