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If project activities will occur during the non-breeding season (September 1 through January 31), a second pre-construction survey shall be conducted for burrowing owl to document wintering owls that have migrated to the project site, as well as breeding owls that may have left the project site. If owls are not detected during this survey, project work can move forward as proposed. If occupied burrows are detected during this survey and can be avoided, project activities shall not occur within 160 feet of occupied burrows. If occupied burrows cannot be avoided, one-way doors shall be installed to passively relocate burrowing owls away from active work areas. Two natural burrows or one artificial burrow shall be provided in adjacent grassland habitat for each one-way door installed in an active burrow. One-way doors shall remain in place for 48 hours. The project site shall be monitored daily for up to one week to ensure owls have moved to replacement burrows. Once unoccupied, burrows shall be excavated by hand and backfilled to prevent owl occupation. When feasible, other unoccupied burrows in ground disturbance area should also be excavated by hand and backfilled. Depending on the California red-legged frog and California tiger salamander Habitat Assessment results the project site may require a pre-construction survey for these species as well before burrows can be collapsed. Site(s) affected: Sites 18, 20 4.0-1d: Compensatory mitigation for annual grassland habitat providing potentially suitable habitat for burrowing owl. Annual grasslands at Sites 18 and 20 may provide foraging, nesting, or wintering habitat for burrowing owl. If burrowing owls are found to be absent through the surveys prescribed above, then consistent with standard CDFG mitigations standards and ratios, annual grassland habitat at Sites 18 and 20 shall be compensated for at a ratio of 1:1. If burrowing owls are found to be occupying Sites 18 or 20, then compensatory mitigation shall be required at a ratio of 3:1, acres replaced to acres lost. The project applicant may fulfill this obligation by purchasing annual grassland property suitable for, or occupied by, burrowing owl. Such land shall be protected in perpetuity through an endowed conservation easement. Alternatively, the project applicant may purchase credits in an approved mitigation bank for burrowing owl. Site(s) affected: Sites 18, 20 (Draft SEIR, pp. 4.0-28 to 4.0-32; Final SEIR, p. 2-5.) Impact 4.0-2 Development facilitated by the General Plan Amendment and rezonings could potentially adversely affect wetlands, streams, or riparian habitat. The SEIR evaluates the impact of the proposed project on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The proposed