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F. BIOLOGY Impact FI: Disturbance of wetlands and waters of the United State exceeding one-third acre of wetlands and 200 linear feet of channels. (project) Mitigation Measure Fl: Provide such additional mitigation of wetland impacts as may be required by the Army Corp of engineers upon their review of the City's and Spotorno's application for a permit t6 fill wetlands. Furthermore, because the Specific Plan and EIR were developed concurrently, the Specific Plan project already incorporates provisions which minimize adverse biological impacts, including those project characteristics set forth in Chapter 3, Section J.l. of the EIR. Findings: The golf course and Spotorno development aspects of the project will disturb wetlands and waterways. However, mitigation to a less-than-significant impact can be achieved through the regulatory authority of the Army Corp of Engineers in conjunction with the City's application for a permit to fill wetlands. Rationale for Finding: The development of a golf course (including a club house and driving range) and the Spotorno property housing units, will require the re-contouring of the land. These efforts will include a realignment of Happy Valley Creek, the filling of some channels, and the loss of associated wetlands. (See Figure 32, of Appendix C of the EIR.) The project requires these impacts be addressed through regulatory approval and oversight by the Department ofFish and Game, United States Fish & Wildlife Service, and/or the Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, as part of this development, the Specific Plan requires the reconstruction of the drainage system incorporating design features that would reduce erosion conditions along drainage ways; result in variation in the speed and depth of seasonal flow in those drainage ways; and vegetate adjacent side slopes for reduction in erosion, and possible improvement in habitat value; as well as those project characteristics set forth in Chapter 3, Section J .1. of the EIR.