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Environmental Checklist and City of Pleasanton–10x Genomics Project Environmental Evaluation Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 50 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480024/ISMND/wp/21480024 10x Genomics Project Full Screencheck ISMND.docx The project site was previously developed with a retail shopping plaza. At the time that FCS performed a site visit, all buildings except for one, operating as a Cost-Plus World Market, appeared to be vacant. Numerous ornamental trees and shrubs are present throughout the site, which is in an urbanized commercial area surrounded by the Stoneridge Shopping Center; retail plazas; commercial office centers; Kaiser Permanente Medical Center offices; hotels; and multi-family residential housing. Subsequent to the site visit, the City issued a demolition permit for removal of the existing structures on-site. Demolition was completed in Spring 2021. The habitat present within the project site can be classified as Urban/Developed, characterized as areas that have been constructed upon or otherwise physically altered to an extent that native vegetation is no longer supported and retains no soil substrate, or vegetation or soils are highly disturbed and/or managed. Developed land is characterized by permanent or semi-permanent structures, pavement, or hardscape, and landscaped areas that often require irrigation. Wou ld the project: a) Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or United States Fish and Wildlife Service? Less than significant with mitigation incorporated. Special-status Plant Species A plant’s potential to occur is based on presence of suitable habitats, soil types, and occurrences recorded by the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California and CNDDB within the Dublin, California USGS quadrangle.28,29 According to the CNDDB and CNPS database searches, seven special-status plant species are known to occur in the greater vicinity of the project site. Because of previous development and current disturbances at the project site, and lack of specific suitable habitat types, all of these species were determined to have no potential to occur on the project site and were excluded from further analysis (see Table 1; Appendix B for a species-specific discussion of potential to occur for all seven special-status plant species). Special-status Wildlife Species The potential for wildlife to occur is based on the presence of suitable habitats and occurrences recorded by the CNDDB within the Dublin, California USGS quadrangle.30 Based on the CNDDB database search, 15 special-status wildlife species are known to occur in the greater vicinity of the project site. The Special-status Wildlife Species Table (Appendix B) identifies three special-status wildlife species that have the potential to occur on-site: white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus), pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus), and Yuma myotis bat (Myotis yumanensis). The table also includes the species’ 28 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). 2020. CNDDB RareFind 5 California Natural Diversity Database Query for Special- Status Species. Website: https://map.dfg.ca.gov/rarefind/view/RareFind.aspx. Accessed December 14, 2020. 29 California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2020. California Native Plant Society Rare and Endangered Plant Inventory. Website: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/. Accessed December 14, 2020 30 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). 2020. CNDDB RareFind 5 California Natural Diversity Database Query for Special- Status Species. Website: https://map.dfg.ca.gov/rarefind/view/RareFind.aspx. Accessed December 14, 2020.