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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations FirstCarbon Solutions 99 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.3-26). Findings: Less than significant impact with mitigation incorporated. (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.3-27). Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Housing Element Update which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the Program EIR. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15091(a)(1)) Mitigation Measures Implement MM BIO-1. Facts in Support of Findings: The Planning Area is likely to contain sensitive communities (e.g., oak woodlands and riparian habitat), and Site 1 (Lester) may contain undisturbed oak woodland habitat. This community has the potential to provide habitat for many special-status species. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update could result in direct or indirect effects on riparian habitat and other sensitive communities because of project construction. Activities that would divert or obstruct the natural flow or change the bed, channel, or bank of any lake or stream, would be required to obtain a “Streambed Alteration Agreement” from the CDFW prior to any alteration of a lakebed, stream channel, or their banks. The General Plan includes goals, policies, and programs designated to protect riparian habitat and other sensitive natural communities by concentrating development in previously disturbed areas and by emphasizing avoidance, minimization, and mitigation of impacts through development guidelines and standards. Chapter 7, Conservation and Open Space Element of the General Plan, Policies 1 and 3 of Goal 2 call for the preservation and enhancement of natural wildlife habitats and wildlife corridors and preservation and enhancement of streambeds and channels in a natural state, respectively. Program 1.6 directs the analysis of impacts on wildlife populations and habitats prior to project development. Program 1.12 supports reduced development intensity adjacent to areas designated as Wildland Overlay. Program 6.4 would pursue opportunities to retain areas of the Wildland Overlay as permanent open space use through various tools including acquisition, conservation easements, and establishment of a land trust. Water Element Program 2.1 would provide for the preservation and restoration of riparian corridors and establish mitigation requirements for modifications of such corridors. Program 2.2 would develop policies and standards in cooperation with Zone 7 that include restoring riparian corridors when flood and erosion control activities require channelization. Program 2.4 would direct the design of projects adjacent to the arroyos to protect habitat areas. Water Element Program 6.2 would establish reduced intensity for the development of land adjacent to areas designated as Wildland Overlay through studies which indicate the types of development posing the least potential negative impact on wildlife habitat. Future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be required to comply with adopted State, federal, and local regulations for the protection of riparian habitat and other sensitive natural communities. In addition, future development would comply with requirements of the General Plan goals, policies, and programs related to the protection of sensitive natural communities and riparian habitat, as described above. Implementation of these goals, policies, programs, and State and federal requirements would reduce impacts; however, the potential for impacts to special-status species, migratory species, and nesting