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THE CITY OF r December 15, 2008 j'L£~AS~NTONo John Carroll 2981 Moreno Avenue Pleasanton, CA 94588 Dear Mr. Carroll: City staff received a copy of your a-mail message to Brian Dolan, Director of Community Development, dated December 5, 2008. The e-mail message contains questions pertaining to potential wildlife corridors at Staples Ranch and the Chain of Lakes. Staff appreciates your interest in wildlife conservation. Staffs initial response is below. Staples Ranch As you mentioned in your a-mail message, the City of Pleasanton is currently reviewing a proposal for the development of Staples Ranch. The Project Area includes the Arroyo Mocho, which was realigned in approximately 1994 and revegetated with several hundred native trees and shrubs. This area is over 300 feet wide and 2,100 feet long and is designated as a Wildlands Overlay Area in the Pleasanton General Plan. Areas with a Wildlands Overlay designation are lands identified as wildlife corridors and valuable plant and wildlife habitats. The project proposes to retain this land use designation over the Arroyo Mocho. If the project is approved as proposed, migratory terrestrial wildlife could continue to use this corridor and the riparian vegetation would be retained. City of Pleasanton staff has prepared a Draft and Final Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Staples Ranch project. On page 3.3-11 of the Draft EIR is a description of wildlife movement on the site. Two mitigation measures are recommended to reduce potential impacts to the movement of native or migratory terrestrial wildlife in the Arroyo Mocho to a less than significant level. The first measure, BIO-8.1 (on page 3.3-25) would minimize light spillover in the Arroyo Mocho. The second measure, BIO-8.2 (on page 3.3-26) would require the landscaping plans for the proposed community and neighbofiood parks to consider wildlife by providing cover, food, and water for wildlife where appropriate. Last Monday, I left you a voicemail message regarding mitigation measure BIO-8.2. As I mentioned, I spoke with Logitech Ice, the applicants for the ice center, about your a-mail message. If you have suggestions regarding how to implement the mitigation measure BIO- 8.2, they would appreciate your feedback and requested that you contact Wayne Rasmussen at (925) 359-3255. Wayne is a consultant for Logitech Ice, and Logitech Ice is working with P. O. Box 520, Pleasanton, CA 94566-0802 Planning & Community Development Building Inspec (925)931-5600 (925)931-5300 Fax: 931-5483 Fax: 931-5478 200 Old Bernal Avenue Utility Billing Business Licens (925) 931-5425 1925) 931-5440 Fax: 931-5485 Fax: 931-5485