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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2006-074 (3086) RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINDINGS FOR THE NON-NATIVE SPARTINA ERADICATION PROGRAM CONTAINED IN THE FINAL PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENT AL IMP ACT STATEMENT/ENVIRONMENTAL IMP ACT REPORT PREP ARED BY CALIFORNIA ST ATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY WHEREAS, the "Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project: Spartina Control Program" (FEIS/R) prepared for the Invasive Spartina Project (ISP) Control Program pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was certified by the California State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy) through its September 15, 2003 resolution certifying the EIR; and WHEREAS, this EIS/EIR identifies mitigation measures that will be applied to reduce or eliminate impacts at treatment locations; and WHEREAS, the ISP Control Program methodology is expected to be modified by the addition of a new herbicide, imazapyr, for use in invasive Spartina treatment, as soon as that herbicide is approved by California regulatory agencies for use in an aquatic environment; and WHEREAS, the Conservancy has independently reviewed and considered the Addendum to the FEIS/R, dated May 2005, and has found that the change proposed in the ISP Control Project incorporating the use of the herbicide imazapyr and associated surfactants and colorants for invasive Spartina treatment may be appropriately addressed in an addendum under the CEQA because there is no substantial evidence that the proposed change to the Control Program will give rise to new significant environmental effects not considered under the FEIS/R or a substantial increase in the severity of the significant effects previously identified in the FEIS/R; and WHEREAS, specific environmental and other benefits of the Control Project described in the FEIS/R include long-term environmental benefits of preserving and restoring native habitat for endangered species and for other plant and animal species that otherwise would be threatened by the continued spread of invasive cordgrass in the Estuary and the avoidance of severe adverse impacts associated with failing to control the continued spread of the non-native cordgrass; and WHEREAS, alternatives to the Spartina Control Program analyzed in the FEIS/R are infeasible in that they do not achieve the project objectives of control and eradication of non- native cordgrass, will result in the same or greater environmental impact and will not produce the same environmental benefit as the Control Program; and WHEREAS, potentially significant, unavoidable short-term impacts to the endangered California clapper rail continue to exist, even with a phased program, the impacts are outweighed by the long-term environmental benefits and therefore, necessitate the adoption of a Statement of Overriding Considerations; and