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City of San Leandro 311 MacArthur Boulevard Residential Project 30 Analysis in the General Plan EIR The General Plan EIR discusses biological resources impacts in Section 4.3 and finds impacts to be less than significant with no mitigation measures required (City of San Leandro 2016b). The following describes the analysis included in the General Plan EIR and provides a streamlined review to determine whether there would be project-specific impacts that are either 1) peculiar to the project or the parcel on which the project is located; 2) were not previously analyzed in the General Plan EIR as significant effects; 3) are potentially significant off-site impacts and cumulative impacts that were not previously discussed in the General Plan EIR; or 4) are now determined to have a more severe impact than discussed in the General Plan EIR due to substantial new information. Project-Specific Impacts a. Would the project 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? As shown on Figure 4.3-1 of the General Plan EIR, the project site is in an urban area, and is not adjacent to sensitive habitats (City of San Leandro 2016b). The project site contains 19 trees and minimal landscaping, and may contain suitable habitat for woodland woolly threads (Monolopia gracilens) and Alameda song sparrow (Melospiza melodia pusillula). However, based on review of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) report for the project site, neither of these species have the potential to occur (USFWS 2019a). The USFWS IPaC report identified the following species in the area: salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus), California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni), western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus), yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus), California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi), San Bruno elfin butterfly (Callophrys mossii bayensis) vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), California seablite (Suaeda californica), and Contra Costa goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens). These species occur in a variety of habitats such as salt and brackish marsh, coastal scrub, vernal pools, riparian woodlands and uplands, and aquatic features. The project site is developed and is mainly paved, which excludes these suitable habitat types from occurring. Therefore, species listed above identified as candidate, sensitive, or special status are not expected to occur on the project site. Compliance with 2035 General Plan goals, policies, and action items, and with the San Leandro Municipal Code would ensure adequate protection of sensitive biological resources. Applicable policies include the provision of open spaces in new development and the protection of sensitive habitats. Impacts would not be greater than those identified in the General Plan EIR. LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT OR LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT WITH MITIGATION INCORPORATED b. Would the project have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?