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Environmental Checklist Biological Resources Draft Initial Study – Mitigated Negative Declaration 45 Local Chapter 5-2 of SLMC establishes tree preservation requirements that would apply to the project. Section 5-2-205 establishes all street trees within the city as property of the City, and Section 5-2- 220 outlines requirements for street tree planting and replacement. SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5-2-220 (a) Upon approval of the Director, any person may undertake privately, or by agreement with a private nursery or tree service, the planting of a street tree provided that the location, species and manner of planting are acceptable to the Director. (b) The Director shall prepare a list of those tree species which are acceptable for use as street trees. The Director shall also establish such criteria relating to the location and manner of planting such street trees as will protect public safety and public and private improvement. (c) All new planting of street trees as replacements for street trees existing on the effective date of this Chapter shall conform to the species and planting criteria set forth in subsection (b) of this section. (d) There may be imposed a condition of approval for all parcel and subdivision maps that the subdivider plant street trees at such locations and in such manner as may be determined by the Director. Impact Analysis 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? 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? d. Would the project interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites? As described in the Setting section above, the project site is in an urbanized area of San Leandro and has been previously developed with structures, surface parking lots, roadways, and limited perimeter landscaping, including trees (Appendix D). Vegetation observed on the project site included shortpod mustard (Hirschfeldia incana), ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), wild oat (Avena fatua), dandelion (Taraxacum sp.), bristly ox tongue (Helminthotheca echioides), burclover (Medicago polymorpha), cheeseweed (Malva parviflora), bamboo (subfamily Bambusoideae), stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens), English ivy (Helix hedera), prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) (Appendix D). The project site contains multiple clusters of ornamental trees. Because of the small and disjunct canopy cover, landscaped or hardscaped understory, and the species composition, these clusters of trees do not meet the characteristics of a woodland (Appendix A). The site does not contain riparian habitat and is not located within a known regional wildlife movement corridor or other sensitive biological area as indicated by the USFWS Critical Habitat