2.
Response
to
Comments
2.10
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Individuals
contrast
to
the
open
space
and
natural
setting
of
San
Francisco
Bay
and
San
Bruno
Mountain,
as
well
as
the
nearby
urbanized
areas
of
Brisbane,
San
Francisco
and
Daly
City.”
Meeting1-51
[See page
5-651 for the original comment]
The
statement
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.A-
2
to
which
this
comment
refers
notes
that
The
Project
Site
is
partially
screened
from
view
along
US
Highway
101
as
well
as
Bayshore
Boulevard
due
to
vegetative
growth
along
the
highway
and
the
boulevard.”
The
Draft
EIR
makes
no
assessment
as
to
the
aesthetic
quality
of
that
vegetation,
only
that
the
existing
vegetation
does,
in
fact,
partially
screen
views
of
the
Baylands
Project
Site,
particularly
the
views
of
southbound
traffic
along
US
101.
The
screening
effect
of
existing
vegetation
is
far
less
pronounced
for
northbound
traffic
than
it
is
for
southbound
traffic
along
US
101.
Meeting1-52
[See page
5-651 for the original comment]
The
Draft
EIR
does
not
state
that
there
are
no
native
vegetation
types
within
the
Baylands.
The
Draft
EIR
statement
to
which
this
comment
refers
notes
that
vegetation
and
wildlife
habitat
has
been
highly
disturbed,
and
that
the
site
is
dominated
by
non-native
species.
The
Draft
EIR
also
notes
on
page
4.A-4
that
“native
vegetation
types,
including
coastal
scrub
and
perennial
grasslands,
are
confined
to
relatively
small
areas
on
Icehouse
Hill
in
the
western
portion
of
the
Project
Site,
to
the
tidal
and
freshwater
wetlands
along
the
edges
of
drainage
channels
and
Brisbane
Lagoon,
and
to
seasonal
wetlands
in
the
western
portion
of
the
site.”
A
complete
description
of
existing
habitat
areas
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site
is
provided
in
the
Environmental
Setting
portion
of
Section
4.C,
Biological
Resources
.
Meeting1-53
[See page
5-652 for the original comment]
See
Master Response
9
for
discussion
of
wetlands
identification
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site.
Observations
of
wetlands
within
the
Baylands
were
conducted
in
2003,
2007,
2011,
and
2013
by
various
professional
individuals
and
consulting
firms.
All
of
this
information
was
used
to
create
the
2010
baseline
conditions
and
habitat
map
in
the
Draft
EIR,
Figure
4.C-1,
and
used
as
the
basis
for
determining
impacts
of
proposed
Baylands
development.
The
potential
frog
habitat
referred
to
the
comment
was
not
observed
during
any
of
the
numerous
site
surveys
conducted
by
the
various
professional
individuals
and
consulting
firms
conducting
those
surveys.
The
endangered
unarmored
three-spine
stickleback
(
Gasterosteus
aculeatus
williamsoni
),
a
subspecies
of
three-spine
stickleback
(
Gasterosteus
aculeatus
),
is
restricted
to
three
areas
in
Southern
California.
Two
other
species
of
three-spine
stickleback
occur
in
southern
California:
(
Gasterosteus
aculeatus
microcephalus
)
and
(
Gasterosteus
aculeatus
santaannae
).
Neither
the
stickleback
ssp.
microcephalus
or
ssp.
santannae
are
State
or
federally
listed.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.10.19-17
May
2015
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