2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
Response
The
Draft
EIR
recognizes
that
proposed
development
for
the
Baylands
Project
Site
is
a
program
that
consists
of
development
concepts
for
the
DSP,
DSP-V,
CPP,
and
CPP-V
scenarios,
along
with
a
proposed
Specific
Plan
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios.
Site-specific
development
plans,
including
precise
boundaries
of
proposed
ground
disturbance,
building
locations,
and
habitat
preservation
areas,
are
not
available
for
any
of
the
four
scenarios
evaluated
in
the
EIR.
Thus,
Draft
EIR
Section
4.C,
Biological
Resources
,
provides
program-level
analysis
of
the
Project
Site’s
biological
resources,
focusing
on
habitats
and
habitat
suitability
and
defining
performance
standards
for
the
future
buildout
of
the
Baylands
to
mitigate
the
impacts
of
that
development.
A
key
finding
of
the
Draft
EIR
was
that
each
of
the
four
development
scenarios
would
result
in
significant
impacts
on
biological
resources,
and
that
a
reconfiguration
of
development
and
conservation
areas
was
needed
to
mitigate
impacts
of
future
development.
Thus,
Mitigation
Measures
4.C-4a
and
4.C-4b
set
forth
performance
standards
to
protect
onsite
resources
by
providing
for
such
a
reconfiguration
of
development
and
conservation
areas
through
preparation
and
implementation
of:
A
Projectwide
Open
Space
Plan
to
be
prepared
by
a
landscape
architect
in
coordination
with
a
qualified
habitat
restoration
biologist
to
optimize
habitat
preservation
and
ensure
avoidance
of
impacts
on
wildlife
movement;
and
A
Marsh
Wildlife
and
Habitat
Protection
Plan
to
provide
for
protection
and
restoration
of
wetland
habitats
within
the
Baylands.
Over
the
course
of
the
approximately
20-year
buildout
timeframe,
individual
site-specific
development
projects
would
undergo
their
own
environmental
evaluation,
including
updated
impact
analyses
to
reflect
actual
conditions
at
that
the
time
site-specific
development
is
actually
proposed,
and
would
be
required
to
implement
specific
measures
to
meet
the
biological
resources
performance
standards
set
forth
in
the
mitigation
measures
of
Section
4.C
of
the
Draft
EIR.
Thus,
the
City
will
bring
forward
to
future
environmental
review
efforts
the
programmatic
mitigation
requirements,
performance
standards,
and
other
conditions
for
development
defined
in
the
Draft
EIR
and
apply
them
to
site-specific
conditions
once
development
projects
are
designed
and
proposed.
For
biological
resources,
this
means
that
future
site-specific
development
actions
at
the
Baylands,
as
well
as
offsite
program
components,
would
be
required
to
meet
th
e
Draft
EIR’s
performance
standards
in
addition
to
compliance
with
the
applicable
regulatory
processes
of
the
United
States
Army
Corps
of
Engineers,
United
States
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service,
California
Department
of
Fish
and
Wildlife,
Regional
Water
Quality
Control
Board,
Bay
Conservation
and
Development
Commission,
and
others.
Examples
of
performance
standards
included
in
the
Section
4.C,
Biological
Resources
,
of
the
Draft
EIR
include:
A
performance
standard
for
a
City-approved
Marsh
Wildlife
Habitat
Enhancement
Plan
for
the
Baylands;
Performance
standards
that
provide
for
the
City’s
ability
to
require
mitigation
for
wetland
areas
that
can
be
shown
to
have
been
present
over
time
rather
than
simply
when
a
wetlands
delineation
is
produced;
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-22
May
2015