2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
Performance
standards
that
would
apply
to
any
proposed
construction
or
operation
of
any
facility
that
includes
passive
use
trails
that
may
be
proposed
adjacent
to
Brisbane
Lagoon,
Visitacion
Creek,
and
other
drainages
and
channels,
and
that
provide
for
no
in-water
construction
in
the
lagoon;
Performance
standards
that
include
daylighting
Visitation
Creek
up
to
the
railyard
and
the
Roundhouse;
Performance
standards
that
require
an
Open
Space
Plan
that
addresses
wildlife
movement
and
applies
to
the
entire
Baylands
Project
Site
prior
to
any
development
occurring;
and
Performance
standards
that
require
a
site-specific
micro-siting
report
as
part
of
any
turbine
or
renewable
energy
project
design.
The
biological
setting
provided
in
the
Draft
EIR
assesses
habitat
suitability
for
plants
and
animals
based
on
reconnaissance-level
surveys.
Field
observations
were
conducted
to
verify
conditions
and
to
document
habitat
types
and
their
approximate
habitat
boundaries.
The
surveys
were
timed
to
maximize
opportunities
to
see
average
conditions
across
all
the
habitats
onsite
and
were
not
aimed
at
any
one
habitat
type
or
species,
some
of
which
have
very
specific
periods
when
they
can
be
observed.
Where
suitable
habitat
is
present
and
identified
in
the
Draft
EIR,
further
species-
specific
surveys
would
be
required
prior
to
site-specific
development
as
part
of
the
project-level
CEQA
review
of
individual
components
of
the
Brisbane
Baylands
development.
Although
four
development
scenarios
are
evaluated
in
the
Draft
EIR
based
on
reconnaissance-
level
surveys,
future
site-specific
development
projects
would
be
subject
to
further
environmental
evaluation
that
would
provide
for
more
detailed
analysis
of
development
details
that
cannot
be
known
at
this
time,
including
the
precise
footprint
of
future
ground
disturbance
and
development,
construction
methods
and
their
duration,
and
the
proposed
long-term
operation
of
site-specific
development.
This
use
of
subsequent
focused
biological
resources
surveys
for
site-specific
development
proposals
will
supplement
the
current
analysis
with
more
precise
and
detailed
analysis
of
biological
resources
and
the
mechanisms
and
potential
for
project-specific
impacts
to
occur
than
is
currently
possible,
and
also
provide
for
evaluation
of
the
natural
evolution
of
habitat
types
and
changing
conditions
over
the
anticipated
20-year
buildout
of
the
Baylands
Project
Site.
Considering
that
the
habitats
mapped
in
the
Draft
EIR
for
the
Baylands
will
continue
to
evolve
and
respond
to
climate
conditions
and
rainfall
patterns
over
the
anticipated
20-year
buildout
timeframe,
and
that
future
project-specific
detailed
analysis
will
be
conducted
to
capture
conditions
in
real
time
when
projects
are
proposed,
a
greater
number
of
field
visits
is
not
warranted
for
the
initial
program
EIR.
The
mitigation
measures
provided
in
Section
4.C,
Biological
Resources
,
were
prepared
by
senior
biologists
and
represent
current
industry
standards,
based
on
similar
projects
in
the
region.
Similar
to
the
biological
setting,
these
measures
may
be
refined
as
part
of
subsequent
environmental
analysis
of
site-specific
development
projects,
and
through
formal
consultation
with
regulatory
agencies
as
part
of
required
regulatory
agency
permitting.
Environmental
evaluations
for
site-specific
development
projects
would
identify
more
specific
measures
to
minimize
impacts
during
implementation
of
project
activities
and
to
provide
appropriate
compensatory
mitigation
for
impacts
on
wetlands,
federally
and
state-listed
species,
and
riparian
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-23
May
2015