Prior to issuance of project approvals, and in coordination with state and federal permitting requirements, a five-year restoration mitigation and monitoring program shall be developed and implemented for any planting areas established to mitigate impacts to special-status species plants. Restoration success criteria shall include:
- Establishment of mitigation site(s) at or near the location of impacts where plant restoration will occur.
- A qualified botanist shall identify an appropriate plant palette and restoration methodology compatible with the specific impacted special status species. Mitigation sites could include existing annual grassland or coastal scrub habitat areas on Icehouse Hill, depending on site conditions and locations of special status plants found.
- No loss in total number of individual plants in a special status plant population found on Project Site shall be verified at the end of the five-year monitoring period established in coordination with state and federal agencies with jurisdiction over these resources.
Through continuing efforts of the teams engaged in management and maintenance of habitats at the San Bruno Mountain State Park, the knowledge of species’ requirements and effective enhancement measures continue to evolve. Throughout the 20-year build-out proposed at the Baylands, adaptive management and further refinement of effective management measures may become known and may be incorporated by reference or directly into any future CEQA analysis for Baylands project-specific analysis. For some projects, concurrence or permits from federal and state regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over plant and wildlife resources may be required. This means that direct and indirect impacts, including potential impacts of project-specific dust production, would be addressed and mitigated using current knowledge and practices at the time of project implementation. Consistent with the comment, revised Mitigation Measure 4.c-1b would require site-specific analysis of development projects, including the potential for dust generation determine appropriate buffer distances.
[See page 5-186 for the original comment] The Mitigation Measure referred to in this comment specifically addresses special status plants, including those within upland habitats. Mitigation requirements for impacts to riparian and upland habitats are addressed in Mitigation Measures 4.C-2a through 4.C-2c. The state and federal policy for replacement of impacted wetland area is a minimum of 1:1 replacement as measured in acres of impacted wetland. Where restoration or replacement of wetlands is proposed, success criteria for the replacement area is measured in terms of the number of plants surviving over time.
On page 4.C-37, Mitigation Measure 4.C-1b includes this restoration success criterion 3): “No loss in total number of individual plants in a special status plant