2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
Measure
4.C-4a
specifically
requires
that
“Nest
boxes
for
bats
and
cavity-nesting
bird
species
shall
be
installed
in
passive
recreational
areas.”
The
Draft
EIR
discloses
the
presence
of
the
salt
marsh
common
yellow
throat
and
one
of
the
species
that
could
potentially
use
the
freshwater
drainage
habitat
within
the
Baylands
(Draft
EIR
page
4.C-10).
The
comment
states
there
is
a
resident
population
of
bats
and
that,
“in
the
evenings,
a
flutter
of
activity,
especially
in
spring,
has
been
observed.”
The
comment
also
states
that
more
studies
should
be
required,
but
does
not
link
the
request
for
more
studies
to
any
particular
discussion
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Mitigation
Measure
4.C-1f
includes
a
provision
consistent
with
the
commenter’s
request
for
more
studies.
Mitigation
Measure
4.C-1f
requires
additional
studies
that
contribute
to
the
body
of
knowledge
on
bat/turbine
interactions.
General
Plan
Policies
123
and
123a
read
as
follows:
Policy
123:
Conserve
important
biological
communities
through
sensitive
project
design.
Policy
123a:
In
land
use
development
applications,
consider
the
siting
of
structures
and
utilities
so
as
to
conserve
identified
biological
communities.
Natural
communities
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site
have
been
identified
in
Figure
4.C-1
and
are
addressed
in
Section
4.C
of
the
Draft
EIR,
which
states
that
the
general
location
of
the
existing
wetlands,
including
the
area
proposed
to
be
restored
along
Visitacion
Creek
(i.e.,
daylighting
the
creek
up
to
the
roundhouse
area).
As
shown
in
Draft
EIR
Figures
through
all
four
concept
plan
scenarios
avoid
development
within
Icehouse
Hill,
Brisbane
Lagoon,
Visitacion
Creek,
as
well
as
other
sensitive
areas.
Impacts
to
any
wetlands
that
would
result
from
proposed
Baylands
development
are
required
to
be
mitigated
so
as
to
result
in
no
net
loss.
In
addition,
mitigation
will
be
subject
to
City
and
regulatory
agency
approval.
Please
see
Impact
4.C-2,
Mitigation
Measures
4.C-2a,
b,
c
and
Impact
4.C-3
for
the
Performance
Standards
to
be
applied
to
all
Project
Site
development-related
mitigation.
Draft
EIR
pages
4.D-3
and
4
note
that
no
previously
identified
archaeological
resources
have
been
recorded
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site,
and
a
records
search
of
the
Native
American
Heritage
Commission’s
(NAHC’s)
Sacred
Lands
Files
did
not
indicate
the
presence
of
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-67
May
2015