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:

1. Establishment of mitigation site(s) at or near the location of impacts where plant restoration will occur.
2. 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.
3. 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.

Page 4.C-39    BCC-111 [See page 5-186 for the original comment] ADD the following text as the final bullet point of Mitigation Measure 4.C-1c:

Establishment of seasonal restrictions or a period during which horses would be permitted to occur on Ice House Hill associated with passive recreation areas shall be implemented in a manner that coordinates best with the use pattern of special status butterflies, under consultation with a Lepidopterist.

Page 4.C-40    BCC-113 [See page 5-186 for the original comment] REVISE the second full paragraph as follows:

Build out of Project Site development would result in grading and developing existing ruderal, and non-native annual grassland habitats as well as remediation of the unpaved, non-vegetated developed areas under current commercial use (i.e. the landfill area). Resident and migratory raptors currently use ruderal, non-native annual grassland and land fill areas for foraging. Initial loss of these habitats would occur during site remediation and grading as the existing substrates will be modified. Over time the newly graded and developed site would be used by raptors species and although the total overall amount of foraging area would be reduced by approximately one third under the CPP/CPP-V scenarios and approximately one half under the DSP/DSP-V scenarios, raptors would continue to use open space areas within the Project Site for foraging after Project Site development build out is complete. The CPP/CPP-V scenarios would result in approximately 203 acres of habitat enhancement and open space areas that would provide potential foraging habitat for raptors after site build out is complete. The DSP/DSP-V scenarios would include