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outside of Mountain,Housewould not meet the goal of creating a distinct new community and would riot be consistent with the Master•Plan goals, particularly the goals of providing,an adequate supply of housing for-all income groups in'the. community and creating a financially and fiscally viable community resulting in'a positive economic impact-9'6" on the County. ca= The proposed project is necessary to the public;because it would support the implementation of-Speciflc Planlll by providing resldentiai de ielopment to ensure an adequate supply of mousing -for all income groups 'in the.. community. As discussed in the Findings and Statement of,Overriding Considerations adopted by the.County in conjunction with tlie.certification of the Specific Planlll EIR,implementation of-Specific•Piar.i lii would allow for a great deal of choice for potential residents ur` hen deciding -to buy, share, or rent a home in San Joaquin County,which.in turn would cause prices and rents o vary considerably and allow increased housing opportunities for a.variety of income levels. (San Joai{uin County Board of Supervisors Order B-05-1289 at attachment A,pages 34-35.)'. The rationale with respect-to the second finding ("there is no degradation of the habitat or numbers.of any rare,threatened,or endangered plant,or animal species as a result of the project") is as follows: Elimination of the wetland area on site would not degrade the habitat or numbers of any, threatened,or endangered plant or animal species, because there are no rare, threatened, or'endangered plant or animal species on the site, and the site does not provide suitable habitat for any rare, threatened, or endangered plant or animal species. .The wetland area does not provide likely suitable habitat for any rare, threatended, or endangered plant species. (EIP Associates,Special-Status Species Survey and Habitat Assessment Analysis(May 2006) page,12.) There are only eight special-status plant species listed within the region surrounding the project site. (Habitat Assessment page 7.) Six of those species are not likely to occur due to the extremely disturbed environment present within site and the lack of any remnant foothill or valley grassland habitats. (Habitat Assessment page 12.) a site survey confirmed the absence of any of the six species. (Habitat Assessment page 12.) With regard to the other two species, rose mallow(a plant listed as rare, threatened, or endangered in California but more common elsewhere)and Mason's liaeopsis (a plant listed as rare in California and elsewhere), the site contains riparian scrub and perennial freshwater marsh similar to the Deltaic habitats with which rose mallow and Mason's liaeopsis are typically associate, but the elevation of the site and the absence of rose mallow and Mason's liaeopsis during site surveys confirm that the site does not provide likely suitable habitat for either species. The wetland area also does not provide likely suitable habitat for any rare, threatened,or endangered animal species. EIP identified only nine special- status wildlife species as being potentially within the region surrounding the project site.(Habitat Assessment page 8.) Of these nine species, only three are rare, threatened, or endangered species: California red-legged from ("CRL1="), Swainson's hawk, and San Joaquin kit fox. (Habitat Assessment pages 8-11.) 2