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6.0 ALTERNATIVES Water Resources Water conservation measures should be adopted which would reduce the overall area to be irrigated, including the golf course, vineyard and pasture, and restrict the watering of the golf course during drought periods. Biological Resources if pesitiened well away ftefa beth Br-e-yelli Weeds and theTmey Lake sherelines, 26 heuses en aatur-al4y landseaped lots sur-r-eunded by enhaneed grassland and oak sayanna,eeepled with the suggested Faifigatien Redesigning the development to place the golf course and 26 house sites on the northern portion of the project site surrounding North Tracy Lake, and maintaining a 300 foot buffer between the housesites and the northwest shoreline of South Tracy Lake, would reduce the loss of foraging habitat for the Swainson's hawk. However, a secondary impact of this mitigation would be the encroachment of development in an area of cultural resources with a high sensitivity designation (Figure 4.9-2). The size of the area in conflict would accommodate approximately three lots,based upon the proposed development plan. Maintaining South Tracy Lake in its present condition as a seasonal wetland, would provide critical water bird habitat. The deepening of North Tracy Lake would help to provide a standby water source which could be used to fortify South Tracy Lake during low rainfall years. These mitigation measures,coupled with the suggested mitigation measures in Section 4.7-4,would reduce the significant impacts of the development proposal on the flora and fauna of the project site. Public Services With the exception of the school impacts, the proposed project would not create a significant demand on public services. Thus, no mitigations are recommended for this alternative. Cultural Resources The following roadways and housesites should either be eliminated or relocated on the site to areas of low sensitivity: Buckeye Drive, from Coyote Court to and including Live Oak Court;Deer Trail Court; Valley Oak Drive, south of the north property line of lot 21; and 22; Lots 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, and 21; and 22 and the southern half of lots 5 and 14; golf links 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 15, and the clubhouse; and the access road and bridge moved 800 feet east of the proposed crossing. Additionally, the southern margin of the proposed irrigated pasture land should be relocated 600 feet north of the 6-8