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San Joaquin County Community Environmental Setting,Impacts,and Mitigation Measures Development Department Biological Resources Local Regulations San Joaquin County General Plan Objective 1. To protect and improve the County's vegetation,fish,and wildlife resources. Objective 2. To provide undeveloped open space for nature study,protection of endangered species,and preservation of wildlife habitat. Policy 1. Resources of significant biological and ecological importance in San Joaquin County shall be protected. These include wetlands;riparian areas;rare,threatened and endangered species and their habitats,as well as potentially rare or commercially important species;venal pools;significant oak groves;and heritage trees. Policy 8. Strips of land along waterways shall be protected for nesting and foraging habitat and for protection of waterway quality. San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat and Open Space Conservation Plan The SJMSCP has been prepared by the County and its cities to provide a regional r approach to mitigating development impacts on the 100 listed and nonlisted plant,fish, and wildlife species covered by the SJMSCP, compensating for the conversion of open space to non—open space uses. In addition,the SJMSCP .. provides some compensation to offset the impacts of open space land conversions on other beneficial open space uses such as recreation, agriculture, scenic values, educational purposes, flood control, and use by cornmon plant, fish,and wildlife species that are not included in the list of SJMSCP-covered ` species. The plan allows a development impact fee to be paid by project applicants whose projects would cause the loss of biological resources and/or conversion of habitats. For the purpose of determining the appropriate fees and mitigation ratios,habitat types have been divided into the following categories(these fees are effective January 1,2006 through December 31,2006 or until adoption of fees resulting from updated Financial Analysis of the SJMSCP): ■ Multi-Purpose Open Space—$1,651 ■ Natural—$3,304 _ ■ Agriculture—$3,304 ■ Venial Pool—uplands—$10,081 ■ Vernal Pool—wetted—$60,379 As development occurs and participants choose to mitigate through the SJMSCP, development fees are charged and used in most cases to preserve large contiguous areas of plant and wildlife habitat. Conversion of multipurpose open space lands does not result in incidental take and does not require compensation DeSilva Gates Quarry Project Draft Environmental Impact Report 3.D-11 As 05105.05