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Potentially Less Than L Significant Significant No In The ess Than Analyzed Significant with 9 Mitigation g Impact Incorporated Impact Impact Prior EIR IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES. Would the project: a) Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status F1 El EI ❑ species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? b) Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community Z' F1 ❑ identified in local or regional plans, policies, ❑ ❑ regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Game or US Fish and Wildlife Service? c) Have a substantial adverse effect on state or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means? d) Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or ❑ ❑ ❑ 1-1 F-1with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors,or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites? e) Conflict with any local policies or ordinances ❑ F] ❑ protecting biological resources, such as a tree ❑ ❑ preservation policy or ordinance? f) Conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan,or other approved local, regional, ❑ El ❑ or state habitat conservation plan? Impact Discussion: a) The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Natural Diversity Database lists Pogonichthys macrolepidotus (Sacramento splittail) and Lepidurus packardi(vernal pool tadpole shrimp) as rare, endangered, or threatened species or habitat located on or near the site for the proposed project. Referrals have been sent to the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG), the agency responsible for verifying the correct implementation of the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan(SJMSCP),which provides compensation for the conversion of Open Space to non-Open Space uses which affect the plant, fish and wildlife species covered by the Plan. Pursuant to the Final EIR/EIS for SJMSCP, dated November 15, 2000, and certified by SJCOG on December 7, 2000, implementation of the SJMSCP is expected to reduce impacts to biological resources resulting from the proposed project to a level of less-than-significant. SJCOG responded in a letter dated March 20,2019,that,as the applicant is requesting a General Plan Map Amendment and Zone Reclassification with no ground disturbance, only future development on the project site will be subject to participation in the SJMSCP. Therefore, this application is not expected to have any impact on sensitive species but future development will be subject to the SJMSCP in order to reduce impacts to biological resources to a less than significant level. PA-1900031 and PA-1900037— Initial Study 9