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SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT <br />INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION <br />site as recorded in the CNDDB and CNPS Inventory (Appendix B). Therefore, no impacts to sensitive <br />or special -status species would occur. <br />b) Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural <br />community identified in local or regional plans, policies, and regulations or by the <br />California Department of Fish and Wildlife or United States Fish and Wildlife <br />Service? <br />No impact. The area surrounding the project site is fully developed. The project site does not contain <br />any naturally occurring vegetation communities that could be considered sensitive, including riparian <br />habitat. Therefore, no impact would occur. <br />c) Have a substantial adverse effect on State or federally protected wetlands <br />(including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct <br />removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means? <br />No impact. The project site occurs in an urbanized area in the City, and no wetlands or other <br />hydrological features that meet criteria as waters of the United States or waters of the State are <br />present within the proposed project site. Additionally, the project site is not located adjacent to any <br />known potentially jurisdictional water body. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service <br />(NRCS) Web Soil Survey (WSS),26 one soil type is mapped on the project site, Mocho loam. These <br />soils are not known to support vernal pools. Therefore, implementation of the proposed project would <br />not result in impacts to State or federally protected wetlands, including vernal pools. No impact would <br />occur. <br />d) Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or <br />wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or <br />impede the use of wildlife nursery sites? <br />Less than significant impact with mitigation incorporated. The project site is developed and is <br />surrounded by urbanized areas, roads, and highways on all sides that limit wildlife movement through <br />the project site. The project site itself does not serve as a wildlife movement corridor. <br />The project site contains vegetation that could provide suitable nesting habitat for bird species <br />protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and the Fish and Game Code. If ground - <br />disturbing or vegetation -removing construction activities are initiated during the nesting season, they <br />could disturb nesting and breeding birds on the ground surface, in trees and shrubs, and on <br />structures on and adjacent to the project site, which would be considered a significant impact under <br />CEQA. Potential construction -related project impacts on migratory birds include destruction of eggs or <br />occupied nests, mortality of young, and causing parental abandonment of nests with eggs or pre - <br />fledged young birds. With the implementation of Mitigation Measure (MM) B10-1a and MM BIO-1b, <br />potential project impacts to nesting native and migratory birds would be reduced to a less than <br />significant level. <br />6 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). 2025. Web Soil Survey (WSS). United States Department of <br />Agriculture (USDA). Website: https://websoilsurvey.nres.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx. Accessed April 23, 2025. <br />FCS 39 <br />Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/D327/03270D47/ISMND/0327D047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx <br />