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City of Santa Ana <br />Environmental Checklist <br />Less-than- <br />Significant <br />Potentially Impact with Less-than- <br />Significant Mitigation Significant No <br />IV. Biological Resources Impact Incorporated Impact Impact <br />Would the project: <br />a. Have a substantial adverse effect, either ? ® ? ? <br /> directly or through habitat modifications, on <br /> any species identified as a candidate, <br /> sensitive, or special-status species in local or <br /> regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by <br /> the California Department of Fish and Game <br /> or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? <br />b. Have a substantial adverse effect on any ? ? ? <br /> riparian habitat or other sensitive natural <br /> community identified in local or regional <br /> plans, policies, or regulations, or by the <br /> California Department of Fish and Game or <br /> U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? <br />C. Have a substantial adverse effect on federally ? ? ? <br /> protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 <br /> of the Clean Water Act (including, but not <br /> limited to, marshes, vernal pools, coastal <br /> wetlands, etc.) through direct removal, filling, <br /> hydrological interruption, or other means? <br />d. Interfere substantially with the movement of ? ® ? ? <br /> any native resident or migratory fish or <br /> wildlife species or with established native <br /> resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or <br /> impede the use of native wildlife nursery <br /> sites? <br />e. Conflict with any local policies or ordinances ? ? ? <br /> protecting biological resources, such as a tree <br /> preservation policy or ordinance? <br />f. Conflict with the provisions of an adopted ? ? ? <br /> habitat conservation plan, natural community <br /> conservation plan, or other approved local, <br /> regional, or state habitat conservation plan? <br />Discussion <br />Would the project., <br />a. Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modif)cations, on any <br />species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special-status species In local or- regional plans, <br />policies, or regulations, or, by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and <br />Wildlife Service? <br />Less-than-Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. The project site is developed within <br />an urban area, and is currently used as a meditation center. The site is bound by a six-foot block wall <br />on three sides and a roadway on the west. Beyond the wall, churches are adjacent to the north and <br />south (New Spirit Baptist and Lao Evangelical, respectively), with residential development to the <br />The Bat Nha Buddhist Meditation Center 3-26 <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />June 2013 <br />ICF 00215.12 <br />31 C-79