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44 not required. This project component site does not provide suitable habitat for special status plant or wildlife species. The type of construction and operational impacts associated with the 1900 Broadway project component would be similar to those analyzed in the EIR / SEIR and the laws, standard policies, and conditions of approval applicable to development would ensure best practices for protecting sensitive species are followed. Mitigation measure BIO-1b (formerly 15-3), related to tree removal, trimming and ground disturbing activities, which shall be required as a condition of project approval for the project component, would reduce the potential impacts of the project component on identified candidate, sensitive, or special status species to a less-than-significant level. Therefore, the 1900 Broadway project component would be less than significant with mitigation. This project component is consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. b. The Downtown Precise Plan program EIR concluded that implementation of the DTPP would not have a substantially adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community would have a less than significant impact with mitigation. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (pp. 15-1 and 15-5) concurred with the DTPP EIR conclusion, finding implementation of the Plan-Wide Amendments would also be less than significant with mitigation. There are no riparian habitats or sensitive natural communities identified in the vicinity of the project component (EIR pp. 15-1 through 15-4). The type of construction and operational impacts associated with the 1900 Broadway project component would be similar to those analyzed in the EIR / SEIR and the laws, standard policies, and conditions of approval applicable to development would ensure best practices for protecting habitats are followed. For this reason, the proposed project component is expected to have no effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Therefore, the 1900 Broadway project component would have no impact. This project component is consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. c. The Downtown Precise Plan program EIR (pp. 15-14 and 15-15) concluded that the potential for loss or disturbance of jurisdictional wetlands or regulated waters existed only with DTPP-facilitated development that is adjacent to Redwood Creek and this impact would be less than significant with mitigation. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (p. 15-14) concurred with the DTPP EIR conclusion and the impact was found to be less than significant with mitigation. The project component site is located about 500 feet south of Redwood Creek, and given the physical separation, no impact is anticipated. The type of construction and operational impacts associated with the 1900 Broadway project component would be similar to those analyzed in the EIR / SEIR and the laws, standard policies, and conditions of approval applicable to development would ensure best practices for protecting wetlands and regulated waters are followed. For this reason, the proposed project component is expected to have no effect on any wetlands or regulated waters. Therefore, the 1900 Broadway project component would have no impact. This project component is consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. d. The Downtown Precise Plan program EIR (pp. 15-15 and 15-16) concluded that development occurring in conformance with the DTPP could impact nesting birds, representing a potentially significant impact on migratory wildlife. Mitigation 15-3 of the Downtown Precise Plan program EIR requires that all tree removal and trimming take place outside of the breeding season or that a qualified biologist conduct a survey for nesting birds prior to tree removal or trimming. The impacts were reduced to less than significant with mitigation. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (pp. 15-14 through 15-15) concurred with the DTPP EIR conclusion and requires implementation of Mitigation Measures BIO-1b (as noted previously, Mitigation Measure BIO-1b restates Mitigation Measure 15-3 from the DTPP Final EIR with minor text revisions--“clarifying amendments”). Mitigation measure BIO-1b (formerly 15-3), which shall be required as a condition of approval for the 1900 Broadway project component, would reduce the potential impacts of the project component on migratory wildlife, including movement of species and on established wildlife corridors, to a less-than-significant level. Therefore, the 1900 Broadway project component would be less than significant with mitigation. This project component is consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. e. The Downtown Precise Plan program EIR (p. 15-16) concluded that development occurring in conformance with the DTPP could impact Heritage and Protected trees as defined by the City’s Tree Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 35 of the Municipal Code), resulting in a potentially significant impact. Also, street trees in Redwood City are regulated ATTY/RESO.0074/CC RESO 847 WOODSIDE (CEQA) - EXHIBIT 1 - CEQA CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 44 of 135