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53 The Housing Component includes a conceptual landscaping plan with plant lists and irrigation needs (Plan Sheets LC1 and LC2; 10/6/23). As a standard condition of project approval, any landscape irrigation system would conform to the California Water-Efficient Landscape Ordinance (AB 1881) and Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance requirements, including a drip or other point-source irrigation systems for the shrubs/groundcover areas and a bubbler irrigation system for trees. The Housing Component’s landscape plans are subject to City review and approval under standard City review procedures, including Chapter 29 of the Municipal Code (regarding street trees). Based on the Housing Component design and the requirements described in this item (e), this component would not conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources. Therefore, it would have no impact. The Housing Component is consistent with the analysis in the Focused GPU EIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA. f. The Focused GPU EIR did not discuss this impact because no adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan applies to the area. The same is true today. For that reason, the Housing Component would not conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an adverse effect on vegetation or wildlife; nor would it conflict with an adopted habitat conservation plan. No habitat conservation plan applies to the project component site. Also see item (e) above. The Housing Component is consistent with the analysis in the Focused GPU EIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA. CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Biological Resources, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the Housing Component or its site have been identified, (2) there are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the Focused GPU EIR, (3) no substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the Focused GPU EIR, and (4) feasible mitigation measures contained within the Focused GPU EIR would apply to the project component specific impacts rendering them less than significant. For these reasons, the biological resources impacts of the proposed Housing Component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the Focused GPU EIR and this component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. ATTY/RESO.0028/CC RESO CEQA GUIDLINES (920 SHASTA) - EXHIBIT A REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 53 of 148