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7.A Page 89 ATTACHMENT d General Plan FEIR Errata October 2010 Subsequent to the circulation of the New General Plan Response to Comments on the Draft EIR and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and Draft EIR (SCH # 2010052034), a few clarifying revisions were identified as necessary to facilitate clear understanding and implementation of the document. These changes will be reflected in Chapter 3: Revisions and Errata to Draft EIR of the Response to Comments on the Draft EIR and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program document (hereafter referred to as Response to Comments). Additionally, where clarifications prescribed slight changes to mitigation measures, these changes are incorporated into the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (Chapter 4) of the Response to Comments document. Changes identified in this October 11, 2010 General Plan FEIR Errata are administrative in nature and do not provide significant new information within the meaning of Section 15088.5 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; rather, implementation of the mitigation and New General Plan will be facilitated. New additions to Chapter 3: Revisions and Errata to Draft EIR of the Response to Comments document are as follows: Under Section 4.4 - Biological Resources, the following text is added: Page 4.4-34,Mitigation Measure 4.4-2a has been revised as follows: Mitigation Measure 4.4-2a:Avoid Impacts to Special Status Plants. The loss of special status plants should be avoided or reduced to the extent feasible for each project site associated with a sensitive biological area. Prior to approval consideration of any development or public improvement proposal for the site,the project proponent shall retain a qualified botanist approved by the City to conduct a special-status plant survey, according to protocols established by the CNPS, CDFG,or the USFWS,to identify and map special status plants and make recommendations for avoiding or mitigating impacts to all special status plants on the project site. The City shall review the survey and recommendations and require the project applicant to incorporate all feasible measures to avoid or minimize impacts, and require tThe botanist to coordinate placement of protective temporary fencing outside of special status plant populations to be preserved.Timing of field surveys and fencing should correspond with the blooming period when target species are most conspicuous and easily recognizable. Page 4.4-34,Mitigation Measure 4.4-2b has been revised as follows: Mitigation Measure 4.4-2b: Compensate for Loss of Special Status Plants. Prior to approval of any Far each project that would removes special status plants,the City shall require the development of a compensation plan by a qualified botanist, including compensation for impacts to special status plant species through preservation, enhancement, and/or restoration of habitat to assist in the recovery of the species according to standards established by the CNPS, CDFG, or the USFWS. The City shall require that any such compensation plans are incorporated to the extent feasible into the project plans and conditions of project approval. Such plans shall require,pPrior to construction,that individual special status plant species within the work areas that may be impacted shall be enumerated,photographed, and conspicuously flagged to maximize avoidance,as well as to determine the total