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MiG 7.A. - Page 203 City of Redwood City tirs Haaenaum October 8, 2012 Page 3-40 off/shielded lights, and automatically timed perimeter lights, each of which would reduce the potential for nighttime bird collisions. However, because project building heights would still have exceeded 75 feet, the impact was considered significant and unavoidable. Under the current Pete's Harbor project, the proposed maximum height of buildings would be reduced to 75 feet. Conclusion. Modified impact and mitigation. The mitigation identified in the 2003 EIR for Impact 8-8 remains applicable to the current Pete's Harbor project. In addition, if all project buildings would be below the City-adopted 75-foot height limit, including those under construction for One Marina, which was formerly the Peninsula Marina component of the Marina Shores Village EIR. Therefore, the mitigation (lighting policy with minimal exterior lighting, low- intensity exterior lighting, cut-off/shielded lights, automatically timed perimeter lights) would reduce the impact to a less-than-significant level. Impact 8-9 Analysis: Project-Related General Outdoor Lighting Impacts on Biological Resources. The certified 2003 EIR identified an impact on biological resources (e.g., birds) resulting from project outdoor lighting features located at a close distance to sensitive wetland habitats (e.g., the marina area, Redwood Creek, Smith Slough). The associated mitigation was the same as that for Impact 8-8 above. Conclusion. No change. The current project, by not including the Peninsula Marina (One Marina) component currently under construction, would reduce the amount of marina, Redwood Creek, and Smith Slough estuarine habitat directly affected. However, outdoor lighting impacts on these sensitive estuarine wildlife habitats (and associated bird and other animal and plant species) within the marina/Redwood CreeWSmith Slough estuarine areas still affected by the project would remain potentially significant. The mitigation identified in the 2003 EIR for Impact 8-9 therefore remains applicable to the current Pete's Harbor project and remains sufficient to reduce this impact to a less-than-significant level. Impact 8-10 Analysis: Project-Related Introduction of Invasive, Non-Native Plants. The certified 2003 EIR indicated that, since the project site (in particular, the Pete's Harbor property) was adjacent to the Bair Island National Wildlife Refuge, a federally managed wildlife reserve, invasive non-native plant species could have an adverse effect on native vegetation and special-status wildlife in the area. The associated 2003 EIR mitigation required eliminating eight invasive, non-native species listed on the project landscape plan that would have the potential to invade and displace native plants, with additions/substitutions subject to approval by the City. The current Pete's Harbor project site is near the Bair Island National Wildlife Refuge, although the Peninsula Marina (One Marina) property is no longer part of the project site (see Figure 3.5-1). Conclusion. Modified impact and mitigation. The current project would be located near the Bair Island Wildlife Refuge. Impact and Mitigation 8-10 identified in the 2003 EIR have been modified to apply directly to the current Pete's Harbor proposal, and to indicate that City staff and the applicant have been collaborating on selection of the project's plant palette. The mitigation remains sufficient to reduce this impact to a less-than-significant level. Other Impacts. The certified 2003 EIR determined that the previous Marina Shores Village project would have less-than-significant impacts on other special-status plants, including the salt T:I i06951Addenduml3(10695-01).doc