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8.A. - Page 280 Pete's Harbor <br /> airy or rceawooa i,i y Revised EIR Addendum <br /> January 22, 2014 Page 3-39 <br /> required under the current Pete's Harbor project. References to the proposed inner marina <br /> reconfiguration and hand boat launch installation have been added, and a cross-reference to <br /> Mitigation 9-3 (Temporary Impacts from Proposed Inner Marina Reconfiguration) has been <br /> added. Also, the references to CDFG have been changed to CDFW. The modified mitigation <br /> remains sufficient to reduce this impact to a less-than-significant level. <br /> Impact 8-3 Analysis: Impacts on the California Clapper Rail. The certified 2003 EIR <br /> indicated that project construction would result in direct long-term loss of an unspecified amount <br /> of intertidal wetland along Redwood Creek and Smith Slough sufficient to support incidental <br /> foraging by the California clapper rail, a federal- and state-listed endangered species. <br /> Similar to the mitigation for Impact 8-1, the associated 2003 EIR mitigation required coordination <br /> with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and CDFG on clapper rail issues and <br /> associated implementation of an HMMP subject to approval by these agencies. <br /> The current Pete's Harbor project would not fill any existing intertidal wetland. However, the <br /> project would include reconfiguration of the inner marina and installation of a hand boat launch <br /> as well as construction adjacent to the intertidal wetland along Redwood Creek and Smith <br /> Slough to accommodate public access and landscaping (see Figure 3.5-1 and figures in section <br /> 2 of this Addendum). The potential for impacts of construction in and directly adjacent to <br /> intertidal wetland (e.g., noise, contaminant release) would remain. <br /> Conclusion. Modified impact and mitigation. The impact has been modified to remove the <br /> reference to "direct long-term loss of intertidal wetland" because this particular situation would <br /> not occur under the current Pete's Harbor project. References to the proposed inner marina <br /> reconfiguration and hand boat launch installation have been added to the impact. In the <br /> mitigation, a cross-reference to Mitigation 9-3 (Temporary Impacts from Proposed Inner Marina <br /> Reconfiguration) has been added, and the reference to CDFG has been changed to CDFW. <br /> The mitigation identified in the 2003 EIR for Impact 8-3 as modified remains applicable to the <br /> current Pete's Harbor project and remains sufficient to reduce the impact to a less-than- <br /> significant level. As stated in the mitigation, if the required breeding surveys (subject to USFWS <br /> and CDFW approval) conclude to jurisdictional agency satisfaction that the distance of any <br /> identified clapper rail territory from project construction activity represents a suitable buffer, no <br /> further action regarding the clapper rail would be required. <br /> Impact 8-4 Analysis: General Construction Noise Impacts on Wildlife. The certified 2003 <br /> EIR indicated that existing foraging and reproductive activities of wildlife in the adjacent <br /> sensitive habitat areas (e.g., Bair Island Wildlife Refuge), including habitat of special-status <br /> species, could be disrupted by project construction activity and noise. Affected special-status <br /> species could include: California clapper rail, California least tern, Western snowy plover, <br /> California black rail, northern harrier, short-eared owl, saltmarsh common yellowthroat, and <br /> Alameda song sparrow. <br /> The associated 2003 EIR mitigation described mitigation similar to that for Impact 8-1, including <br /> coordination with the USFWS and CDFG on the issue, completion of jurisdictional agency- <br /> required special-status species surveys, and implementation of an associated USFWS- and <br /> CDFG-approved HMMP. <br /> T.110695 Pete's Harbor EIR Addendumlrevised addendum no 213(10695-01).doc <br />