Fountaingrove Environmental Impact Report - City of Santa Rosa ...

2.0 LIST OF COMMENTERS AND RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
measures proposed for the Project are feasible and will reduce Project impacts to a
less than significant level. How each mitigation measure will be implemented and
success determined, who is responsible for its implementation, where it will occur,
and when it will occur are listed in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program in Section 4.0 of this Final EIR.
15) See Response to Comment Community Comments – 13. The City of Santa Rosa’s
Lighting Design Guidelines and the Principles of Low-impact Lighting Design apply
to all land uses.
16) The Project is subject to all Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s (BAAQMD)
prohibitory rules and regulations, even though permits may not be required (see
Draft EIR p. 3-33). During construction, PM10 emissions from construction activities
would be mitigated using the control measures set forth in the BAAQMD CEQA
Guidelines as described in Mitigation Measure 3.3-2. BAAQMD established the
guidelines. According to the BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines, implementation of its
control measures would reduce fugitive PM10 emissions during construction to a less
than significant level; see p. 3-38 for a list of control measures that would be used at
the Project site.
As described in Impact 3.3-2, exhaust emissions from construction equipment and
heavy-duty diesel trucks used to construct the Project would result in short-term
emissions of ozone precursors (NOX and ROG). Construction equipment emissions
(NOX and ROG) are included in the emissions inventory that is the basis for the
regional air quality plans and are not expected to impede attainment or maintenance
of the ozone standards in the Bay Area. No mitigation is necessary for this less than
significant impact.
17) See Master Response Oak Trees and Oak Woodland. See Final EIR Section 4.0
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, which is a CEQA-required
document, for a list of all mitigation requirements and identified responsibilities for
implementation and enforcement mechanisms.
18) See Response to Comment NCRWQCB – 4.
19) As stated in the Draft EIR, Mitigation Measure 3.4-3 provides protection of nesting
raptors and migratory birds and nesting non-special-status birds by implementing
measures to minimize and avoid impacts to avian species during their nesting
season. Similarly, Mitigation Measure 3.4-4 protects roosting bats.
Tree removal will be done during the non-nesting season. As described in
Impact 3.4-3, most birds such as observed on the Project site have large home ranges,
and existing adjacent habitat could provide alternative habitat during Project
construction. For information on implementation responsibilities for mitigation
measures for avian species, see Final EIR Section 4.0, Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program.
20) Deer are protected and managed by CDFG as a game species under their Deer
Management Program. Deer have no special-status conservation designation, such
as endangered or threatened in California.
2-152 ES092008001PHX\BAO\082970001