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Biological Resources Technical Report APPENDIX C Biological Resources Technical Report Lake Elsinore Walmart Supercenter Project ESA / D130767 Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2015 W1690-Lake_Elsinore_CA_(Third) -- 1705810.1 LAKE ELSINORE WALMART PROJECT Biological Resources Technical Report Prepared for March 2014 City of Lake Elsinore LAKE ELSINORE WALMART PROJECT Biological Resources Technical Report Prepared for March 2014 City of Lake Elsinore 9191 Towne Centre Drive Suite 340 San Diego, CA 92121 858.638.0900 www.esassoc.com Irvine Los Angeles Oakland Orlando Palm Springs Petaluma Portland Sacramento San Francisco Seattle Tampa Woodland Hills 130767 TABLE OF CONTENTS Lake Elsinore Walmart Project Biological Resources Technical Report Page 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 2. Project Description ............................................................................................................ 1 3. Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 1 3.1 Literature and Database Review .............................................................................. 1 3.2 General Biological Resource Surveys ..................................................................... 3 3.3 Plant Community/Habitat Classification and Mapping ............................................. 3 3.4 General Wildlife Inventory ........................................................................................ 3 3.5 Jurisdictional Assessment ........................................................................................ 3 3.6 Regional Connectivity/Wildlife Habitat Linkages ..................................................... 4 4. Environmental Setting ....................................................................................................... 4 4.1 Regional Setting ....................................................................................................... 4 4.2 Local Setting ............................................................................................................. 5 4.3 Jurisdictional Resources ........................................................................................ 50 4.4 Wildlife Movement and Habitat Linkages ............................................................... 43 4.5 USFWS Critical Habitat .......................................................................................... 43 4.6 Riverside County MSHCP Compliance ................................................................. 44 5. Regulatory Framework .................................................................................................... 47 5.1 Federal ................................................................................................................... 47 5.2 State ....................................................................................................................... 48 5.3 Local ....................................................................................................................... 50 6. Potential Impacts and Mitigation ..................................................................................... 51 7. References ...................................................................................................................... 57 Appendices Appendix A: Plant Species Compendium Appendix B: Wildlife Species Compendium Appendix C: Photographic Log Lake Elsinore Walmart Project i ESA / 130767 Biological Resources Technical Report March 2014 Page Figures Figure 1 Regional Location Map ........................................................................................ 6 Figure 2 Project Location Map ........................................................................................... 7 Figure 3 Soils Map ............................................................................................................. 9 Figure 4 Existing Biological Resources ........................................................................... 10 Figure 5 Special-Status Species Occurrences Map ........................................................ 13 Figure 6 Jurisdictional Delineation Results Map ............................................................. 51 Figure 7 USFWS Critical Habitat Map ............................................................................. 43 Figure 8 MSHCP Criteria Area Map ................................................................................ 45 Tables Table 1 Soil Series Onsite ................................................................................................ 8 Table 2 Special-Status Plant Species Potential for Occurrence within the Project Site .................................................................................................... 13 Table 3 Special-Status Wildlife Species Potential For Occurrence within the Study Area .................................................................................................... 45 Lake Elsinore Walmart Project ii ESA / 130767 Biological Resources Technical Report March 2014 LAKE ELSINORE WALMART PROJECT Biological Resources Technical Report 1. Introduction This report has been prepared to document biological resources that could be affected within the limits of project. This report describes the environmental setting of the project area, including plant communities, habitats, and sensitive biological resources determined to be present, as well as those that have a potential to be present; and the applicable regulatory framework. Impacts to sensitive biological resources are categorized based on biological resource issues that are required to be analyzed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), including sensitive plants, wildlife, and natural communities, wetland resources, local policies and ordinances, and wildlife movement corridors. 2. Project Description The proposed project would construct and operate a retail center providing a Walmart anchor store and three freestanding retail tenants on an undeveloped 17.66-acre site that is zoned for General Commercial (C-2) and Commercial Mixed Use (CMU). The proposed retail anchor Walmart store would be 154,487 square feet (sq ft); and two different options are being considered for the outer lot planned for the northwestern corner of the project site, at the intersections of Central Avenue and Cambern Avenue. Option A would provide for a gas station with 16 fueling stations, an approximately 3,100 sq ft convenience store, and a drive-through car wash. Option B would include approximately 9,200 sq ft of retail and/or restaurant space situated within two buildings. The remaining two outer lots would be improved with drive-through restaurants of approximately 3,700 sq ft and 3,100 sq ft. 3. Methodology 3.1 Literature and Database Review Preliminary investigations were conducted by ESA and included a review of aerial photographs, United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps, National Wetland Inventory (NWI) maps, and literature and database searches that included a review of the MSHCP (RCIP 2004). Databases queried included the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Inventory of Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants of California and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Lake Elsinore Walmart Project 1 ESA / 130767 Biological Resources Technical Report March 2014 (CDFW)1 California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). These databases were queried for special-status species records in the Lake Elsinore USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle. “Special-status” species are defined as plants and animals that are legally protected by regulations and are categorized as follows: • Plants or animals covered by the MSHCP, • Plants or animals listed or proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the FESA (50 Code of Federal regulations [CFR] 17.12 [listed plants], 17.11 [listed animals]; • Plants or animals that are candidates for possible future listing as threatened or endangered under the FESA (61 FR 40, February 28, 1996); • Plants or animals listed or proposed for listing by the State of California as threatened or endangered under the CESA (14 California Code of Regulations [CCR] 670.5); • Plants listed as rare or endangered under the California Native Plant Protection Act (California Fish and Game Code, Section 1900 et seq.); • Plants that meet the definitions of rare and endangered under CEQA (state CEQA Guidelines, Section 15380); • Plants considered by the CNPS to be “rare, threatened or endangered in California” (Lists 1A, 1B, and 2 in CNPS Inventory 2014); • Plants listed by CNPS as plants about which more information is needed to determine their status and plants of limited distribution (Lists 3 and 4 in CNPS 2014), which may be included as special-status species on the basis of local significance or recent biological information; and • Animals fully protected in California (California Fish and Game Code, Sections 3511 [birds], 4700 [mammals], and 5050 [reptiles and amphibians]). The MSHCP Online Conservation Report Generator and Riverside County Land Information System (RCLIS) databases were queried to determine the specific requirements for compliance with the policies of the MSHCP as described in Volume 1, Chapter 6 Implementation Structure (RCIP 2004), i.e. Reserve Assembly
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