BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT THE VILLAS AT MISSION SAN LUIS REY Oceanside, California September 2017 Prepared for: Burke Real Estate Group, Inc. 260 E. Baker Street, Suite 100, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Prepared by: Tierra Data Inc. 10110 W. Lilac Road Escondido, CA 92026 Villas at Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside, California September 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ V 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Property Location ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Proposed Project ........................................................................................................................ 1 2.0 METHODS ........................................................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Surveys and Limitations ............................................................................................................ 5 2.1.1 Vegetation Mapping and General Zoological/Botanical Survey .................................. 5 2.1.2 Wetland Delineation ..................................................................................................... 5 3.0 RESULTS .......................................................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Existing Conditions and Surrounding Land Uses ..................................................................... 7 3.2 Biological Resources ................................................................................................................. 9 3.2.1 Vegetation Communities .............................................................................................. 9 3.2.1.1 Disturbed Habitat ...................................................................................... 9 3.2.1.2 Non-Native Vegetation ............................................................................. 9 3.2.1.3 Eucalyptus Woodland ............................................................................... 9 3.2.1.4 Developed ............................................................................................... 11 3.2.2 Jurisdictional Wetlands .............................................................................................. 11 3.2.3 Plants .......................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.4 Animals ...................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.5 Rare, Endangered, or Sensitive Species and Habitats ................................................ 12 3.2.5.1 Sensitive Habitats ................................................................................... 12 3.2.5.2 Sensitive Plant Species ........................................................................... 13 3.2.5.3 Sensitive Animal Species........................................................................ 13 3.3 Sensitive Species with Potential to Occur ............................................................................... 13 3.4 Regulatory Environment ......................................................................................................... 19 3.4.1 California Environmental Quality Act ....................................................................... 19 3.4.2 Federal and State Regulations .................................................................................... 19 3.4.2.1 Federal Government ............................................................................... 19 3.4.2.2 State of California ................................................................................... 20 3.4.2.3 City of Oceanside ................................................................................... 20 3.4.3 Wetland Regulation .................................................................................................... 21 3.4.3.1 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ............................................................... 21 3.4.3.2 CDFW ..................................................................................................... 21 3.4.3.3 RWQCB .................................................................................................. 21 4.0 IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................................ 21 4.1 Impact Definitions ................................................................................................................... 21 4.1.1 Direct Impacts ............................................................................................................ 21 4.1.2 Indirect Impacts .......................................................................................................... 21 4.1.3 Cumulative Impacts .................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Thresholds of Significance ...................................................................................................... 22 Table of Contents i September 2017 Villas at Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside, California 4.3 Direct Impacts ......................................................................................................................... 22 4.4 Indirect Impacts ....................................................................................................................... 25 4.4.1 Errant Grading ............................................................................................................ 25 4.4.2 Noise........................................................................................................................... 25 4.4.3 Drainage ..................................................................................................................... 25 4.4.4 Surface Water Quality ................................................................................................ 25 4.4.5 Lighting ...................................................................................................................... 26 4.4.6 Invasive Plant Species ................................................................................................ 26 4.4.7 Brush Management..................................................................................................... 26 4.5 Cumulative Impacts ................................................................................................................. 26 5.0 MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................................................................... 27 5.1 Direct Impacts ......................................................................................................................... 27 5.2 Indirect Impacts ....................................................................................................................... 27 6.0 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................ 30 7.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................ 30 APPENDIX A: PLANT SPECIES OBSERVED ON SITE................................................................. A-1 APPENDIX B: ANIMAL SPECIES OBSERVED OR DETECTED ................................................. B-1 APPENDIX C: SITE PHOTOS ............................................................................................................. C-1 List of Figures Figure 1. Villas at Mission San Luis Rey Project Site – Regional Location. ............................................... 2 Figure 2. Villas at Mission San Luis Rey – Project Vicinity. ....................................................................... 3 Figure 3. Villas at Mission San Luis Rey – Aerial Image and Topography. ................................................ 4 Figure 4. The site being used for overflow parking from the Mission in October 2012. .............................. 7 Figure 5. Soil Types on the Project Site. ....................................................................................................... 8 Figure 6. Vegetation Communities Identified on the Project Site. ............................................................. 10 Figure 7. Sensitive plant and vegetation community records near the Project Site. ................................... 14 Figure 8. Sensitive animal species records near the Project Site. ............................................................... 15 Figure 9. Project Impacts to Biological Resources. .................................................................................... 24 List of Tables Table 1. Biological Surveys. ......................................................................................................................... 5 Table 2. Vegetation Communities/Cover types on site ............................................................................... 11 Table 3. Sensitive Plants with Potential to Occur. ...................................................................................... 16 Table