Amendments to Municipal Code Chapter 16.130, Swainson’s Hawk and Agricultural Land Impact Mitigation

Amendments to Municipal Code Chapter 16.130, Swainson’s Hawk and Agricultural Land Impact Mitigation

The Project would result in amendments to Chapter 16.130 of the City of Elk Grove Municipal Code (EGMC) to clarify the City’s responsibilities as lead agency under CEQA to address and mitigate the loss of foraging habitat for the Swainson’s hawk, a species listed as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Additionally, amendments to Chapter 16.130 of the EGMC would include the addition of agricultural land mitigation for the loss of agricultural lands. Amendments to the EGMC include clarifications regarding the application of requirements, changes to the process of the determination of suitability of preserved foraging habitat, and amendments to address agricultural land mitigation.

Elk Grove

Sacramento

Citywide, Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other (Municipal Code Amednment)

Municipal Code Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire