Communications Hill, San Jose
Live Oak Associates has provided biological services for Communications Hill in San Jose since 2001 to the present.
Live Oak Associates prepared a number of biological resources sections for the various EIRs and Mitigation Negative Declarations (MND) that have been prepared for the build out of the Communications Hill Specific Plan. This was accomplished by conducting multiple special status species surveys for Communications Hill, including surveys for:
Rare plants (including species occurring on serpentine
Bay checkerspot butterfly
California tiger salamander
Nesting birds
Burrowing owl (including locating overwintering owls during preconstruction surveys and working with the SCVHP to establish and monitor construction-free buffers)
Tricolored blackbird
Bats (for the mines prior to sealing)
American badger
Live Oak Associates prepared a biological evaluation with updates over time, a wetland delineation, SCVHP permit application preparations, provided construction workers with biological training, and conducted site visits to monitor for special status species and monitored construction.
Client
City of San Jose
Location
San Jose, California
Dates
2001-Present
Project Description
Communications Hill is a neighborhood located in the San Juan Bautista Hills of San Jose, California. The area is currently undergoing significant construction, which has been divided into four phases