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City of Pleasanton–10x Genomics Project Environmental Checklist and <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration Environmental Evaluation <br /> <br /> <br />FirstCarbon Solutions 137 <br />Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480024/ISMND/wp/21480024 10x Genomics Project Full Screencheck ISMND.docx <br />Environmental Issues <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />2.19 Wildfire <br />If located in or near State Responsibility Areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity <br />zones, would the project: <br />a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency <br />response plan or emergency evacuation plan? <br /> <br />b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other <br />factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby <br />expose project occupants to, pollutant <br />concentrations from a wildfire or the <br />uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? <br /> <br />c) Require the installation or maintenance of <br />associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel <br />breaks, emergency water sources, power lines <br />or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk <br />or that may result in temporary or ongoing <br />impacts to the environment? <br /> <br />d) Expose people or structures to significant risks, <br />including downslope or downstream flooding or <br />landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope <br />instability, or drainage changes? <br /> <br /> <br />Environmental Evaluation <br />Setting <br />The project site is not within a State Responsibility Area, and the site is not classified as a Very High <br />Fire Hazard Severity Zone.121 Over 7,000 acres of the Pleasanton planning area are identified as <br />special fire protection areas.122 Grassland fires in California are easily ignited, particularly in dry <br />seasons, and wildfire is therefore of particular concern near areas of natural vegetation and steep <br />slopes. <br />Figure 5-6 of Section 5, Public Safety, of the City’s General Plan, indicates that the project site is not <br />located in a special fire protection area and that the project site is located within a travel time equal <br />to 5 minutes or less from the nearest fire station.123 Furthermore, the proposed project is located <br />approximately 250 feet west of LPFD Station No. 2, located at 6300 Stoneridge Mall Road. <br /> <br />121 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). 2019. California State Responsibility Area. June. Website: <br /> https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?layers=5ac1dae3cb2544629a845d9a19e83991. Accessed: November 10, <br />2020. <br />122 City of Pleasanton. 2013. Pleasanton General Plan 2005 – 2025 Public Safety Element. Website: <br />https://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=23899. Accessed January 18, 2021. <br />123 Ibid.