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City of Pleasanton–10x Genomics Project Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration Responses to Written Comments FirstCarbon Solutions 2-5 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480024/Final ISMND/21480024 Sec02-00 Responses to Comments.docx Local Agencies Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Response to BAAQMD-1 Comment noted. Although the applicant is not required to implement all the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures as suggested by the BAAQMD in this comment, the proposed project would include the following TDM measures outlined below that would reduce mobile emissions to below a level of significance: • Secure bicycle parking, • Safe and convenient pedestrian and bicyclist access to streets, sidewalks, bike paths, and public transit stops, • Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers per Building Code requirements (see Response to BAAQMD-3 below), • Solar ready. Response to BAAQMD-2 The City’s Zoning Ordinance defines parking requirements of the development. The project site would be rezoned to Planned Unit Development (PUD) Commercial-Office (PUD-C-O) and would provide less than one parking space for each employee. The project does not propose parking in excess of the parking requirements set forth by the City, as discussed in Section 2.3, Air Quality, of the Draft IS/MND. Furthermore, the applicant is not required by the City to reduce the number of parking spaces proposed by the project or to provide fewer than the required number of spaces according to the City’s Zoning Ordinance. In addition, there is a pre-existing parking agreement between the owners of the adjacent Stoneridge Mall and the owners of the project site. The agreement previously required a parking ratio of four spaces per 1,000 square feet. The applicant and Stoneridge Mall owners have negotiated a new agreement to provide a reduced parking ratio of 3.3 spaces per 1,000 square feet at full buildout of the proposed project. Therefore, the parking requirements have already been reduced, and the proposed project adheres to the private agreement. No further analysis is warranted. Response to BAAQMD-3 The proposed project would include EV-ready infrastructure in accordance with Building Code requirements. The number of EV-ready spaces that would be provided would comply with the requirements contained in Title 24, Part 11 of the 2019 California Building Code. Additionally, while the proposed project does not show EV parking spaces in the Illustrative Site Plan used for the basis of the analysis provided in the Draft IS/MND, the proposed project would be required to provide priority parking facilities for these types of vehicles, in accordance with Section 11.36.230 and Section 20.70.050 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code. Furthermore, the proposed project would comply with the California Green Building Code, which requires non-residential projects to include 6 percent of parking as EV capable. Therefore, no further analysis is warranted. Response to BAAQMD-4 Comment noted. As the comment suggests, the applicant will contact the BAAQMD upon permitting of their stationary source equipment.