RANEY PLANNING & MANAGEMENT, INC. (#2024409)

City of Pleasanton 3200 Hopyard Road Project 4 the site, wetlands and riparian zones do not occur. However, a handful of trees exists on-site, generally at the perimeter of the site boundary. Accordingly, this section of the analysis will focus on the potential for tree removal during demolition and project construction and whether this tree removal would conflict with applicable policies and ordinances, such as the City’s tree preservation ordinance. The analysis will be informed by the applicant-provided arborist report (Buena Vista Tree Service 2023). Potential impacts will be considered in context with the tree removal impacts described in the City’s General Plan EIR. Although riparian zones and surface waters do not occur on the project site, the site is adjacent to the Pleasanton Canal. Based on aerial photography, the canal is vegetated and routinely or regularly contains water. Accordingly, this section will also assess indirect impacts on the biological resources of the canal, such as the potential for erosion from construction to bury vegetation along the canal or project noise to impact wildlife using the canal. Cultural Resources The proposed project would require ground disturbance associated with demolition and construction activities. Therefore, to characterize the cultural resources sensitivity of the area, Rincon will perform a search of the California Historical Resources Information System. The proposed project would additionally require the demolition of an existing on-site building and parking lot which appear based on cursory desktop review, to date to the historic period. Therefore, in accordance with California Office of Historic Preservation Guidance, Rincon will record and evaluate the property on California Department of Parks and Recreation 523 Series Forms (DPR forms). Rincon will summarize the methods and results of the tasks summarized above, in addition to a cultural resources field survey, in a memorandum, which will additionally discuss the potential of the project to result in impacts to historical and archaeological resources. The memorandum will be submitted to the City electronically; this scope and cost includes addressing one round of comment from the city. In the consistency checklist, potential impacts of the project on historical and archaeological resources will be compared to the historical and archaeological impacts identified in the prior CEQA documents, such as the EIR for the City’s General Plan to determine consistency. This scope and cost include the recordation and evaluation of one property and assume that no cultural resources will be identified. Hazards and Hazardous Materials The project site does not appear on the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s database of hazardous contamination sites, known as “EnviroStor.” Accordingly, this section will focus on potential impacts associated with hazardous materials used for project construction or potential for hazardous materials to occur on site at levels not reported to EnviroStor. This section will be primarily informed by the applicant provided Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Cornerstone Earth Group 2022). The potential impacts will be compared to or analyzed in context with hazardous material impacts discussed in the City’s General Plan EIR. Hydrology and Water Quality The project site is developed with a church and associated parking, although much of the surface parking consists of a permeable gravel lot. The proposed project would increase the amount of impermeable surface area on the project site, potentially leading to more stormwater runoff. Accordingly, this section will evaluate whether the project would result in more hydrology and water quality impacts than was envisioned through buildout of the City’s current General Plan. Impacts will be compared to those discussed in the General Plan EIR. DocuSign Envelope ID: FE1B6497-6527-4DEE-8F28-BF9999E929AA