RANEY PLANNING & MANAGEMENT, INC. (#2024409)

D e N o v o P l a n n i n g G r o u p A Land Use Planning, Design, and Environmental Firm DE NOVO P LA NNING GROU P 1020 SUNCAST LANE, SUITE 106, EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762 britchie @denovoplanning.com | (916) 949 -3231 September 13, 2023 Diego Mora, Assistant Planner City of Pleasanton Community Development Department PO Box 520 Pleasanton, CA 94566 SUBJECT: Scope of Work and Budget to Prepare CEQA Documentation for the Hopyard Road Residential Project Dear Mr. Mora: Thank you for the opportunity to provide this scope of work to the City of Pleasanton to prepare the CEQA documentation for the above-referenced project. This letter includes a summary of our understanding of the proposed project, a brief work program description, schedule, and our proposed budget. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information. Project Understanding and Approach The proposed project consists of 57 multi-family residential units on 2.99 acres, located at 3200 Hopyard Road at the southwest corner of the intersection with South Valley Trails Drive. The site is 1 legal parcel, APN 941-907-62, and is currently occupied by the Harvest Valley Christian Church, which includes a small day care facility. A large portion of the property is either vacant or covered by an existing parking lot. Adjacent uses are single-family homes to the west and the Pleasanton Canal Trail to the south. Located across S. Valley Trails Dr. to the north is St. Clare’s Episcopal Church/Preschool and a parking lot shared with Chabad of the Tri Valley, and directly across Hopyard Rd to the east is the Ken Mercer Sports Park. Vehicle access to the site will be from two new driveways to be installed along the property’s frontage on S. Valley Trails Dr, with a looping interior street for primary circulation. The project site is currently zoned RM-1,500 with a General Plan designation of High Density Residential. The applicant is seeking approval of the project as generally consistent with the current zoning and General Plan utilizing applicable portions of California’s State Density Bonus Law as well as the Housing Accountability Act (as modified by Senate Bill 330 in 2019). Our proposed CEQA analysis approach to this project is to prepare an environmental checklist evaluation, similar to an Initial Study, to demonstrate that no additional environmental analysis of the project is required, as provided for in Section 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15183 allows a streamlined environmental review process for projects that are consistent with the densities established by existing zoning, community plan or general plan policies for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified. For this project, the analysis would rely on the previously-certified Pleasanton General Plan EIR (2009). DocuSign Envelope ID: FE1B6497-6527-4DEE-8F28-BF9999E929AA