ITEM 23 ATTACHMENT 1 - CEQA Checklist

City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 94 in the form of petroleum fuel for heavy equipment, as well as from worker trips and material delivery trips to construction sites. Temporary electrical grid power may also be provided to construction sites. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be required to comply with standards for new construction established by the State and BAAQMD and development standards in the California Energy Code, CALGreen, the Municipal Code, the City’s CAP 2.0, and other applicable federal, State, and local laws. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded with adherence to applicable regulations, development consistent with the Housing Element Update would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy during construction. Operational Energy Usage The Housing Element Update would be considered to result in a potentially significant impact if it would result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources defined as conflicting with three energy conservation goals. These are (1) decreasing overall per capita energy consumption, (2) decreasing reliance on fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, or oil, and (3) increasing reliance on renewable energy sources. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update is considered consistent with the decreasing overall per capita energy consumption criterion for the following reasons. Energy consumption related to per capita transportation would decrease from that experienced by the region’s current per capita transportation energy consumption patterns. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update could result in a maximum of 18,029 residents, and the per capita energy consumption is estimated at 1,946 kilowatt hour (kWh) per year and 5.28 Million Metric British Thermal Units (MMBTU) per year, both of which would be below the County’s average electricity and natural gas consumption rates. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update is considered consistent with the decreasing reliance on fossil fuels criterion for the following reasons. Implementation of the Housing Element Update would result in population growth which outpaces the forecasted VMT growth, which would result in a relative decrease from the County per capita consumption rates for natural gas and electricity. Because of the incremental increase of renewable and carbon-free generation sources for in-state electricity sales through 2045 as required under SB 100—a decrease in per capita natural gas and transportation fuels translate directly to a decrease in reliance on fossil fuel energy resources. Various strategies contained in the