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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />102 <br />geological impacts. General Plan Program 2.1 requires that a geotechnical <br />study be prepared prior to development approval of structures for human <br />occupancy. The applicant prepared a Geotechnical Investigation, which <br />identifies specific site preparation and construction techniques appropriate <br />for the current site conditions (Appendix E). General Plan Program 2.2 <br />requires that all recommendations of the geotechnical study be <br />implemented into the project design, which would ensure that environmental <br />effects would be avoided. Therefore, development of the site as proposed <br />would not result in any environmental effects that are peculiar to the <br />proposed project. The proposed project would not result in a new or more <br />severe adverse impact that was not previously identified in the Housing <br />Element Update FEIR. <br />Strong Seismic Ground Shaking <br />The project site is in a seismically active area subject to very strong ground <br />shaking in response to a major earthquake on any one of several nearby <br />faults. The nearest fault to the project site is the Calaveras Fault, located near <br />the western frontage of the project site. However, no known fault traces cross <br />the site, and the Geotechnical Investigation found no evidence of faulting at <br />the project site. <br />As described above, General Plan Program 2.2 requires that the proposed <br />project be designed in accordance with CBC requirements and with all <br />recommendations outlined in the Geotechnical Investigation prepared for <br />the proposed project (Appendix E). Environmental effects would be avoided <br />by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards. <br />Therefore, development of the site as proposed would not result in any <br />environmental effects that are peculiar to the proposed project. The <br />proposed project would not result in a new or more severe adverse impact <br />that was not previously identified in the Housing Element Update FEIR. <br />a iii), a iv), c) Seismic-related Ground Failure or Unstable Geologic Location <br />Would the project: a) Directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse <br />effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving: <br />(iii) Seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction? <br />(iv) Landslides? <br />c) Be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that <br />would become unstable as a result of the project, and <br />potentially result in on- or off-site landsliding, lateral <br />spreading, subsidence, liquefaction, or collapse?