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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 103 <br />Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR <br />Seismic-related Ground Failure <br />As indicated in the Housing Element Update FEIR, several sites are within <br />areas susceptible to very low and moderate liquefaction during an <br />earthquake. (Refer to Draft EIR Exhibit 3.6-5.) The Housing Element Update <br />FEIR also indicated that liquefaction-induced lateral spreading could occur <br />in low lying areas within the City. As such, development consistent with the <br />Housing Element Update could potentially be exposed to the effects of <br />landslides, slope instability, liquefaction, subsidence, and lateral spreading <br />from local and regional earthquakes. <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with CBC, <br />applicable Municipal Code requirements, as well as goals, policies, and <br />programs included as part of the General Plan would protect residents, <br />structures, and infrastructure from the effects of surface fault rupture and <br />strong seismic ground shaking, including the secondary effects of <br />earthquake shaking such as, but not limited to, liquefaction. Therefore, it was <br />concluded that impacts related to seismic-related ground failure, such as <br />liquefaction, ground settlement, lurching, lateral spreading, and ground <br />cracking would be less than significant at the programmatic level. <br />Landslides <br />As indicated in the Housing Element Update FEIR, Site 22 (Merritt) is a rezoned <br />site located within a rainfall-induced landslide hazard zone. (Refer to Draft <br />EIR Exhibit 3.6-5.) <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with CBC and <br />applicable Municipal Code requirements, as well as goals, policies, and <br />programs included as part of the General Plan, would protect residents, <br />structures, and infrastructure from potential substantial adverse effects, <br />including the risk of loss, injury or death involving landslides. Therefore, it was <br />concluded that impacts related to landslides at the programmatic level <br />would be less than significant. <br />Unstable Geologic Unit <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that unstable geologic units or <br />soils, including geologic hazards, such as subsidence or collapse, are present. <br />As such, development consistent with the Housing Element Update could <br />occur within areas containing unstable geologic units or be located on soils <br />that are unstable or could become unstable from such development.