ITEM 23 ATTACHMENT 1 - CEQA Checklist

City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 124 (Merritt) where the southern portion is within a Moderate FHSZ State Responsibility Area (SRA) with the easternmost portion of the site mapped as a Very High FHSZ (VHFHSZ) SRA; the northern portion is located in a VHFHSZ LRA. While most of the housing sites are not within FHSZs, development consistent with the Housing Element Update could result in additional residential and commercial development on the rezoned housing sites, some of which could occur in areas within or adjacent to lands mapped within SRA or LRA FHSZs. As such, development consistent with the Housing Element Update could expose people or structures, either directly or indirectly, to a risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that future projects would be required to comply with fire protection measures included in the policies and programs within the General Plan and the Municipal Code. Further, continued implementation of the Tri-Valley LHMP and review of architectural and development plans by the LPFD would assist in protecting life and property in the event of a wildfire. Compliance with existing applicable local, State, and federal regulatory requirements would ensure that impacts associated with wildland fires would be less than significant. Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion The project site is one of the Housing Element sites within an FHSZ. The southern portion of the project site is within a Moderate FHSZ SRA, while the easternmost portion of the site is mapped as a VHFHSZ SRA. Additionally, the northern portion of the project site is mapped as a VHFHSZ LRA (Exhibit 7). Although development would occur within an FHSZ, which could expose people or structures to a risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires, the proposed project would comply with all applicable fire protection measures, including, but not limited to, those discussed below. Compliance with fire protection measures included in the policies and programs within the General Plan, Municipal Code, and State and federal regulatory requirements, as well as review of project plans by the LPFD would assist in protecting life and property in the event of a wildfire. Therefore, there are no environmental effects that are peculiar to the proposed project. The proposed project would not result in a new or more severe adverse impact that was not previously identified in the Housing Element Update FEIR.