ITEM 23 ATTACHMENT 1 - CEQA Checklist

City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project 15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist 157 the City and would not result in unplanned direct or indirect population growth. Development within the rezoned housing sites would be required to abide by policies and programs to ensure that new development or redevelopment does not induce substantial additional unanticipated or unplanned population growth, either directly or indirectly. Additionally, compliance with the regulations laid out in the Municipal Code would ensure that the Housing Element Update would not result in unplanned direct or indirect population growth. Furthermore, future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be subject to review and approval by the City, including environmental compliance review. Future development would be required to demonstrate consistency with the Housing Element Update (including rezonings, General Plan, and Specific Plan Amendments) and comply with requirements of the General Plan protecting against substantial unplanned growth and displacement of existing residential uses. Finally, the City has supported urban growth and development for almost 130 years and is served with infrastructure (e.g., roads, freeways, railroads, transit, water, sewer, storm drainage, electricity, natural gas, etc.); development consistent with the Housing Element Update would not result in indirect growth. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded impacts would be less than significant. Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion The Housing Element Update estimated that the project site, Site 22 (Merritt), would be developed with up to 93 units. The proposed project consists of the construction of 110 new units and the retention of one existing unit, for a total of 111 units. Although the number of units is 18 units more (based on State Density Bonus) than what was evaluated in the Housing Element Update FEIR, the impact from these extra units would not include any substantial unplanned growth. While the average number of persons per household in the City is 2.99,25 the City Housing Manager advises that other age-restricted senior housing projects in the City have smaller households, generally of two persons.26 Therefore, it can be estimated that the proposed project would result in a smaller population increase of approximately 220 people, rather than the 278 people estimated in the Housing Element Update FEIR. The projected housing 25 City of Pleasanton. 2022. Housing Element Update Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR). Website: http://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=36692. Accessed September 26, 2023. 26 Hernandez, Steve. Housing Manager, City of Pleasanton. Personal communication: email. March 1, 2024. Note: The household size of two persons for purposes of calculating population increase is distinct from the household size for inclusionary unit income category in Section 17.44.050 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code.