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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update <br />Draft Program EIR Introduction <br /> <br /> <br />FirstCarbon Solutions 1-3 <br />https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/EIR/3 - Draft/21480022 Sec01-00 Introduction.docx <br />1.1 - Purpose of the Program Environmental Impact Report <br />The City of Pleasanton, as lead agency, determined that the Housing Element Update is a "project" <br />under CEQA. CEQA requires the preparation of an EIR prior to approving any project that may have a <br />significant impact on the environment. For the purposes of CEQA, the term "project" refers to the <br />whole of an action, which has the potential for resulting in a direct physical change or a reasonably <br />foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment (State CEQA Guidelines § 15378(a)). <br />This Draft Program EIR has been prepared according to CEQA requirements to evaluate the potential <br />environmental impacts associated with the implementation of the Housing Element Update. The <br />purpose of this Draft Program EIR is to inform public agency decision-makers, representatives of <br />affected and responsible agencies, the public, and other interested parties of the potential <br />environmental effects that may result from implementation of the Housing Element Update. <br />This Draft Program EIR also discusses alternatives to the Housing Element Update and identifies <br />mitigation measures that would offset, minimize, or otherwise avoid potentially significant <br />environmental impacts. This Draft Program EIR is intended to provide decision-makers and the public <br />with information that enables consideration of the environmental consequences of the Housing <br />Element Update and has been prepared in accordance with CEQA (California Public Resources Code <br />[PRC] § 21000, et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations [CCR] Title 14, <br />Division 6, Chapter 3). <br />1.2 - Type of Environmental Impact Report <br />The State CEQA Guidelines identify several types of EIRs, each applicable to different project <br />circumstances. This Draft Program EIR has been prepared as a Program EIR pursuant to State CEQA <br />Guidelines Section 15168. Section 15168 states: <br />A Program EIR is an EIR that may be prepared on a series of actions that can be <br />characterized as one large project and are related either: <br />1. Geographically, <br />2. As logical parts in the chain of contemplated actions, <br />3. In connection with issuance of rules, regulations, plans or other general criteria to govern <br />the conduct of a continuing program, or <br />4. As individual activities carried out under the same authorizing statutory or regulatory <br />authority and having generally similar environmental effects which can be mitigated in <br />similar ways. <br /> <br />As a program-level analysis, this Draft Program EIR considers the broad environmental effects of the <br />Housing Element Update. The analysis in this Draft Program EIR does not examine the site-specific <br />effects of individual projects that may occur in the future. Subsequent projects and activities <br />consistent with the Housing Element Update would be examined in light of a certified Final Program <br />EIR. Once the Final Program EIR has been certified, subsequent activities within the program must be