ITEM 23 ATTACHMENT 1 - CEQA Checklist

City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update Introduction Draft Program EIR 1-4 FirstCarbon Solutions https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/EIR/3 - Draft/21480022 Sec01-00 Introduction.docx evaluated to determine whether an additional CEQA document needs to be prepared. Many subsequent activities could be found to be within the certified Final Program EIR scope and additional environmental documents may not be required (State CEQA Guidelines § 15168(c)). Additional environmental review under CEQA may be required for subsequent projects that would have effects not examined in the certified Final Program EIR. That later analysis may tier from the certified Final Program EIR as provided by CEQA and would be generally based on the subsequent project’s consistency with the Housing Element Update and the analysis in the certified Final Program EIR, as required under CEQA. It may also be determined that some future projects or infrastructure improvements may be exempt from additional environmental review. When individual subsequent projects or activities are proposed under the Housing Element Update, the lead agency that would approve and/or implement the individual project would examine the projects or activities to determine whether their effects were adequately analyzed in the certified Final Program EIR (see, e.g., State CEQA Guidelines §§ 15152, 15168, and 15183). If the projects or activities would have no effects beyond those disclosed in the certified Final Program EIR, no further CEQA review would be required. 1.3 - Intended Uses of the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report This Draft Program EIR, and ultimately the Final Program EIR, is intended to evaluate the environmental impacts of the adoption and implementation of the Housing Element Update. The document will serve as a source of information in the review of subsequent planning and development proposals, including subsequent environmental review of development projects, for infrastructure provision and individual development proposals, and for public facilities to serve new development. The City intends and anticipates that the certified Final Program EIR would be utilized in conjunction with existing streamlining provisions provided by CEQA, emerging streamlining techniques, such as those related to implementation of the Sustainable Communities Strategy (PRC § 21155), and other streamlining procedures, including those that may become available in the future. To promote the effective use of City resources, the analysis in this Draft Program EIR may be considered the first tier of environmental review and it is the intent of the City that future, project-specific and/or site- specific CEQA documents may utilize this analysis as appropriate. Tiering refers to a multilevel approach to preparing environmental documents that is codified in Public Resources Code Section 21083.3 and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15152. 1.4 - Agencies and Approvals The term “Responsible Agency” includes all public agencies other than the lead agency that have discretionary approval power over a project or an aspect of a project (State CEQA Guidelines § 15381). For CEQA, a “Trustee” agency has jurisdiction by law over natural resources that are held in trust for the people of the State of California (State CEQA Guidelines § 15386). Because the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) would review the Housing Element Update prior to its adoption and certify the Housing Element Update after the City adopts it, HCD would serve as a Responsible Agency pursuant to CEQA. While there are no Trustee Agencies