ITEM 23 ATTACHMENT 1 - CEQA Checklist

City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update Draft Program EIR Introduction FirstCarbon Solutions 1-9 https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/EIR/3 - Draft/21480022 Sec01-00 Introduction.docx Chapter 3–Environmental Impact Analysis This chapter contains the analysis of environmental topic areas as identified below. Each section contains a description of the existing environment as it pertains to the topical area as well as a description of the regulatory environment that may be applicable to the Housing Element Update. Each section also identifies thresholds of significance by which impacts are determined, a description of project-related impacts associated with the environmental topic, identification of appropriate mitigation measures, and a conclusion as to the significance of each impact. Appendix G to the State CEQA Guidelines provides a sample environmental checklist that includes questions for determining whether impacts to environmental resources are potentially significant. These questions reflect the input of planning and environmental professionals at the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the California Natural Resources Agency, based on input from stakeholder groups and experts in various other governmental agencies, nonprofits, and leading environmental consulting firms. They also reflect the requirements of laws other than CEQA that protect environmental resources (e.g., the federal Clean Water Act, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the federal Endangered Species Act and California Endangered Species Act [CESA]). As a result, many lead agencies derive their significance criteria from the questions posed in Appendix G. The City, in its discretion as lead agency, has chosen to utilize the questions in Appendix G to the State CEQA Guidelines for determining potential impacts associated with development consistent with implementation of the Housing Element Update. The following environmental topics are addressed in this chapter: • Aesthetics, Light, and Glare • Air Quality • Agriculture and Forestry Resources • Biological Resources • Cultural and Tribal Cultural Resources • Energy • Geology and Soils • Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Hazards and Hazardous Materials • Hydrology and Water Quality • Land Use and Planning • Noise • Population and Housing • Public Services and Recreation • Transportation • Utilities and Service Systems • Wildfire Chapter 4–Effec ts Found not to be Significant It was determined that the Housing Element Update would result in no impact to mineral resources. Other environmental impacts with no impact are addressed in various topical sections in the Program EIR. This chapter analyzes potential impacts resulting from any known significant mineral occurrences.