ITEM 23 ATTACHMENT 1 - CEQA Checklist

City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update Draft Program EIR Project Description FirstCarbon Solutions 2-1 https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/EIR/3 - Draft/21480022 Sec02-00 Project Description (5).docx CHAPTER 2: PROJECT DESCRIPTION This Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (Draft Program EIR) analyzes the potential environmental effects of the proposed 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update, rezonings, General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments (collectively referred to herein as the Housing Element Update), and this chapter describes the Housing Element Update. 2.1 - Background California Government Code Section 65302(c) mandates that each city shall include a Housing Element in its General Plan. The Housing Element is required to identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs and include statements of the city’s goals, policies, quantified objectives, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. The City of Pleasanton (City), in adopting its Housing Element, must consider economic, environmental, and fiscal factors, as well as community goals as set forth in the City of Pleasanton General Plan (General Plan), in compliance with California Government Code Section 65580, et seq. 2.2 - Project Location and Setting 2.2.1 - Project Location Pleasanton is located in Alameda County, California, one of the nine Bay Area counties bordering the San Francisco Bay (Exhibit 2-1) and is generally bound to the west by Pleasanton Ridgelands; to the north by Interstate 580 (I-580) and the City of Dublin; to the east by unincorporated land, including existing and former quarry lands, and by the City of Livermore; and to the south by the San Francisco Water Department lands. Interstate 680 (I-680) runs north to south and bisects the western portion of the City. The Pleasanton Sphere of Influence (SOI), which signifies the probable ultimate physical boundary and service area (Exhibit 2-2), includes 42.2 square miles (27,200 acres). The SOI has been adopted by the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo). The SOI includes lands incorporated within the city limits and unincorporated land, over which Alameda County has zoning and land use authority. Pleasanton has identified a total of 25 sites for potential rezoning, listed in Table 2-1 and in Exhibit 2- 2. All these sites, aside from Sites 1 and 22, are located within the incorporated area. Site 22 is just outside of the city limits but within Pleasanton’s SOI and Urban Growth Boundary. Site 1 is also located just outside of the city limit, however, the western half of Site 1 is also located just outside the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) (Exhibit 2-2). This Draft Program EIR focuses on the sites identified in the Housing Element Update that could potentially be zoned for residential use (referred to as the “potential sites for rezoning” or “rezoning sites”).