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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 83 <br />Therefore, the Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with <br />applicable federal, State, and local laws would ensure that future <br />development consistent with the Housing Element Update would not have <br />the potential to eliminate important examples of major periods of California <br />history or prehistory or cause a substantial adverse change in the significance <br />of a designated historical resource or otherwise result in significant adverse <br />effects to historical resources and impacts would be less than significant. <br />Archaeological Resources <br />As described in the General Plan, Conservation and Open Space Element, <br />areas of the City have been surveyed for archaeological resources, and <br />several known archaeological resource sites are located within the City. <br />According to a review of available records by the Northwest Information <br />Center (NWIC), there are several recorded and reported prehistoric and <br />historic archaeological sites in the City, and undiscovered archaeological <br />sites could also exist within the rezoned housing sites. The Housing Element <br />Update FEIR indicated that development consistent with the Housing Element <br />Update would result in additional development throughout the City and <br />could therefore affect known archaeological resources or previously <br />unidentified or undesignated archaeological resources. <br />Based on previous cultural resources studies, it is anticipated that the valley <br />portions of the City along I-680 have a moderate-to-high sensitivity for <br />prehistoric sites, especially along drainages. The hills to the west and south, <br />especially around springs and creeks, are also anticipated to have a high <br />sensitivity for the presence of prehistoric sites.13 Most of the rezoned housing <br />sites are in the valley area, on parcels that have been previously disturbed <br />with development. However, Site 22 (Merritt) and other sites may have only <br />been minimally disturbed in the past and are located outside of the valley <br />area. <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with <br />applicable current federal, State, and local laws as well as goals, policies, <br />and programs in the General Plan, along with the applicable regulations of <br />the Municipal Code would ensure that future development projects are <br />appropriately reviewed and designed in terms of potential impacts to <br />archaeological resources. Consistent with the General Plan policies and <br />programs, individual development projects would be required to undergo <br />project-specific environmental review, which may require additional site- <br /> <br />13 City of Pleasanton. 2011. City of Pleasanton Housing Element and Climate Action Plan General Plan <br />Amendment and Rezonings Draft Supplement Environmental Impact Report. September.