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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Changes to the Original Project Addendum to the City of Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report 17 5 Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Changes to the Original Project This addendum evaluates the changes proposed under the Barone’s project compared to the DSP against the CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 criteria, to determine whether a subsequent EIR is necessary for the Barone’s project. The existing environmental conditions on and around the project site are substantially the same under present conditions as those described in the Final EIR. Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines provides a checklist of environmental issues areas suggested for assessment in a CEQA analysis. The Final EIR addressed all of these environmental issue areas. The issue areas studied included the following:  Aesthetics  Agricultural and Forestry Resources 2  Air Quality  Biological Resources  Cultural Resources  Energy  Geology and Soils  Greenhouse Gas Emissions  Hazards and Hazardous Materials  Hydrology and Water Quality  Land Use and Planning  Mineral Resources2  Noise and Vibration  Population and Housing  Public Services  Recreation  Transportation/Traffic  Tribal Cultural Resources  Utilities  Wildfire 3 To provide a thorough and conservative analysis of potential impacts associated with the Barone’s project, this addendum addresses all 20 environmental issue areas included in Appendix G of the current CEQA Guidelines. Potential environmental impacts of the Barone’s project are analyzed to determine if they are consistent with the impact analysis provided in the Final EIR, and if additional mitigation measures are required to minimize or avoid further potential impacts. Where the following analysis identifies impacts, discussion of previously identified mitigation measures from the Final EIR and existing applicable policies and regulations are discussed, as relevant, with respect to mitigating potential impacts from the Barone’s project. Topics with the greatest potential for different impacts are addressed first, followed by briefer discussions of topics with minimal potential for different impacts, based on the scope and scale of the proposed project modifications. 2 Agricultural and Forestry Resources and Mineral Resources are discussed in Section 3.14, Impacts not Potentially Significant, of the DSP EIR. 3 Wildfire was discussed in Section 3.7, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, of the DSP EIR.