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City of Pleasanton—Villages at the Quarry Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 114 As described above, General Plan Program 2.2 requires that the proposed project be designed in accordance with CBC requirements and with all recommendations outlined in the Geotechnical Report prepared for the proposed project (Appendix E). According to the Geotechnical Report, structures designed under the CBC should be able to: (1) resist minor earthquakes without damage, (2) resist moderate earthquakes without structural damage but with some nonstructural damage, and (3) resist major earthquakes without collapse but with some structural and nonstructural damage. As such, the proposed project would not collapse or cause loss of life in a major earthquake due to compliance with the CBC. Therefore, the proposed project would not result in any environmental effects that are peculiar to the proposed project. The proposed project would not result in a new or more severe adverse impact that was not previously identified in the Housing Element Update FEIR. iii) Seismic-related Ground Failure, Including Liquefaction Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR As indicated in the Housing Element Update FEIR, several sites are within areas susceptible to very low and moderate liquefaction during an earthquake (refer to Housing Element Update FEIR Exhibit 3.6-5). The Housing Element Update FEIR also indicated that liquefaction-induced lateral spreading could occur in low lying areas within the City. As such, development consistent with the Housing Element Update could potentially be exposed to the effects of landslides, slope instability, liquefaction, subsidence, and lateral spreading from local and regional earthquakes. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with CBC, applicable Municipal Code requirements, as well as goals, policies, and programs included as part of the General Plan would protect residents, structures, and infrastructure from the effects of surface fault rupture and strong seismic ground shaking, including the secondary effects of earthquake shaking such as, but not limited to, liquefaction. Therefore, it was concluded that impacts related to seismic-related ground failure, such as liquefaction, ground settlement, lurching, lateral spreading, and ground cracking would be less than significant at the programmatic level. Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion According to the Geotechnical Report, the project site is not within an established liquefaction hazard zone based on data from the California Geological Survey (CGS); however, mapping from ABAG indicates that the