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City of Pleasanton—Villages at the Quarry Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 120 Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion The proposed project would not include the installation of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems. As discussed in Section 2.4.7, Utilities, the proposed project would connect to existing sewer lines in Valley Avenue and Busch Road. Sewer service would be provided by the City, and sewer treatment would be provided by the DSRSD. Therefore, development as proposed 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. f) Destruction of Paleontological Resource or Unique Geologic Feature Would the project: Directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature? Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that the City is directly underlain by Quaternary Alluvium, which is unlikely to contain vertebrate fossils. However, it is possible that parts of the City are also underlain by older Quaternary deposits that are known to contain vertebrate fossils. Therefore, the City has moderate paleontological sensitivity. While shallow excavation or grading is unlikely to uncover paleontological resources, deeper excavation into older sediments may uncover significant fossils. Therefore, any project involving earthmoving activity could potentially result in inadvertent discovery and disturbance of paleontological resources during grading and excavation work. As such, construction-related and earth-disturbing actions from development consistent with the Housing Element Update on sites underlain by older Quaternary deposits have the potential to damage or destroy fossils resulting in significant impacts on paleontological resources. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that compliance with federal and State laws that protect paleontological resources, including Section 5097 of the Public Resources Code, as well as implementation of MM GEO-6, which requires a site-specific paleontological resources survey to determine potential paleontological impacts for the rezoned housing sites, would reduce potential impacts to paleontological resources to less than significant. Should a site-specific paleontological resources survey determine that a site is underlain by older Quaternary deposits or any other soil with the