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City of Pleasanton—Villages at the Quarry Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 126 The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that the Housing Element Update is consistent with the goals and policies of the CAP 2.0, as applicable, and would support the State’s goals to reduce emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, since the CAP 2.0 was adopted to support the achievement of those goals. To ensure that future development projects consistent with the Housing Element Update would be consistent with the CAP 2.0, future projects would be required to individually demonstrate consistency with the CAP 2.0 as a part of the City’s permitting process. The emissions anticipated to be generated by development consistent with the Housing Element Update would support the City’s GHG reduction goals outlined in the CAP 2.0. As such, development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be consistent with the CAP 2.0 for purposes of analysis under the BAAQMD Thresholds of Significance. As such, impacts related to GHG emissions generation and potential conflicts with a plan, policy, or regulation that reduces emissions would be less than significant. Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion GHG emissions associated with development of the proposed project would occur over the short-term from construction activities, consisting primarily of emissions from equipment exhaust and worker and vendor trips. There would also be long-term operational emissions associated with vehicular traffic within the project vicinity, energy and water usage, and solid waste disposal. Construction GHG Emissions GHG emissions associated with construction were computed at 3,294.47 MT CO₂e for the total construction period. These are the emissions from on-site operation of demolition, site preparation (such as grading), construction equipment, vendor and hauling truck trips, and worker trips. Neither the City nor BAAQMD have an adopted threshold of significance for construction- related GHG emissions, though the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) recommends quantifying emissions and disclosing that GHG emissions would occur during construction, even in cases where BAAQMD does not. BAAQMD also encourages the incorporation of BMPs to reduce GHG emissions during construction where feasible and applicable, which are adopted as MM AIR-1a. Therefore, the construction GHG emissions would have a less than significant impact and would not conflict with any GHG plans or policies.