Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project 15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist 69 the General Plan EIR. The General Plan EIR does not identify any known historical resources on or adjacent to the project site. A Cultural Resource Inventory was prepared for the proposed project by Archaeological Resource Service.11 As part of the Cultural Resource Inventory, a literature search was conducted using information on file at the NWIC of the California Historic Resources Information System (CHRIS). Based on the results of the project-specific CHRIS search, at least 20 cultural resource studies have been previously conducted within a 0.5-mile of the project site. One study from 1998 studied the 380-acre Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan project area, which includes the project site. According to the Cultural Resource Inventory, neither prehistoric nor historic- era materials and/or sites were identified. Three historic ancillary buildings occur within a 0.5-mile of the project site; however, as discussed throughout this Consistency Checklist, the project site is undeveloped and does not contain historic buildings. As the three historic ancillary buildings are located off-site, the buildings would not be affected by development of the proposed project. Based on the results of the records search of the CHRIS, known historic or archaeological resources have not been identified on or adjacent to the project site. According to the Cultural Resource Inventory prepared for the proposed project, although the age and structure of on-site soil deposits would suggest a reasonable likelihood of buried archaeological resources, the project site has been subject to disturbance over several decades. As such, if subsurface cultural resources were present within the site, the Cultural Resource Inventory concluded that they would exist in a disturbed state. Therefore, development of the proposed project is not anticipated to impact unrecorded cultural resources. As previously discussed, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(f), “An effect of a project on the environment shall not be considered peculiar to the project or the parcel for the purposes of this section if uniformly applied development policies or standards have been previously adopted by the city or county with a finding that the development policies or standards will substantially mitigate that environmental effect when applied to future projects, unless substantial new information shows that the policies or standards will not substantially mitigate the environmental effect. […]” Compliance with applicable State and local regulations, including requirements related to stopping work upon discovery of cultural resources as established by the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, would ensure 11 Archaeological Resource Service. Cultural Resource Inventory. April 15, 2024.