Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 76 CAP 2.0 would further reduce energy consumption and reliance on fossil fuel energy resources. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update is consistent with the increasing reliance on renewable energy sources criterion for the following reasons. New construction would be designed and constructed consistent with the State’s Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards and would be required to incorporate a series of renewable energy design and energy efficiency features. Additionally, the CAP 2.0 contains several measures which would further increase reliance on renewable energy resources. For these reasons, the Housing Element Update FEIR concluded energy consumption associated with development consistent with the Housing Element Update would not be wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary, consistent with the energy considerations contained in State CEQA Guidelines Appendix F, and this impact would be less than significant. The Housing Element Update FEIR also indicated development envisioned by the Housing Element Update could result in an increase in new residential land uses which could potentially obstruct a State or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency. However, it should be noted that the Housing Element Update does not expressly authorize construction of any development. New residential development facilitated by the Housing Element Update would be required to comply with the General Plan policies and programs and adherence to the development standards within Title 9 and Title 20 in the Municipal Code as well as other applicable State and local regulations. In addition, development consistent with the Housing Element Update would have to comply with applicable State or regional plans for renewable energy or energy efficiency that include Plan Bay Area 2050; BAAQMD 2017 Clean Air Plan; 2007 State Alternative Fuels Plan; Executive Order N-79-20, requiring, 100 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in California to be zero-emissions by 2035; 2008 Energy Action Plan Update; 2011 Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan; and SB 100, requiring 100 percent of retail sales of electricity to be generated from zero-carbon emission sources by the end of 2045. Moreover, development consistent with the Housing Element Update would support the CAP 2.0 strategies for renewable energy and energy efficiency by implementing various General Plan policies that would apply to future development facilitated by the Housing Element Update.