Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 90 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, 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 potential to contain vertebrate fossils, MM GEO-6 requires paleontological monitoring of all proposed excavations. As such, impacts related to destruction of a paleontological resource or unique geologic feature would be less than significant. Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion Paleontological resources or fossils are the remains of prehistoric plant and animal life. The soil types at the project site are not considered unique geologic features and are common within the geographic area of the City. Based on the above, the project site does not contain any peculiar conditions that would result in increased potential for subsurface paleontological resources. In addition, the proposed project would be required to comply with all applicable federal, State, and local requirements to avoid potential adverse effects to paleontological resources if such resources are discovered during ground-disturbing activities on the site. Therefore, impacts related to resulting in the direct or indirect destruction of a unique paleontological resource were adequately addressed in the Housing Element Update FEIR, and the proposed project would not result in any effects that would require further CEQA review for this topic.