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Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction November 2025 4-74 4.11.1. Discussion 4.11.1.1. Impact LU-1 Initial treatment and treatment maintenance activities would take place in the City in Alameda County. Landowners include the City, Golden Eagle Estates, and the East Bay Regional Park District. SPR AD-3 (Consistency with Local Plans, Policies, and Ordinances) requires that the project proponent design and implement the treatment in a manner that is consistent with applicable local plans (e.g., general plans), policies, and ordinances to the extent the Project is subject to them. The Project would be consistent with the Pleasanton General Plan (City of Pleasanton 2009) and the Alameda County General Plan (Alameda County 1994), which contain goals and policies relating to fire protection and wildland fire prevention. As described in the project description and Section 4.12, Noise, noise-generating treatment activities would occur during daytime hours and would be consistent with the local ordinances of the City and Alameda County. Land parcels within the treatment area are classified as “Low Density Residential,” “Agriculture,” “Single- Family Residential,” and “Open Space” (City of Pleasanton n.d.). The CalVTP PEIR determined that the potential for treatment activities to conflict with land use plans, policies, or regulations would result in a less than significant impact because all vegetation treatments must be designed to comply with applicable local, regional, and state land use requirements. The potential for vegetation treatment activities to cause a significant environmental impact is within the scope of the PEIR because the treatment types and activities are consistent with those evaluated in the PEIR. SPR AD-3 is applicable to the proposed project, and it requires proposed project treatments to be consistent with local plans, policies, and ordinances. The inclusion of approximately 93 acres of land that is outside the CalVTP treatable landscape in the proposed treatment area constitutes a change to the geographic extent considered in the PEIR. However, because the land uses in the project area are generally the same within and outside the treatable landscape, the land use impact is also the same. Furthermore, no conflict would occur because the project proponent would adhere to SPR AD-3. This determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a more severe impact than that which is described in the PEIR. 4.11.1.2. Impact LU-2 The PEIR found the impact of vegetation treatments on population growth to be less than significant because the work is temporary, relies on local labor, and does not induce long-term housing or infrastructure development. Impacts associated with a short-term increase in the demand for workers during implementation of the treatment project are within the scope of the PEIR because the number of workers required for the proposed project is consistent with the crew size analyzed in the PEIR for the types of treatments proposed. Additionally, as evaluated in the PEIR, the workforce needed for project