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City of Pleasanton—Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Project CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 52 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480016/FOF/21480016 Pleasanton Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Project FOF.docx xx The primary and secondary impacts of the project would generally commit future generations to similar uses; x The project involves uses in which irreversible damage could result from any potential environmental accidents; or x The proposed consumption of resources is not justified. Implementation of the proposed project would result in the consumption of nonrenewable resources during both construction and operation. These include fossil fuels, metals (e.g., steel, copper), petrochemical materials (e.g., plastics), and aggregate materials such as sand and gravel. Although construction debris recycling would reduce waste and allow for partial recovery of materials, the project would still involve an irretrievable commitment of resources. Operational activities would continue to consume energy and water, but the proposed buildings would comply with the latest measures for energy efficiency and use renewable energy sources required by the CBC, including Title 24 standards for reducing impacts on energy resources (Draft EIR, p. 3.5-12) as well as compliance with the State’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance. Therefore, impacts on energy resources would be less than significant. Although the majority of the development within the project site is located within an undeveloped area of the City’s UGB, the project site has been considered as a candidate housing site, Site 1 – Lester, in the City’s Housing Element Update. The project site is also zoned PUD, which is designed to encourage imagination and housing variety in property development and to avoid the monotony of standard residential, commercial, and industrial developments. Therefore, the proposed project would not only be consistent with long-term uses proposed for the site in the City’s Housing Element Update, but it would also demonstrate consistency with development standards for Residential Low Density development. Therefore, the proposed project would not induce new long-term land uses commitments beyond those already planned for in the City’s Housing Element Update Program EIR. The proposed project would comply with all applicable statewide and local regulations for hazardous materials handling during construction. The proposed project is a project consisting of primarily residential development and would thus utilize hazardous materials in small quantities associated with household and residential uses during operations. (Draft EIR, p. 3.8-17). Therefore, the proposed project would not involve industrial processes that would result in a high potential for hazardous environmental accidents. Resource consumption associated with construction (fuel, aggregate, metals, lumber) and operation (energy and water) would be that used for typical residential infill development and multimodal improvements. These impacts would be minimized through compliance with current CBC requirements, including mandatory energy efficiency, water conservation, and fire-safety standards. Because the project would utilize a site that has been accounted for future resource allocation to accommodate projected population growth in the City’s Housing Element Update, the long-term resource commitments beyond standard residential demand and multimodal use would be justified and not considered wasteful.