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P11-0824(Downtown Hospitality Guidelines),P12-0798(Pleasanton Municipal Code Amendments) Initial Study and Negative Declaration Special events and hospitality uses, such as music, entertainment, and bars are already allowed Downtown. The underlying zoning map establishing where these uses may be located is not proposed to change. These types of events and commercial land uses were addressed in the Pleasanton General Plan and its corresponding EIR. The Pleasanton General Plan EIR states that increased motor vehicle traffic due to implementation of proposed General Plan would cause an increase in traffic at study intersections that would be substantial in relation to the existing traffic load and capacity of the street system. The Pleasanton General Plan EIR requires mitigation measures at 4 intersections (i.e., Owens Dr. at Hopyard Rd.; Stanley Blvd. at El Charro Rd.; Stoneridge Dr. at El Charro Rd.; Sitoneridge Dr. at Johnson Dr.) due to increased motor vehicle traffic as a result of implementation of the General Plan and capacity of the street system. The mitigations include roadway improvement measures such as the restriping and redesigning of these intersections. These mitigation measures would be implemented as required. With the implementation of these improvements, this impact is deemed less than significant. In the Pleasanton General Plan EIR all other potential transportation related impacts with no mitigation were deemed less than significant:. The Housing Element and CAP EIR includes a mitigation related to transportation. The Housing Element and CAP EIR states that development facilitated by the General Plan Amendment and rezonings could potentially add traffic to the regional roadway network to the point at which they would operate unacceptably under cumulative plus project conditions. The mitigation requires development facilitated by the Housing Element and its related General Plan amendments and rezonings to contribute fair-share funds through the payment of the City of Pleasanton and Tri- Valley Regional traffic impact fees to help fund future improvements to local and regional roadways. This mitigation would be implemented as required. With this mitigation, this impact was still deemed significant and unavoidable. In the Housing Element and CAP EIR all other transportation impacts with no mitigation are deemed less than significant. No construction is proposed, and increases in occupancy above Code, such as the Fire Code, are not proposed. The proposed project is not anticipated to create any new or additional impacts which have not already been studied in the Pleasanton General Plan and Housing Element and CAP EIRs. Therefore, these would be of less than significant impact. 52 November 2, 2012