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P13-2458, Downtown Revitalization District In-Lieu Parking Fee Environmental Checklist Developed/Urbanized/Urban and Built-Up land by the California Department of Conservation. No physical changes such as construction or demolition are proposed as part of this PMC amendment. These types of amenities and land uses were addressed in the Pleasanton General Plan and in the Downtown Specific Plan EIRs. Furthermore, the Pleasanton General Plan required no mitigation/improvement measures for agricultural and forest resource impacts and deemed the impacts without mitigation as being less than significant. The PMC amendment is not anticipated to create any new or additional impacts which have not already been studied in the Pleasanton General Plan and Downtown Specific plan EIR. There is not existing farmland, agriculturally zoned parcels or Williamson Act contracts within the Downtown Area. There will not be a loss of forest land or conversation of forest land to non forest use and there will not be any other changes in the existing environment that could result in conversation of farmland to non-agricultural use. Therefore, these would be of no impact. 5.4 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Environmental Setting The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) encourages local jurisdictions to adopt a qualified Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Strategy that is consistent with Assembly Bill (AB) 32 goals. AB 32 mandated local governments to adopt strategies to reduce GHG emissions. Consistent with the objectives of AB 32, the City of Pleasanton has adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP) to outline strategies to reduce GHG emissions to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by the year 20202. STANDARDS OF SIGNIFICANCE For purposes of this environmental document, an impact is considered significant if the proposed project would: • Be inconsistent with a qualified GHG Reduction Strategy. Less Than Potentially Significant Less Than No Greenhouse Gas Emissions Significant with Significant Impact Would the project: Impact Mitigation Impact Incorporation a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or X indirectly, that may have a significant effect on the environment? 25