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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 3.1 Basis for Decision to Prepare Addendum When an environmental impact report (EIR) has been certified for a project, Public Resources Code Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 through 15164 set forth the criteria for determining whether a subsequent EIR, subsequent negative declaration, addendum, or no further documentation should be prepared in support of further agency action on the project. In determining whether on addendum is the appropriate document to analyze the modifications to the project and its approval, CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 (Addendum to an EIR or Negative Declaration) states, "The lead agency or a responsible agency shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred." Under the CEQA Guidelines, a subsequent EIR or negative declaration shall be prepared if any of the following criteria are met. Text in italics is from the CEQA Guidelines, while underlined text provides the substantial evidence supporting the City's decision to prepare an addendum. (a) When an EIR has been certified or negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following: (I) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; The Housing Element does not propose any chanaes to existing land use designations in the General Plan, nor does the Housing Element propose any changes to existing General Plan policies. The programs of the Housing Element resulting in revisions to the Zoning Ordinance bring the ordinance into compliance with State law. Programs 17.1 and 47.1 are reauired by the State of California in order to provide adeauate housing and remove anv constraints to adeauate housing for all persons in the State. None of the chanaes result in physical changes to the environment and therefore do not affect the impact analysis contained in the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or The General Plan was adopted on July 21 2009 Since that time, a number of land use changes were implemented which were analyzed in the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR. The City has not changed the city boundaries since the adoption of the General Plan or the certification of the Supplemental EIR. The 2015 -2023 Housing Element does pot propose any annexation of land nor does it increase the intensity of development bevond that identified in the General Plan, Therefore. the Housing Element is consistent with the land use assumptions of the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR. No substantial chanaes in circumstances have occurred. City of Pleasanton August 2014 Housing Element Addendum to the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR 3.0 -1