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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 3.3 PROPOSED HOUSING ELEMENT IMPACTS The Housing Element is consistent with the land uses envisioned in the General Plan and would not remove or modify any policies that currently protect environmental resources. Additionally, the Housing Element does not propose any policies or programs that would be inconsistent with General Plan policies designed to protect environmental resources. The proposed Housing Element is a policy -level document. While the Housing Element encourages the provision of a range of housing types and affordability levels, it does not include any specific designs or proposals, nor does it grant any entitlements for development that would degrade the existing visual character of the city. The Housing Element anticipates and uses that are consistent with the land use designations established by the General Plan Land Use Element. No policies or programs are included in the 2015 -2023 Housing Element that would result in a change to the existing General Plan land use designations or upzoning to a greater density or result in growth greater that what was analyzed in the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR. The City would require that all future residential development projects be compliant with General Plan policies. SUMMARY The proposed Housing Element would result in land uses and development consistent with that assumed and analyzed in the original General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR. The General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR determined that implementation of the General Plan amendments and rezones would result in significant and unavoidable impacts to cultural resources (potential to adversely change the significance of historical resources) and transportation and traffic (potentially add traffic to the regional roadway network to the point at which it would operate unacceptably under Cumulative plus Project conditions). Since the policies in the Housing Element are consistent with the existing General Plan policies, no new areas are proposed for urban development, and no changes are proposed to the existing permitting and approval process, adoption of the 2015 -2023 Housing Element would not result in greater impacts in either of these impact areas or in any other impact area analyzed in the Supplemental EIR. Housing Element Addendum to the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR 3.0 -12 City of Pleasanton August 2014