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Ca tlendge Trailhead Addendum I. PURPOSE The purpose of this Addendum is to provide an evaluation of whether the proposed changes to the Meadowlark Development on the Austin Property located at 3459 Old Foothill Road, filed with the City of Pleasanton as Cases PGPA-11, PUD-58, and PTR-7813 (Meadowlark Development), are adequately analyzed in the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) prepared for the project, and more particularly, if the proposed changes would result in any significant impacts. These proposed changes to the previously-approved project would result in the development of a trailhead near the Castleridge Property, which would provide public access to hiking trails along the Pleasanton Ridge, a major open space adjacent to the City of Pleasanton. As detailed below, the proposed changes to the Meadowlark Development would not result in new environmental impacts beyond those identified in the IS/MND. Therefore, the City of Pleasanton does not need to prepare any subsequent documentation to satisfy the environmental review requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This document comprises adequate environmental documentation of the changes to the Meadowlark Development and should be considered an Addendum to the adopted IS/MND pursuant to Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HISTORY The IS/MND for the Meadowlark Development, which was adopted by City Council at its October 17, 2006 meeting(Resolution 06-067 formalizes this action), analyzed a request: 1. For a General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation of the subject approximately 30-acre hillside property from Rural Density Residential (with a maximum allowable density of 1 dwelling unit per acre) to Low Density Residential (with a maximum allowable density of less than 2 units per acre); 2. For a Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning and development plan to rezone the property from Agriculture District to Planned Unit Development—Low Density Residential (PUD-LDR) on 8 acres and to Planned Unit Development — Open Space/Agriculture and Grazing(PUD-OS/AG)District on the remaining 22 acres; and 3. To subdivide the property into 8 custom home sites and 22 acres of permanent open space. In addition, the IS/MND evaluated the potential environmental effects associated with development of eight single-family residential units on an 8-acre portion of the project site, surrounded by the 22 acres of permanent open space area. The project scope entailed maintaining the 22 acres of open space area as permanent open space, with the allowed uses to include cattle grazing or other uses determined to be appropriate by City, including the Trails Ad Hoc Committee and the Parks and Recreation Commission. The analysis in the IS/MIND indicated that no significant environmental impacts would occur as a result of the Meadowlark Development with implementation of recommended mitigation measures and conditions of approval. June 9,2016 1