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Ponderosa Homes at 6900 Valley Trails Drive Initial Study and Negative Declaration 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 INTRODUCTION An Initial Study has been prepared by the City of Pleasanton Planning Division evaluating the potential environmental effects of the following applications submitted by Ponderosa Homes for an approximately 9-acre site located at 6900 Valley Trails Drive: 1) an amendment to the General Plan Land Use designation from Public and Institutional to Medium Density Residential; 2) rezoning from R-1-6,500 (One-Family Residential) to PUD-MDR (Planned Unit Development- Medium Density Residential) District; 3) PUD development plan approval to demolish the existing religious building and related improvements and construct 36 single-family homes, a private clubhouse with a parking lot, and related site improvements; and 4) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map approval to subdivide the 9-acre parcel into 36 residential parcels and four common area parcels. 2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS This Initial Study/Negative Declaration (IS/ND) consists of an environmental checklist and an explanation of topics addressed in the checklist for the proposed development. In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15070, this initial study may identify potentially significant effects, but: 1 ) revisions in the project plans or proposals made by or agreed to by the applicant before the proposed negative declaration and initial study are released for public review would avoid the effects or mitigate the effects to a point where clearly no significant effects would occur, and 2) there is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before the agency that the project as revised may have a significant effect on the environment. 2.3 PROJECT LOCATION Valley Trails Neighborhood, where the subject site is located, is bordered by Arroyo Mocho and West Las Positas Boulevard on the north, Hopyard Road on the east, the Pleasanton Canal on the south, and Alamo Canal and Interstate 680 (1-680) on the west. The approximately 9-acre project site is located on Valley Trails Drive, on the west side of the neighborhood and generally west of Valley Trails Park. Figures 1 and 2 within this document show the project location. 2.3.1 Project Site A portion of the project site is currently developed with an approximately 11,067- square-foot religious building and a 108-stall paved parking lot. The majority of the lot is undeveloped (see Figure 1) and the site is relatively flat, gradually sloping 4