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City of Pleasanton–Spotorno Ranch Reduced Development Project Initial Study/Consistency Checklist Project Description FirstCarbon Solutions 21 https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480021/Consistency Checklist/21480021 Spotorno Ranch Consistency Checklist ScreenCheck.docx An approximately 20-foot-tall wooden windmill is located within the Spotorno Flat Area, and powers an irrigation well that provides water for existing cattle grazing across the subject property in the eastern portion of the Spotorno Ranch property. The Spotorno residence is located on Lot 96 of the HVSP, adjacent to the far northern edge of the Spotorno Ranch. Elevations on the subject property range from approximately 380 feet above mean sea level (AMSL) within the Spotorno Flat Area to approximately 736 feet AMSL at the crest of the hills in the east. Exhibit 6 illustrates the slopes on and adjacent to the Spotorno Flat Area. Scattered oak trees are located near the ridgetops and are also clustered within ravines in the hillside area. There are four wetlands within the subject property, one within the Spotorno Flat Area adjacent to Alisal Street, and three that are located at the base of the hillside to the east of the Spotorno Flat Area. There are no trees on the Spotorno Flat Area. 2.2.3 - Planning Setting City of Pleasanton General Plan The City General Plan is the policy document that guides the long-range development of land and the conservation of resources in the City of Pleasanton, and with which all other City ordinances and policies must be consistent. The City adopted the current General Plan 2005-2025 in July 2009. The Housing Element was amended and adopted in 2015. The 2005–2025 General Plan designates the subject property as Low Density Residential, and Open Space—Public Health and Safety. Happy Valley Specific Plan Seven specific plans have been adopted for various areas of the City and portions of the unincorporated area around Pleasanton as a tool to systematically implement the General Plan. These specific plans (1) act as statements of planning policy that refine the General Plan policies applicable to a defined area, (2) direct regulating land use; and (3) bring together detailed policies and regulations into a focused development scheme. The entirety of the project site is located within the HVSP area. The HVSP was adopted by the City in 1998 with the intent to develop a municipal golf course; provide infrastructure opportunities for the planning area residents, and to balance the concerns of those wishing to develop their properties with those wishing to retain the existing semi-rural characteristics of the area.2 The project site is part of the larger Spotorno Property and is designated by the HVSP as Spotorno Flat Area (a part of the Greater Happy Valley Semi-Rural Density Residential Subarea), and Agricultural/Open Space Subarea.3 The HVSP was developed in a process that drew from the following sources: (1) the City’s General Plan; (2) recommendations of the Happy Valley property owners and residents; (3) recommendations of the City’s Golf Course Committee; and (4) recommendations from 2 City of Pleasanton. 1998. Happy Valley Specific Plan. Page 1. 3 Approximately 2 acres of land located in the upper eastern portion of the project site (Lot 98) has a Planned Unit Development – Medium Density Residential (PUD-MDR) land use designation by HVSP. The currently proposed project would not result in any development of the Spotorno Upper Valley Medium Density Residential area. In fact, all development would occur within the Spotorno Flat Area; as such, the land use for the project site is referred as PUD-SRDR and PUD-A/OS.