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Environmental Checklist <br />Land Use and Planning <br /> <br />Final Initial Study – Negative Declaration 63 <br />11 Land Use and Planning <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />Would the project: <br />a. Physically divide an established <br />community? □ □ □ ■ <br />b. Cause a significant environmental impact <br />due to a conflict with any land use plan, <br />policy, or regulation adopted for the <br />purpose of avoiding or mitigating an <br />environmental effect? □ □ □ ■ <br />a. Would the project physically divide an established community? <br />The CAP 2.0 is a policy document containing strategies that are consistent with the Pleasanton <br />General Plan and does not include actions or specific development projects that would divide an <br />established community. CAP 2.0 Strategy TLU-2 facilitates the provisioning of new bike parking <br />infrastructure and amenities, improved public transit connectivity, and enhanced safety and active <br />transportation in areas surrounding schools. Such actions would help to increase connectivity within <br />the Pleasanton community. Therefore, the CAP 2.0 would result in no impact related to division of <br />an established community. <br />b. Would the project cause a significant environmental impact due to a conflict with any land use <br />plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental <br />effect? <br />The CAP 2.0 is a policy document containing strategies that are consistent with the Pleasanton <br />General Plan and that are designed to reduce adverse environmental impacts associated with <br />climate change. Nonetheless, implementing the CAP 2.0 would require some modification of <br />existing policies, including developing and implementing new programs, and projects, or modifying <br />existing ones. For example, CAP 2.0 Actions P-1, P-2, P3, and S1 include adoptions of new building <br />ordinances or updates to the existing municipal code to require building electrification for new and <br />existing developments and the regulation of appliances and HVAC systems for new development. <br />CAP 2.0 Action P5 may involve updates to the municipal code to require EV charging infrastructure <br />in new developments. Likewise, CAP 2.0 Action P8 would require updates to the PMC to require <br />bicycle infrastructure parking and amenities for new residential, commercial, and mixed-use <br />development. In addition, CAP 2.0 Actions P12, P13, and S8 would involve the adoption of new plans <br />and policies related to the reduction of single-use plastics, urban forest management, and green <br />stormwater infrastructure. In order to implement these measures, the PMC, Pleasanton General <br />Plan, and other applicable City documents may need to be amended to reflect new or modified <br />requirements. However, where modifications of existing policies are needed, such as updates to <br />policies related to energy, solid waste, EV infrastructure, and active transportation, the CAP 2.0 <br />strategies and actions would result in greater avoidance or reduction of environmental effects.