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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update <br />CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations <br /> <br /> <br />36 FirstCarbon Solutions <br />Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx <br />with the applicable measures and actions of the CAP 2.0. To ensure that future development <br />projects consistent with the Housing Element Update would be consistent with the CAP 2.0, these <br />projects would be required to individually demonstrate consistency with the CAP 2.0 as a part of the <br />City’s permitting process. Moreover, as shown in Table 3.7-2, the emissions anticipated to be <br />generated by development consistent with the Housing Element Update would support the City’s <br />GHG reduction goals outlined in the CAP 2.0 (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.7-38–45). <br />Potential Effect <br />Impact GHG-2: Development facilitated by the Housing Element Update, rezonings, and General Plan <br />and Specific Plan Amendments would not conflict with any applicable plan, policy or regulation of an <br />agency adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases (Draft Program EIR, <br />Page 3.7-38). <br />Findings: Less than significant impact. <br />Facts in Support of Findings: Because the CAP 2.0 is the applicable plan adopted for the purposes of <br />reducing GHG emissions, the analysis combines Impacts GHG-1 and GHG-2 and assesses the Housing <br />Element Update’s consistency with the CAP 2.0 to determine impact significance. Therefore, the <br />analysis related to Impact GHG-2 is provided above under Impact GHG-1 (Draft Program EIR, Page <br />3.7-38–45). <br />Potential Effect <br />Cumulative Impact: Cumulative impacts related to GHG would be less than significant (Draft <br />Program EIR, Page 3.7-45). <br />Findings: Less than significant impact. <br />Facts in Support of Findings: GHG emissions related to implementation of the Housing Element <br />Update are not confined to a particular air basin but are dispersed worldwide and GHG emissions <br />are widely acknowledged as a significant cumulative impact. All cumulative projects would be <br />required to comply with City ordinances, General Plan policies, and CAP 2.0 measures, as <br />appropriate, to reduce GHG emissions. Cumulative projects would also be required to comply with <br />existing federal, State, and local regulations and policies to reduce communitywide GHG emissions. <br />Finally, cumulative projects would be required to comply with the requirements of CEQA and obtain <br />all necessary clearances and permits. <br />The Housing Element Update would not directly result in development without additional approvals. <br />Before any development can occur in the city, it would be required to be analyzed for consistency <br />with the General Plan, zoning requirements, and other applicable local and State requirements; <br />comply with the requirements of CEQA; and obtain all necessary clearances and permits. <br />Furthermore, existing federal, State, and local regulations and policies described throughout this <br />section that serve to reduce communitywide GHG emissions would apply to future projects. <br />Development consistent with the Housing Element Update is anticipated to result in per capita GHG <br />emissions under buildout conditions in 2031 of 3.2 MT CO2e, which is below the CAP 2.0 GHG