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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations FirstCarbon Solutions 63 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx As part of its efforts to anticipate and appropriately plan for future growth, PUSD prepares a 7-year projection of student population, updated annually. The most recent study projects modest increases in elementary school enrollment, and relatively flat or declining enrollment in middle school or high school enrollments. As the demand for school services increases from development consistent with the Housing Element Update, there may be a need to increase staffing, facilities, and equipment to maintain acceptable service ratios and other performance objectives for schools. However, this would require existing school sites to be able to accommodate the additional staff, facilities and/or equipment. If an existing school site is at capacity for staffing or for students, this could require an expansion of an existing school site or construction of a new school site, the construction of which could cause environmental impacts. Construction and operation of future new or expanded school facilities would have similar impacts as would construction and operation of other types of new development under the Housing Element Update. Further, PUSD would be required to receive approval from the Division of the State Architect and complete any required CEQA review for construction of new or expanded school facilities. the payment of statutory fees “ . . . is deemed to be full and complete mitigation of the impacts of any legislative or adjudicative act, or both, involving, but not limited to, the planning, use, or development of real property . . . on the provision of adequate school facilities.” Therefore, with the payment of required State-established SB 50 fees, future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would not result in significant adverse effects related to school facilities (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.13-29–32). Potential Effect Impact PSR-4: Development consistent with the Housing Element Update, rezonings, and General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered library facilities, need for new or physically altered library facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios or other performance objectives for library facilities. (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.13-33). Findings: Less than significant impact. Facts in Support of Findings: Prior to development on Sites 1 (Lester) and 22 (Merritt), those sites would be annexed into Pleasanton and would be served by library facilities within Pleasanton. The Pleasanton Public Library maintains a 30,178-square-foot library facility, which equates to approximately 0.377 square feet of library space per capita. The Pleasanton Library Space Needs Assessment recommends a 0.91 per capita of building space, which equates to a minimum of approximately 90,000 square feet of facility space to accommodate the population growth associated with the Housing Element Update. The Pleasanton Public Library maintains a physical collection size of 163,325, resulting in a current ratio between the materials collection and current population of approximately 2:1. To maintain this ratio, the physical collection would need to increase to almost 200,000 items. The number of cardholders would also increase from 54,730 registered cardholders to a little over 66,000 cardholders (assuming the current cardholder percentage of 67 percent remains steady). The building size and parking are already limited, community access to popular programs could be impacted, the 200,000 necessary items to accommodate demand would not fit in the current facility, additional funds are needed to meet