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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 72 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx funding any infrastructure improvements necessary to mitigate project-specific impacts that have not been previously identified as part of a capital improvement program covered by development impact fees or connection fees. Consistent with applicable State law, the City’s development fees and connection fees would ensure that the developers pay their share of costs attributable to the increased demand for the affected public facilities. Wastewater: There is sufficient capacity at the RWTF and LWRP to accommodate wastewater collection and treatment generated by future development. General Plan Chapter 8, Water Element, Goal 5 is to provide adequate sewage treatment and minimize wastewater export. Policy 5 is to secure sewage capacity though all available means for residential, commercial, and industrial development. Future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be located within the urban framework of the City and near existing wastewater infrastructure. Prior to development on Sites 1 (Lester) and 22 (Merritt), those sites would be annexed into the City and would connect to existing City wastewater infrastructure. The City currently complies with the statutory requirements listed in Regulatory Framework, including Title 15 of the Municipal Code and those requirements ensure that the City would continue to comply with State and federal regulatory requirements related to wastewater. All new development would be required to pay a fair share of the City’s planned sewer system improvements through connection fees and capital facility fees. Stormwater Drainage Capacity: The City owns and maintains drainage facilities within the city limits. Development projects creating or replacing over 2,500 square feet of impervious surface would require satisfaction of the City’s Stormwater Requirements Checklist, which would ensure the implementation of regulated stormwater infrastructure. General Plan Chapter 8, Water Element, includes requirements for stormwater facilities. Goal 6 requires projects to minimizes stormwater runoff and provide adequate stormwater facilities to protect property from flooding. Policy 8 ensures an adequate storm drainage system to serve existing and future development. Specifically, Program 8.4 requires the installation of on-site storm drainage infrastructure that would improve local storm drainage systems to accept appropriate design-year flows, as determined by the City Engineer. Section 2.8(B) of the Hacienda PUD Development Plan Design Guidelines includes requirements for storm drainage collection and requires that all development with the Hacienda PUD area provide on-site storm drainage collection compliant with Low Impact Development standards. Future development would be required to pay a fair share of the City’s storm drainage improvement costs through capital facilities fees. Electric Power, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications: Future development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be located within the urban framework of the City and near existing infrastructure. The CAP 2.0 includes Strategy BE-1 requiring the shift from natural gas to electric in all new buildings and Strategy BE-3 increases the availability and local renewable energy to reduce overall energy consumption. These strategies will reduce the electricity and natural gas consumption for development projects consistent with the Housing Element Update. Because implementation of the Housing Element Update would not result in unplanned growth (see Section 3.12, Population and Housing for more information), the majority of growth would be infill. As such, the utility providers take into consideration all future growth projections in their planning efforts, the