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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 81 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx Findings: Less than significant impact. Facts in Support of Findings: The geographic scope of the cumulative impact analysis for wildfire is the City of Pleasanton as well as the surrounding cities of Livermore, Dublin, and San Ramon and the Town of Danville. the cities of Livermore, Dublin, and San Ramon are largely urbanized, generally outside the SRA and very high FHSZs and include roads and other fuel breaks, emergency water sources, emergency utilities and maintenance of other infrastructure that would reduce impacts from wildfires. However, portions of the cities of Livermore, Dublin, and San Ramon and the Town of Danville are in FRAs and in very high FHSZ SRA and LRAs. All cumulative projects, including the installation and/or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines, or other utilities), would be subject to fire protection development standards and be required to comply with County and City ordinances, General Plan policies, and plan review by the local fire departments to assist in protecting life and property in the event of a wildfire. Additionally, development projects, including the installation and maintenance of associated infrastructure, would be required to comply with all policies in the California Fire Code. Lastly, all cumulative projects, including the installation and maintenance of associated infrastructure, would be covered under existing emergency response plans. For these reasons, cumulative projects would not exacerbate wildfire risk or have any significant cumulative impacts. The Housing Element Update’s incremental contribution to the less than significant cumulative wildfire hazard impacts would not be cumulatively considerable. Development could result in an incremental increase in exposure of people and structures to wildland fires and associated hazards. However, the adoption of the Housing Element Update would not exacerbate any existing wildfire hazards because the degree of wildland fire hazard, including secondary hazards, would not substantially change with adoption of the General Plan Update, and current hazards would not significantly increase, as described above. Additionally, new development on the potential sites for housing would be required to comply with the fire protection measures identified in the General Plan and California Fire Code (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.16-23). 1.5.17 - Agriculture and Forestry Resources Potential Effect Impact AG-1: Development consistent with the Housing Element Update, rezonings, and General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments would not convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland) as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to nonagricultural use. (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.17-6). Findings: Less than significant impact. Facts in Support of Findings: Most of the land in the city and the potential sites for rezoning are designated as Urban and Built-up Land. Site 22 (Merritt) is the only potential site for rezoning with any mapped Important Farmland. Approximately 26.78 acres of the eastern portion of Site 22 (Merritt) is classified as Unique Farmland by the FMMP, (as shown in Exhibit 3.17-1, 10.94 acres of the site are classified as Grazing Land, and the remainder of the site, 8.85 acres, is classified as Urban