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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 94 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx presence of sunlight to form ozone. Therefore, the BAAQMD ozone threshold is based on the emissions of the ozone precursors VOC and NOX. 2017 Clean Air Plan Consistency: BAAQMD evaluates criteria pollutants resulting from long-range plans, such as the Housing Element Update, by evaluating consistency with the AQP as well as a comparison of project VMT to projected population increase. As noted in Impact AIR-1 above, the development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be consistent with the 2017 Clean Air Plan since it would facilitate population growth which outpaces forecasted VMT growth. Moreover, development consistent with the Housing Element Update would support the primary goals of the AQP, include applicable control measures from the AQP, and neither disrupt nor hinder implementation of any AQP control measures. As illustrated in Impact AIR-1, the General Plan contains policies and programs which would apply to the development consistent with the Housing Element Update that incorporate and implement the control measures included in the 2017 Clean Air Plan. Moreover, as discussed in Impact AIR-1, the Housing Element Update would support the overall goals of the 2017 Clean Air Plan with inclusion of the measures provided in MM AIR-1a and MM AIR-1b. MM AIR-1a would be required to ensure that individual development projects facilitated by the Housing Element Update would result in less than significant construction fugitive dust impacts. MM AIR-1a contains BAAQMD’s Basic Construction Mitigation Measures Recommended for All Proposed Projects contained in the BAAQMD’s 2017 CEQA Air Quality Guidelines, which are recommended by the BAAQMD to ensure construction fugitive dust emissions are less than significant. The Housing Element Update would not result in a potentially significant community risk and hazard impact because the General Plan identifies special overlay zones around existing and planned sources of TACs, including overlay zones and high-volume roadways, and the General Plan identifies goals, policies, and objectives to minimize potentially adverse impacts for projects within those special overlay zones. MM AIR-1b requires the preparation of a site-specific HRA and to mitigate potential health risk to new sensitive receptors at future development sites to less than significant levels. Therefore, the Housing Element Update would be consistent with the 2017 Clean Air Plan and would therefore not result in a cumulatively considerable net increase in criteria air pollutants and ozone precursors. Criteria Air Pollutant and Ozone Precursor Emissions: Development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be consistent with the 2017 Clean Air Plan since it would facilitate population growth which outpaces forecasted VMT growth. The Housing Element Update would support the primary goals of the AQP, include applicable control measures from the AQP, and neither disrupt nor hinder implementation of any AQP control measures. The Housing Element Update aims to facilitate balanced growth between housing and employment in the city, which would limit operational emissions through reducing residents’ dependency on vehicular transportation. All new development and redevelopment in the city would be required to meet the BAAQMD rules and regulations, including Regulation 6, Rule 3 that restrict the installation of wood-burning fireplaces into a new building and Regulation 8, Rule 3 that limits the allowed VOC levels in the