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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 95 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx architectural coatings applied onto buildings in the city. The 2019 California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6, standards also now require that all homes built in California to have zero-net-energy use, which is achieved through energy efficiency measures as well required rooftop solar photovoltaic systems. Moreover, the development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be required to implement MM AIR-1a to future development projects include dust control and other measures to reduce construction-related emissions. Mandatory compliance with Objective Design Standards and policies in the Pleasanton Municipal Code and General Plan would ensure operation-related air quality impacts associated with development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be less than significant on an individual project basis, and the City would review those future projects for conformance with Objective Design Standards. Sensitive Receptor Exposure to Substantial Pollutant Concentrations: Localized risks are primarily associated with exposure to TAC emissions from stationary sources, which are subject to BAAQMD permit requirements. Another common and often more significant source type is on-road motor vehicles on high-volume roads, such as I-580 and I-680, and off-road sources such as construction equipment and diesel-powered locomotives. The Housing Element Update could result in new residences near existing sources of TACs. A long-range plan would not result in a potentially significant community risk and hazard impact if the land use diagram identifies special overlay zones around existing and planned sources of TACs, and the plan identifies goals, policies, and objectives to minimize potentially adverse impacts. Because the General Plan Land Use Program 3.3 requires site-specific studies of air quality health risk for development that would place sensitive receptors closer than 500 feet from the edge of a freeway or close to a significant point source of air pollution, the General Plan already establishes this special overlay zone. The policies included as part of the Housing Element Update would not result in the preclusion, removal, or conflict with existing General Plan policies establishing this zone for further analysis, therefore the Housing Element Update would be considered consistent with this plan-level consideration recommended by the BAAQMD. Moreover, as discussed in Impact AIR-3, the General Plan contains policies and programs that aim to reduce the potential growth of vehicle use by encouraging the use of alternative modes of transportation, monitoring, and improving existing sources of TACs throughout the city, and reducing overall health impacts related to air quality in general. Odor Impacts: Several of the land uses listed by the BAAQMD as potential odor sources are within the city. Because the city is mostly urbanized and built-out, it currently has, and the Housing Element Update would facilitate future development of odor receptors within the identified screening distances of existing odor sources. General Plan Odor Program 8.1 states that continued efforts shall be made to have the asphalt plant relocated away from Vineyard Avenue residents. Program 8.2 states that the City shall continue working with the DSRSD to ensure that odors from the sewage treatment plant are minimized and other air emissions meet all regulatory requirements. In addition, BAAQMD Regulation 7 limits emissions of odorous substances within the SFBAAB and would apply to any future odor source within the city. Therefore, compliance with the applicable federal, State, and local regulations, including the General Plan, Municipal Code, and applicable BAAQMD rules and regulations would minimize odor emissions from adversely affecting a substantial number of people within the city (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.2-59–63).