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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 124 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx long-term impacts of all such projects would be cumulatively significant and to determine whether the Housing Element Update itself would cause a “cumulatively considerable” incremental contribution to any such cumulatively significant impacts. To determine whether the overall long- term impacts of all such projects would be cumulatively significant, the analysis generally considers the following: • The area in which impacts would be experienced, • Other past, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable projects that have had or are expected to have impacts in the same area, • The impacts or expected impacts of these other projects, • The impacts of the proposed project that are expected in the area, and • The overall impact that can be expected if the individual impacts from each project are allowed to accumulate. “Cumulative impacts” refers to two or more individual impacts that, when considered together, are considerable, or that compound or increase other environmental impacts (State CEQA Guidelines § 15355). Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant impacts taking place over time (State CEQA Guidelines § 15355(b)). If the analysis determines that potential exists for the Housing Element Update, taken together with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects, to result in a significant or adverse cumulative impact, the analysis then determines whether the Housing Element Update’s incremental contribution to any significant cumulative impact is itself significant (i.e., “cumulatively considerable”). Both conditions must apply for the project’s cumulative effects to rise to the level of significance. The cumulative impact analysis for each individual resource topic is presented in each resource section immediately after the description of direct project impacts and identified mitigation measures. As discussed above, the City finds that, except as to cumulative VMT and cumulative water supply impacts, all cumulative impacts associated with the development consistent with the Housing Element Update are either less than significant or less than significant with the implementation of applicable mitigation and compliance with applicable regulations. Cumulative VMT and water supply impacts remain significant even with incorporation of all feasible mitigation. 1.10 - Findings Regarding Growth Inducement State CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.2(e) requires a discussion of the ways in which a proposed project could foster economic or population growth, or the construction of additional housing, either directly or indirectly, in the surrounding environment. Typical growth-inducing factors might be the extension of urban services or transportation infrastructure to a previously unserved or underserved area, or the removal of major barriers to development. The city currently has 28,602 housing units. The Housing Element Update does not propose or entitle any specific development that would directly increase growth. Additionally, the Housing Element Update cannot predict when any particular development would occur; however, the