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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 126 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx induced. Those impacts that cannot be reduced to a less than significant level are described in the Draft Program EIR, Section 5.1, Significant Unavoidable Impacts. 1.11 - Findings Regarding Significant Irreversible Environmental Changes According to Sections 15126(c) and 15126.2(d) of the State CEQA Guidelines, the Lead Agency must address any significant irreversible environmental changes that would occur should a project be implemented. Generally, a project would result in significant irreversible environmental changes if any of the following would occur: • The project would involve a large commitment of nonrenewable resources; • The primary and secondary impacts of the project would generally commit future generations to similar uses; • The project involves uses in which irreversible damage could result from any potential environmental accidents; or • The proposed consumption of resources are not justified. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update could result in approximately 7,787 net new housing units. Because the City is largely fully built out, new development would primarily occur on parcels that already contain some existing homes or businesses and/or on vacant infill sites (Draft Program EIR, Chapter 2, Project Description, Table 2-1 and Exhibit 2-3). Construction of the development consistent with the Housing Element Update would include the consumption of resources that are not replenishable or which may renew so slowly to be considered nonrenewable. These resources would include the following: certain types of lumber and other forest products; aggregate materials used in concrete and asphalt such as sand, gravel, and stone; metals such as steel, copper, and lead; petrochemical construction materials such as plastics; and water. Fossil fuels such as gasoline and oil would also be consumed in the use of construction vehicles and equipment. Consumption of energy and building materials as described is common to most other development in the region, and commitments of resources are not unique or unusual to the development consistent with the Housing Element Update. Development would not be expected to involve an unusual commitment of nonrenewable resources, nor be expected to consume any resources in a wasteful manner. Energy demands associated with construction of the future development projects are discussed in greater detail in Section 3.5, Energy, which concluded that construction-related impacts related to electricity and fuel consumption would be less than significant. At operation, the Housing Element Update would include the consumption of energy as part of building operations and transportation activities (vehicle trips associated with implementation of the Housing Element Update). Fossil fuels would represent the primary energy source during operation of the future development projects, and the existing, finite supplies of these nonrenewable resources would be incrementally reduced as technology becomes more energy efficient. As discussed in Section 3.5, Energy, all new development in the city would be required to meet State energy efficiency regulations that include Title 24 Part 6 building energy efficiency standards that