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City of Pleasanton—Stoneridge Mall Residential Project CEQA Checklist Section 15183 Checklist/15164 Addendum 60 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480017/Consistency Checklist/21480017 Stoneridge Mall Residential Project Checklist Addendum_Updated.docx would be judged to conflict with or obstruct implementation of the 2017 Clean Air Plan if it would result in substantial new regional emissions not foreseen in the air quality planning process. The BAAQMD does not provide a numerical threshold of significance for project-level consistency analysis with AQPs. Therefore, the following criteria will be used for determining a project’s consistency with the applicable AQP, the 2017 Clean Air Plan: • Criterion 1: Does the project support the primary goals of the AQP? • Criterion 2: Does the project include applicable control measures from the AQP? • Criterion 3: Does the project disrupt or hinder the implementation of any AQP control measures? Criterion 1 The primary goals of the 2017 Clean Air Plan, the current BAAQMD AQP to date, are to: • Attain air quality standards. • Reduce population exposure to unhealthy air and protect public health in the Bay Area. • Reduce GHG emissions and protect the climate. A measure for determining whether the proposed project supports the primary goals of the AQP is if the proposed project would not result in an increase in the frequency or severity of existing air quality violations, cause or contribute to new violations, or delay timely attainment of air quality standards or the interim emission reductions specified in the AQPs. This measure is determined by evaluating whether the proposed project was reasonably accounted for in the AQP. The BAAQMD estimates the regional emissions inventory for the Air Basin, in part, from the regional population, housing, and employment projections developed by the ABAG and MTC. These demographic trends are incorporated into Plan Bay Area, compiled by ABAG and the MTC, and were similarly included in earlier adopted versions of Plan Bay Area, to determine priority transportation projects and estimate VMT in the Bay Area and are based on cities’ and counties’ general plan land use designations. Therefore, these regional demographic projections derived from local jurisdictions’ land use patterns form the foundation of the emissions inventory for the 2017 Clean Air Plan. As such, projects consistent with the local general plan are considered consistent with the applicable AQP, the 2017 Clean Air Plan. Large projects that exceed regional employment, population, and housing planning projections have the potential to be inconsistent with the regional inventory compiled as part of the 2017 Clean Air Plan. The Prior EIR was adopted in January 2012, which was prior to the BAAQMD’s adoption of the latest 2017 AQP. As shown in Section 2.2.1, Density Bonus, the project site was identified as part of a larger housing opportunity site and given the land use designation and rezoned for “PUD – Mixed Use,” with a residential density of 40 units/acre. Because at least 24 percent of the units would be low- income units, the proposed project includes a 50 percent density bonus over the six-acre site, resulting in 360 units (60 units/acre). The BAAQMD’s latest 2017 AQP utilizes growth projections from Plan Bay Area, which relies on growth projections and land use patterns from local general