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City of Pleasanton Proposal to Prepare a CEQA Guidelines Section 15182 Consistency Analysis for the 4212 and 4226 First Street Residential Project 2 CEQA Approach Pursuant to Government Code Section 65457 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15182, certain residential projects that are consistent with a specific plan are exempt from CEQA. As discussed in Section 15182.c, if a residential project is consistent with a specific plan and none of the events described in Section 15162 would occur, no further CEQA review is required. Section 15162 includes the following circumstances that would make a project ineligible for this exemption: a) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; b) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or c) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the Negative Declaration was adopted, shows any of the following: i. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration; ii. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR; iii. Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or iv. Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. As the project would be consistent with the DSP, the City would only need to find that none of these circumstances would occur to confirm the project’s eligibility for a Section 15182 exemption. Based on our preliminary understanding of the proposed project, this scope of work assumes that the project would not result in new or substantially increased significant impacts and that, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15168, a determination of general consistency with the DSP and confirmation that none of the 15162 circumstances would occur would be the appropriate level of CEQA review for the project. Scope of Work Our scope of work and cost estimate anticipate preparation of a CEQA Guidelines Section 15182 consistency analysis. In the event that our analysis indicates that the project is not consistent with the DSP or that one of the circumstances listed in Section 15162 would occur, Rincon will notify the City immediately to discuss the appropriate course of action, which could include additional costs for preparation of a mitigated negative declaration or focused EIR. DocuSign Envelope ID: FF612D3A-D9AB-47B7-BC6D-B4068941C343DocuSign Envelope ID: 365E70E7-A0EC-491F-9D81-6B86F626F7CE