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Environmental Checklist Tribal Cultural Resources d. If located in or near State responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslopes or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post fire slope instability, or drainage changes? According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFIRE), the majority of the Pleasanton is not located in designated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones; however, the City contains and is adjacent to areas classified as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones at the wildland fringes located at the southern and western borders of the City.99 According to the LHMP and the Pleasanton General Plan Public Safety Element, wildfire poses a high risk to portions of Pleasanton at the urban-wildland fringe. The central, urbanized portions of the City are not subject to wildfire risk.100.101 Though there are areas within and surrounding Pleasanton that are at risk of wildfires, the CAP 2.0 is a policy -level document that does not propose new residential, commercial, or institutional development that could be at risk from wildfire, nor does it grant entitlements for development that would have the potential to directly cause wildfire. In addition, the CAP 2.0 includes Action S9 that aims to reduce the risk of wildfire in the community through awareness and educational campaigns, improving early wildfire detection, and implementing controlled burns to reduce combustible biomass. Thus, the CAP 2.0 would result in no impact related to wildfire. Cumulative Impacts The cumulative projects scenario is overall General Plan buildout for Pleasanton in 2025 plus Pleasanton population projections through 2045. The CAP 2.0 does not include new habitable development that could be at risk from wildfire, nor does it grant entitlements for development that would have the potential to cause wildfire. Rather, the CAP 2.0 includes Action S9 to reduce the risk of wildfire in the City. Therefore, the CAP 2.0 would result in no cumulative impact related to wildfire. 99 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFIRE). 2021. Fire Hazard Severity Zone Viewer. Available: <https://egis.fire.ca.gov/FHSZ/>. Accessed October 18, 2021. 100 Pleasanton, Livermore, and Dublin, Cities of. 2018. Tri -Valley Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Available: <http://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdioad.aspx?BIobID=35090>. Accessed October 13, 2021. 101 Pleasanton, City of. 2008. General Plan Public Safety Element. Available: <https://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BIobID=23899>. Accessed October 13, 2021. Final Initial Study - Negative Declaration 89