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___ by the General Plan EIR and the TOD Strategy EIR. The EIRs for these plans analyzed impacts on wastewater treatment requirements and determined that the potential for adverse impacts could be mitigated through General Plan policies. No new or increased impacts above what is already anticipated in these environmental documents would occur as a result of Housing Element adoption. Future development on any of the housing sites listed in the Element would be subject to future environmental review procedures and could potentially be required to provide additional mitigation. b) The Housing Element would not require the construction of new water or wastewater facilities or the expansion of existing facilities. As a policy document, its adoption would not directly result in any construction or physical development project. Impacts to water and wastewater treatment facilities were previously analyzed in the EIRs for the General Plan and TOD Strategy, as well as subsequent environmental documents prepared for specific projects. The General Plan and TOD EIRs determined that water and wastewater impacts could be mitigated to less than significant levels by implementing policies and actions in the General Plan. General Plan Policy 52.03 calls for coordination with EBMUD to ensure that infrastructure remains adequate to serve new development. General Plan Policy 52.05 directs the City to maintain capacity at the San Leandro wastewater treatment plant to accommodate projected levels of growth and to work with the Oro Loma Sanitary District to do the same. The General Plan EIR also includes a mitigation measure to continue the City's sewer replacement program. Policies are also included requiring future development to pay its fair share to improve water and sewer facilities. Continued application of these policies, coupled with ongoing environmental review of individual development projects, would eliminate the potential for impacts related to the Housing Element. c) The Housing Element by itself would not require the construction or expansion of stormwater drainage facilities. The General Plan and TOD Strategy EIRs both analyzed the storm drainage impacts associated with build out of a given set of land use designations on a given set of properties. These designations will not change with adoption of the Housing Element. The General Plan EIR determined that storm drainage impacts would be mitigated to less than significant levels by adopting General Plan policies and actions. These include Policy 52.06, which requires drainage improve- ments for new development to ensure that runoff is adequately handled. The General Plan also prescribes measures to reduce runoff through porous pavement, impervious surface standards, and other forms of low impact development. Continued implementation of these measures would avoid the potential for Housing Element-related impacts. d) Adoption of the Housing Element would not have an impact on water supplies. Water supply needs were previously addressed in the General Plan EIR and the TOD Strategy EIR. The Housing Element does not propose any increases to the development quantity analyzed in those documents. The projections used in the San Leandro General Plan are consistent with the assumptions used by East Bay Municipal Utility District in its Urban Water Management Plan, and are not impacted by the Housing Element. Since 2002, policies have been included in the General Plan to reduce water supply impacts to less than significant levels. These include Policy 27.02, which encourages water conservation and reclaimed water use; Policy 27.03, which encourages drought-tolerant landscaping; and Policy 27.04, which calls for planning and building standards that encourage the efficient use of water. Future development projects would be subject to environmental review, which would include an assessment of water supply needs and accompanying measures to meet those needs and implement conservation measures. e) Adoption of the Housing Element would not require a determination by the wastewater treatment provider regarding capacity since the Element is a policy document and does not propose any specific physical development. Operators of the San Leandro Water Pollution Control Plant and the Oro Loma Sanitary District Wastewater Treatment Plant were consulted during the General Plan Update to ensure that their facilities had sufficient capacity to handle the margin of development anticipated by the General Plan. Appropriate mitigation measures and policies were developed and incorporated into the General Plan. Those measures are applied on an ongoing basis. The Housing Element does not propose changes that would exceed the capacity of either plant. Future development would be subject to environmental review, including a determination that the respective wastewater plants have sufficient capacity to handle sanitary sewer flows. f) Adoption of the Housing Element will have no impact on solid waste disposal needs. Development impacts on waste disposal were previously assessed in the General Plan EIR and the TOD Strategy EIR. The quantity of development accommodated by the Housing Element is within the cumulative total evaluated in these two EIRs. Each of the EIRs identified measures to address the potential for solid waste impacts. These measures include General Plan Policy 27.01, which promotes recycling and composting, and Action 27.01-A which identifies programs to divert 75 percent of the City's wastestream from landfills. In addition, the Housing Element itself encourage waste reduction by promoting green building and the use of recycled materials. Housing Element Initial Study and Negative Declaration 23 February 2010