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groundwater quality will be coordinated with the hazards and hazardous materials <br />analysis. <br />Other data relevant to the Element also will be documented. This would include <br />data on energy and mineral resources. <br />4.7 Sustainability Initiatives Inventory <br />The 2002 General Plan incorporated sustainability principles, but did not include <br />detailed information on local sustainability initiatives (since such initiatives had not <br />yet been developed). The use of sustainability as an organizing planning principle <br />has evolved in the last decade and now warrants greater coverage in the General <br />Plan Update. We recommend that this be achieved by weaving sustainability <br />principles throughout the General Plan as a unifying theme or "thread." <br />To lay the groundwork for sustainability policies, Barry Miller will document <br />existing sustainability initiatives in San Leandro, including the Climate Action Plan. <br />Narrative text will be drafted on the City's waste reduction and recycling programs, <br />water and energy conservation programs, green building efforts, environmental <br />education programs, and urban forestry and community gardening initiatives. <br />Related land use and transportation initiatives (including bicycle and pedestrian <br />improvements and land use or zoning strategies to reduce auto dependency) will be <br />documented. <br />4.8 Environmental Hazards Data <br />Data necessary to support the Environmental Hazards Element of the General <br />Plan (Chapter 6) will be collected. The starting point for this overview will be the <br />existing 2002 General Plan and its accompanying EIR. Plans and EIRs prepared <br />since 2002 also will be consulted. This task also corresponds to the "Setting" <br />sections of the General Plan EIR chapters addressing geologic hazards and <br />hazardous materials. Flooding, landslides, and emergency preparedness will also be <br />addressed (separate tasks have been proposed for other environmental hazards <br />topics, including noise data/analysis and air quality data/analysis; see Tasks 4.9 and <br />4.10). <br />The Planning Center I DC&E will provide a description of existing geologic <br />conditions in the city, relying on information from recent geotechnical reports and <br />studies, including the 2002 Plan and more recent planning studies. Soil conditions <br />(including erosion hazards and shrink -swell potential) will be described. Potential <br />earthquake sources will be evaluated. Because of the City's proximity to the <br />