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Environmental Checklist Environmental Consistency Checklist Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 17 Environmental Checklist Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, projects consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified may not require additional review unless there may be project-specific effects that are peculiar to the project or site that were not adequately addressed in the EIR for the general plan. In approving a project meeting the requirements of Section 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines, a public agency must limit its examination of environmental effects to those the agency determines in an Initial Study or other analysis: Are peculiar to the project or the parcel on which the project would be located Were not analyzed as significant effects in a prior EIR on the zoning action, general plan, or community plan, with which the project is consistent Are potentially significant off-site impacts and cumulative impacts which were not discussed in the prior EIR prepared for the general plan, community plan or zoning action Are previously identified significant effects which, as a result of substantial new information which was not known at the time the EIR was certified, are determined to have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the prior EIR The purpose of this checklist is to assess consistency between the proposed project and the City of San Leandro General Plan, and to compare the proposed project with the effects above to determine if additional environmental review is required under CEQA, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. Relationship of the Proposed Project to Previous EIR Analysis The City of San Leandro adopted the 2035 General Plan on September 19, 2016, as an update to its 2015 General Plan. At that time, the associated EIR was certified and its Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program was adopted by the San Leandro City Council. City of San Leandro 2035 General Plan The project would be located entirely in the City of San Leandro. The General Plan is the fundamental document governing land use development in the city and includes goals and policies relating to economic vitality, land use, growth management, transportation, parks, open space, conservation, safety, noise, public facilities, and utilities. The project would be required to abide by all applicable goals and policies in the adopted General Plan. The General Plan land use designation for the project area is Low-Medium Density Residential. The Low-Medium Density Residential designation is intended for attached and detached single family residences on small lots. The project would result in a gross density of 7.5 dwelling units per acre, which is within the allowed gross density range of 7 dwelling units per acre to 11 dwelling units per acre. Consistent with General Plan Policies LU-1.1, 1.13, and 2.8, the project would support the on-going upgrading of the city’s housing inventory and encourage infill development that creates a more cohesive character that is compatible with the existing surrounding residences by constructing 18 single family residences and