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Environmental Checklist Geology and Soils Environmental Consistency Checklist Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 53 d.Would the project be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 1-B of the Uniform Building Code (1994), creating substantial risks to life or property? The project site is underlain by soil with a low to moderate expansion potential (Appendix GEO). Compliance with SLMC Section 7.5.175 would reduce impacts associated with the heave and shrink characteristics associated with the low to moderately expansive soil on the project site. Compliance with General Plan policies, applicable building codes, and recommendations listed in the Geotechnical report (Appendix GEO) would ensure that project activities would not create substantial direct or indirect risks to life or property as a result of construction on expansive soils. Therefore, impacts related to expansive soil would be less than significant. e.Would the project have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater? As discussed under Section 19, Utilities and Service Systems, the project would be served by a sanitary sewer system maintained by the Oro Loma Sanitary District (included as Appendix OLSD). The project would have access to these systems, and septic systems would not be constructed on the project site. The project would therefore have no impact in this regard. f.Would the project directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature? The paleontological records search conducted of the UCMP database did not identify any vertebrate fossil localities within the project site. Furthermore, the project site is situated on Holocene and Pleistocene surficial deposits. No significant paleontological resources have been found in the San Leandro Quadrangle (Appendix GEO). In addition, the General Plan EIR stated that a search of the UCMP database concluded that there were no known or recorded fossil localities within San Leandro (City of San Leandro 2016b). The potential for encountering fossil resources during project- related ground disturbance would be low and impacts to paleontological resources would not be anticipated. Although unlikely, if paleontological resources are encountered, implementation of General Plan Policy CD-1.12 and Action CD-1.12.A recognizing the potential for paleontological resources and requiring Standard Conditions of Approval for new development to require consultation with a professional archaeologist if subsurface paleontological resource remains are discovered would reduce impacts to a less than significant level. Therefore, the project would not have an impact beyond those previously identified in the General Plan EIR. Conclusion The basic geologic setting of the project site has not changed since adoption of the General Plan EIR. The project would not have site-specific impacts beyond those anticipated by the General Plan EIR, would not result in new specific effects that were not addressed in the General Plan EIR, and would not require new mitigation measures. Accordingly, no additional review is required.