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Appendix A: Consistency Review with Adopted Plans A summary of consistency is presented below. General Plan Consistency The proposed Tentative Maps for Neighborhoods K and L("project) have been reviewed for consistency with the General Plan. The consistency review conducted by staff found that they met General Plan requirements for orderly and compact development(i.e., compatible siting of land uses within, and adjacent to, the proposed development of Neighborhood K and L; inclusion of residential support services; coordination of land uses with transportation; and proximity of residential areas to the employment centers of Mountain House along Mountain House Parkway), protections for public health and safety(i.e., improvements planned to protect residents from 100- year flood events; provisions for police and fire service; and provision of soundwalls along Mountain House Parkway north of Byron Road to protect residents from undesirable noise environments), and protections for the fiscal health of the County. Staff has also found that the proposed subdivisions are consistent with General Plan policies since: 1) the infrastructure planned meets the requirements and standards of the County and the MHCSD; 2)all on-site and off-site improvements, and easements and dedications, will be constructed; 3)the requisite will-serve letters from the MHCSD have been obtained;4) equitable financing mechanisms for urban services have been established; 5)significant environmental impacts, identified in the Mountain House Master Environmental Impact Report(WEIR")and in the Initial Study for Neighborhoods K and L at Mountain House("Initial Study"), have either been addressed as mitigations in the MEIR and Initial Study, as mitigations(in whole or part) in the Master Plan, TDM Plan, and the Mountain House Development Title, or as conditions of approval in the project, 6) adequate school facilities will be made available as needed; 7)waste management services meeting the requirements of the MHCSD will be provided; 8) recreational, transportation, and other improvements will be coordinated and provided in accordance with County and MHCSD timing requirements; 9)energy resources will be conserved and air pollution minimized by means of participation in adopted plans (e.g., TDM Plan)and the inclusion of public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities in project design; 10)transportation improvements, adequate to serve the proposed project, will be constructed; and 11) programs and actions to ensure protection and preservation of riparian and other habitats and special status species (e.g., participation in the San Joaquin County Multi- Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan [SJMSCP]), and the preservation of commercial agriculture(e.g., adherence to the requirements of the Agricultural Buffer and Conversion Phasing Plan), either have been or will be implemented. Master Plan/Specific Plan II Consistency Staff has determined that the proposed project, as conditioned, is consistent with the Master Plan and Specific Plan Il. With respect to residential development, the project would develop within the requisite density range, between the Minimum and Maximum density range for each residential land use designation. The majority of homes would generally be proximate(i.e., within Y2 mile) of the Neighborhood Center(consisting of the Neighborhood Commercial area, the Neighborhood Park, and the K-8 school) in each neighborhood. Residential areas within each neighborhood would be served by collector streets and local streets, with Neighborhoods K and L separated from one another by arterial streets, thereby discouraging vehicular through traffic. Sidewalks, Class III bike routes along collector streets, Class I multi-use paths along arterial streets and the Mountain House Creek Community Park, and transit facilities would provide connections within residential areas and between adjacent residential areas and public facilities. Future residents would be protected from excessive outdoor and indoor noise levels (defined as exceeding an Ldn of 60 dB for outdoor areas and an Lan of 45 dB within homes) by soundwalls along Mountain House Parkway, the use of residential structures to shield backyard areas, the adherence to construction requirements for homes (e.g., mechanical ventilation to allow windows 1