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EXItIBIT A <br /> <br />DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT <br />FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Committee has prepared the Draft Do~town <br />Specific Plan ("Project") for the City of Pleasanton, California. The Ciw is the lead <br />agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and h~ certified an <br />environmental impact report (EIR) for the project. <br /> <br />Section 15091 of the State CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations [CCR]) <br />and Section 21081 of the Public Resources Code require the lead agency to adopt <br />findings for each significant environmental impact disclosed in an EIR. Specifically. for <br />each significant impact, the lead agency must find that: <br /> <br />changes or alterations have been incorporated into the pro ect to avoid or <br />substantially lessen the significant environmental effects identified in the EIR; <br /> <br />such changes or alterations are within the responsibility and. urisdict on of <br />another public agency and should be adopted by that agency or <br /> <br />specific economic, social, legal, technological, or other considerations make the <br />mitigation measures or alternatives identified in the EIR infeasible. <br /> <br />In addition to making a finding for each significant impact, if the lead agency approves <br />project without mitigating all of the significant impacts, it must prepare a statement of -~ <br />overriding considerations, in which it balances the benefits of the prqject against the <br />unavoidable environmental risks. The statement of overriding considerations must <br />explain the social, economic, or other reasons for approving the project despite its <br />environmental impacts (14 CCR 15093, Pub. Res. Code 21081). <br /> <br />This document contains the findings and statement of overriding considerations for the <br />approval of the Downtown Specific Plan Project and reflects the City's independent <br />judgment. This document incorporates by reference the prqject EIR. The EIR and other <br />portions of the administrative record are available for review at: <br /> <br />Planning and Community Development Departmenl <br />200 Old Bemal Avenue <br /> Pleasanton, CA 94566-0802 <br /> Contact: Wayne Rasmussen. Principal Planner <br /> (925) 931-5606 <br /> <br />Downtown Specific Plan EIR Findings and Statement of Overriding Consideranons Page I of 9 <br /> <br /> <br />