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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> <br /> ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 1236 <br /> <br /> APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF THE WALTER JOHNSON <br /> FOUNDATION FOR PUD (PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT) ZONING AND <br /> DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR A 210 UNIT COMPLEX <br /> CONTAINING 95 CUSTOM HOME SITES AND 115 TOWNHOUSES ON AN <br /> APPROXIMATELY 316 ACRE SITE LOCATED ON THE EAST AND WEST <br /> SIDES OF FOOTHILL ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE CASTLEWOOD <br /> COUNTRY CLUB <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Walter Johnson Foundation applied for development <br /> plan approval and rezoning for construction of a 272 <br /> unit complex containing 83 custom home sites and 189 <br /> townhouses on an approximately 316 acre site located on <br /> the east and west sides of Foothill Road just north of <br /> the Castlewood Country club; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in reviewing this application in accordance with the <br /> provisions of CEQA, an EIR has been prepared, public <br /> hearings have been held before the Planning Commission <br /> and City Council relative to the Environmental Impact <br /> Report's adequacy and content, and this Council has <br /> certified that it has reviewed and considered the <br /> information contained in the EIR and has found the EIR <br /> complete and adequate (Resolution No. 85-585); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the EIR indicates significant environmental effects <br /> would result from the project, as summarized in the <br /> attached Exhibit "A", Environmental Impact Findings, and <br /> as more completely discussed in the EIR itself; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, CEQA and State and local EIR guidelines adopted pursuant <br /> thereto require this City Council to make specific <br /> findings where an EIR identifies one or more significant <br /> effects which may result from appoval of the project; <br /> and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, this City Council finds that potentially significant <br /> environmental effects either (1) have been mitigated by <br /> project conditions of approval or modifications made to <br /> the project during the review process, (2) require <br /> mitigation by another public agency having jurisdiction, <br /> or (3) cannot be mitigated except by mitigation measures <br /> or alternatives found to be infeasible given economic, <br /> social, environmental, and other considerations; and <br /> this Council further finds that the benefits of the <br /> project override any remaining, unmitigable <br /> environmental effects. The facts and findings <br /> supporting these findings are summarized in the <br /> Environmental Impact Findings, attached hereto as <br /> Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference; and <br /> <br /> <br />