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RESOLUTION NO. 10- RESOLUTION RESCINDING THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS, STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN RELATED TO THE STAPLES RANCH DEVELOPMENT AS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009 AND ADOPTING REVISED CEQA FINDINGS, STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN FOR THE STAPLES RANCH DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the Alameda County Surplus Property Authority applied for an amendment to the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan to address future development patterns and land uses on the 124 acre Staples Ranch property and annexing 165 acres into the City of Pleasanton "Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment/Staples Ranch" or "the Project and WHEREAS, in connection with that application, the City Council on February 24, 2009 (a) certified the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment/Staples Ranch Environmental Impact Report for the Project, (b) approved resolutions adopting CEQA Findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan and (c) approved a resolution adopting the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment/Staples Ranch that calls for a variety of public facilities, open space, anice center, auto retail, a continuing care facility, commercial /retail uses and the full extension of Stoneridge Drive to El Charro Road with two lanes of traffic in each direction over the Arroyo bridges; and WHEREAS, a lawsuit challenging the City of Pleasanton's approval of the Project was filed on March 27, 2009; and WHEREAS, on June 2, 2009, the City Council decided to assess whether it should further amend the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment/Staples Ranch to adopt a short-term configuration of Stoneridge Drive which would reduce the total number of lanes by one in each direction over the Arroyo bridges; and WHEREAS, the City prepared and released in October 2009 a Draft Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment/Staples Ranch EIR Supplement (Draft SEIR) to address concerns raised in the lawsuit and the potential short-term configuration of Stoneridge Drive over the Arroyo bridges, which Draft SEIR was received at the State Clearinghouse on October 29, 2009, and the City provided the proper legal notice of completion and the availability of the Draft SEIR; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a noticed public hearing on December 9, 2009 to accept oral comments on the Draft SEIR during the public review period; and 1 ATTACHMENT 1- 3