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RESOLUTION NO. 12-492 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS AND THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED LAND USE CHANGES AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton has prepared a Draft Housing Element (and associated land use changes identified in the City Council Agenda Report for the January 4, 2012 City Council meeting) and a Climate Action Plan ("Project") and is considering their adoption; and WHEREAS, the City, acting as lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), determined that a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report ("SEIR") was required for the Project (to supplement the City of Pleasanton's 2005-2025 General Plan EIR, which was certified in 2009). The NOP was distributed to all affected/interested agencies, organizations, and persons for a 30-day comment period beginning on August 22, 2011; and WHEREAS, the City retained ESA to prepare a SEIR pursuant to CEQA for the proposed Project; and WHEREAS, the City conducted an environmental scoping meeting on September 14, 2011 for members of the public to provide comments on items to be addressed in the EIR; and WHEREAS, the City completed the Draft SEIR on September 26, 2011, and circulated it to affected public agencies and interested members of the public for the required 45-day public comment period, from September 27, 2011 to November 14, 2011; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a noticed public hearings on October 26, 2011, during the 45-day public comment period to receive comments on the Draft SEIR; and WHEREAS, the City has also accepted and responded to comments received during the public comment period regarding the Draft SEIR from public agencies having jurisdiction by law, persons having special expertise with respect to any environmental impacts involved, and other persons and organizations having an interest in the Project; and WHEREAS, on December 2, 2011, the City published the Final SEIR for the Project consisting of: the Draft SEIR, responses to comments received on the Draft EIR, and the revisions to the EIR considered by the Planning Commission on October 14, 2011; and WHEREAS, at its noticed public hearing of December 14, 2011, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council certify the Final EIR as adequate and complete; and WHEREAS, Section 21000, et. seq., of the Public Resources Code and Section 15000, et. seq., of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (the "CEQA Guidelines"), which govern the preparation, content, and processing of environmental impact reports, have been fully implemented in the preparation of the SEIR; and 1