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and the 1028 existing units facilitated by existing undeveloped residentially zoned land, these 2,088 new units will accommodate the 3277 housing units that represent Pleasanton's fair share of the Regional Housing Need as determined by the Association of Bay Area Governments. 2. The Project Would Improve the Local Jobs/Housing Balance as a Means of Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled Associated with GHG Emissions In 2010, the City of Pleasanton contained 25,962 housing units and approximately 55,770 jobs resulting in .47 housing units per job. Rezoning to facilitate approximately 2088 additional housing units would improve that number to .50 housing units per job. Vehicle miles traveled per day as a result of this additional housing supply proximate to Pleasanton jobs is estimated to be reduced by approximately 15,700 miles per day, resulting in a significant reduction of GHG emissions. 3. The Project Would Enable the City to Comply with the 2010 Settlement Agreement Concerning the Urban Habitat and General Plan/CEQA Litigations Adoption of the Housing Element and its associated General Plan amendments and rezonings to accommodate the City's fair share of Regional Housing Need are required by the terms of Section 6 of the 2010 Settlement Agreement between Urban Habit, the State of California, and the City of Pleasanton. Section 8 of the 2010 Settlement Agreement also requires the City to adopt a Climate Action Plan by February 17, 2012. Failure to timely comply with the terms of the agreement could result in the court mandating the suspension of the City's land use and permitting authority or the approval of various land use actions pursuant to Government Code section 65755, as occurred previously in the Urban Habitat Litigation where the court suspended the City's permitting authority over all non-residential building permits. E. Determination and Adoption of Statement of Overriding Considerations The City Council has weighed the economic, legal, social, technological, and other benefits of the proposed Project, as set forth above in Section II.D, against the significant unavoidable impacts of the Project identified in the SEIR (and discussed above in Section II.A). The City Council hereby determines that those benefits outweigh the risks and adverse environmental impacts of the Project, and further determines that the Project's significant unavoidable impacts are acceptable. Accordingly, the City Council adopts the Statement of Overriding Considerations, recognizing that significant unavoidable impacts will result from implementation of the Project. Having (i) adopted all feasible mitigation measures, as stated herein and discussed in the SEIR; (ii) rejected alternatives to the Project, as stated herein and discussed in the SEIR; and (iii) recognized the significant unavoidable impacts of the Project, the City Council hereby finds that each of the separate benefits of the proposed Project, as stated herein, is determined to be unto itself an overriding consideration, independent of other benefits, that warrants approval of the Project and outweighs and overrides its significant unavoidable impacts, and thereby justifies the approval of the Housing Element (and its associated General Plan amendments and rezonings) and Draft Climate Action Plan.