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• The testimony and evidence presented at the public scoping meeting and at all public hearings at the Planning Commission and City Council on the environmental document or on the Project. The location of the documents and other materials, which constitute the record of proceedings, is the City of Pleasanton, Community Development Department, 200 Old Bemal Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566. The custodian of the documents constituting the record of proceedings is the Planning Manager. The City Council has relied on all of the documents listed above in reaching its decision on the Project, even if not every document was formally presented to the City Council or City staff as part of the City files generated in connection with the Project. Without exception, any documents set forth above not found in the Project files fall into one of two categories. Many of them reflect prior planning or legislative decisions with which the City Council was aware in approving the Project. (See City of Santa Cruz v. Local Agency Formation Commission (1978) 76 Cal.App.3d 381, 391-392; Dominey v. Department of Personnel Administration (1988) 205 Cal.App.3d729, 738, fn. 6.) Other documents influenced the expert advice provided to City staff or consultants, who then provided advice to the City Council. For that reason, such documents form part of the underlying factual basis for the City Council's decisions relating to the adoption of the Project. (See Pub. Resources Code, § 21167.6, subd. (e)(10); Browning-Ferris Industries v. Planning Commission of City of San Jose (1986) 181 Cal.App.3d 852, 866; Stanislaus Audubon Society, Inc. v. County of Stanislaus (1995) 33 Cal.App.4th 144, 153, 155.) E. Environmental Review of the Project Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. ("CEQA") and the CEQA Guidelines, Code of California Regulations, Title XIV, Section 15000 et seq., the City determined that a Supplement to the General Plan BR (which was certified in July 2009) should be prepared to analyze the potential environmental impact of the Project. As required under CEQA, a Notice of Preparation ("NOP") describing the proposed project and issues to be addressed in the Supplemental EIR ("SEIR") was distributed to responsible agencies, to state agencies through the State Clearinghouse, and other interested parties and posted between May 2, 2011 and May 31, 2011. The Planning Commission held a scoping meeting for the SEIR on May 11, 2011. Subsequently, the scope of the SEIR was expanded to also include analysis of the Climate Action Plan. A revised NOP was prepared for the Project as it is currently proposed (Housing Element and related General Plan Amendment and rezonings, and Climate Action Plan) on August 23, 2011, with a 30-day review period running from August 23 to September 22, 2011. A second scoping meeting was held by the Planning Commission on September 14, 2011. The Draft Supplemental EIR ("DSEIR") was prepared and circulated for a 45-day public review period beginning September 27, 2011 and ending November 14, 2011. The Planning Commission held a public hearing to receive public input on the DSEIR on October 26, 2011. Following the close of the public review period, responses to all comments received on the DSEIR during the public review period were prepared, which in some cases required revisions to the DSEIR intended to correct, clarify, and amplify the DSEIR. The response to comments, changes to the DSEIR and additional information have been incorporated into the Final Supplemental EIR ("FSEIR").