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certification to the City Council. Council would ultimately decide whether to adopt the plan and certify the EIR, and/or could also decide whether to place a measure on the ballot that would approve/reject the plan and UGB adjustment. Option 1 Pros: 1. Completes Program 6.1 of the General Plan Land Use Element. 2. Provides for the extension of the El Charro Road at no expense to the City. 3. Creates a variety of housing choices in a high amenity neighborhood. 4. Provides for new park, trail, and open space amenities available to all residents. 5. Provides more industrial and campus office land. 6. Contributes to the City's recycled water program. 7. Capitalizes on the efforts of the EPSP Task Force. 8. Improves City's jobs-housing balance. Option 1 Cons: 1. Increases traffic. 2. Adds to demand for water. 3. Generates more school children. 4. Could result in construction of residential units in advance of new RHNA requirements. 5. Base Plan does not provide for any high density zoning that could be reserved to meet RHNA requirements. 6. Attendees of Neighborhood Meetings are opposed to implementing the plan. Option 2a: Pause the EPSP Planning Process but Consider Certification of the EIR. Under Option 2, the planning process would be suspended, but the EIR process would be completed, including a hearing to receive comments on the Draft EIR, preparation of a Response to Comments Document and Final ER, a Planning Commission recommendation, and City Council vote to certify the EIR. Because an EIR is a document that only discloses the environmental impacts of a project, its certification would not compel approval of the EPSP. In addition, certification would not in and of itself allow for the approval of future development in the Plan Area. However, a certified ER could be useful if Council decides in the near future to re- initiate the EPSP planning process, and an EPSP resembling the current Draft Plan or one of the alternatives in the EIR is ultimately adopted. However, the usefulness of a certified EIR diminishes with the passage of time as environmental conditions change. If sufficient time elapses before adoption of an alternate plan, and/or if the new plan is substantially different from the current Draft Plan or EIR alternative, supplemental environmental documentation would be required. If Option 2a is selected, the Council should identify if the EPSP planning process will be paused temporarily (until certain conditions occur, such as the end of the drought, or the release of new RHNA numbers) so that it is clear under what circumstance the planning process could restart. Page 6 of 8