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Several key issues have been evaluated and/or are still being evaluated as the City continues to explore the JDEDZ. Staff has generated a list of key policy questions, topics and issues. Each of those points is discussed in detail below, and additional background and reference materials are provided as attachments. RESPONSE TO COMMENTS/FINAL SEIR The Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) for the JDEDZ was completed and circulated for public comment on September 14, 2015. To allow adequate time for public review, staff extended the public comment period well beyond the required 45 days required by State law. The comment period closed on November 23, 2015. Because the proposed JDEDZ is a change in land use policies and regulations, and does not entail a specific development plan, the DSEIR analyzed the physical effects of a reasonable development scenario based on the potential underlying land use changes. In this case, that reasonable development scenario includes a 148,000-square-foot club retail facility, general retail, office, and hotel uses. The Response to Comment Document/Final SEIR (RTC/FSEIR) was published on March 21, 2016 (Attachment 1, RTC/FSEIR Executive Summary; the complete RTC/FSEIR is also available via link: http://www.cityofpleasantonca.qov/JDEDZRTCFSEIRMar2016 ). The complete RTC/FSEIR document includes: • An overview of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process; • A list of comment letters received and a summary of public hearings; • Written responses to 94 comment letters received during the DSEIR comment period; • Responses to comments received during the public hearing (Planning Commission) and two neighborhood/community meetings on the DSEIR; • Revisions to the DSEIR initiated by staff and in response to public comments received on the DSEIR; and • A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), as well as the Economic Impact Analysis, which considers potential economic impacts on local businesses. In summary, eight Master Responses were created to address questions that were asked repeatedly throughout the process. The Master Response topics include: (1) Public Notification Process, Community Workshops & Hearing Dates (2) Economic & Urban Decay' Impacts (Local Business Impacts) (3) Traffic Impact Analysis I Urban decay, a topic of analysis under CEQA, is defined as the prolonged physical deterioration of buildings and their surroundings, resulting from sustained economic impacts. Page 2 of 10