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B. Introduction The SEIR addresses the environmental impacts associated with the adoption and implementation of the City of Pleasanton Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone and related General Plan land use amendment and rezonings (referred to collectively hereinafter as the "Zone" or "EDZ"). The SEIR was prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code §21000 et seq. ("CEQA") and the implementing regulations set forth in the Code of California Regulations, Title XIV, §15000 et seq. (the "CEQA Guidelines"). The SEIR is a supplement to the City of Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025 program EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2005122139), certified in 2009 (General Plan EIR); and the Supplemental EIR for the City's proposed Housing Element, Climate Action Plan, and associated General Plan Amendment and Rezonings (State Clearinghouse No. 2011052002), which updated several areas of the General Plan EIR technical analyses and was certified in 2012 (2012 SEIR) as provided for under CEQA Guidelines §§15162 and 15163. These findings, as well as the accompanying Statement of Overriding Considerations in Section II, have been prepared to comply with the requirements of CEQA. C. Description and Objectives of the Zone 1. Description of the Zone Zone Location The City of Pleasanton is located within Alameda County, one of nine Bay Area counties bordering the San Francisco Bay. The City of Pleasanton is generally bounded to the west by the Pleasanton ridgelands, to the north by Interstate 580 (1-580) and the city of Dublin, to the east by the city of Livermore, and to the south by City and County of San Francisco Water Department lands and other rangelands. Interstate 680 (I-680) bisects the western portion of the City, intersecting I-580 in its northwestern corner. The incorporated city limits of Pleasanton include a 22.4 -square mile (14,300 -acre) area over which Pleasanton exercises police powers including zoning control. The Pleasanton Sphere -of -Influence consists of a 42.2 -square mile (27,200 -acre) area adopted by the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Commission ("LAFCO") and represents the probable ultimate physical boundary and service area of Pleasanton. The Sphere -of - Influence contains unincorporated lands over which Alameda County has zoning control, as well as lands incorporated within the city limits of Pleasanton. The Pleasanton Planning Area ("Planning Area") encompasses a 75 -square mile (48,000 -acre) area within which the City designates the future use of lands "bearing a relation to the city's planning."' The General Plan Map designates land uses for the entire Planning Area even though much of this land is unincorporated and lies within the jurisdictional authority of Alameda County. 1 Definition of "Planning Area" by the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, General Plan Guidelines (1998). 4