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required, as described in ESA's Draft SEIR/Final SEIR Recirculation Memo, dated June 5, 2017 (this memo is included as part of the City's record of proceedings for the proposed Zone, as listed above under I.D). Consistent with this review, the City finds that although changes have been made to the Draft SEIR, the Final SEIR does not contain significant new information as defined in the CEQA Guidelines and additional recirculation of the SEIR is not required. F. Certification of the SEIR In accordance with CEQA Guidelines § 15090(a)(1), the City Council, as lead agency, fords and certifies that the SEIR has been completed in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines. The City Council further finds and certifies that it has reviewed and considered the information in the SEIR prior to adopting or approving any element of or entitlement for the proposed Zone and that the Final SEIR reflects the City Council's independent judgment. Similarly, the City Council finds that it has reviewed the record of proceedings and the SEIR prior to approving any element of or entitlement for the Project. By making these findings, the City Council confirms, ratifies and adopts the findings and conclusions of the SEIR, as supplemented and modified by the findings contained herein. The SEIR and these findings represent the independent judgment and analysis of the City and the City Council. The City Council further certifies that the SEIR is adequate to support the approval/adoption of all Project components. G. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, which is included in Table 6-1 of Chapter 6 of the Final SEIR, was prepared for the Project and was adopted by the City Council by the same resolution that has adopted these findings. (See Pub. Res. Code §21081.6[a][1]; CEQA Guidelines § 15097.) The City will use the MMRP to ensure and track compliance with mitigation measures. The MMRP will remain available for public review during the compliance period. H. Findings Required Under CEQA Public Resources Code §21002 provides that "public agencies should not approve projects as proposed if there are feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures available which would substantially lessen the significant environmental effects of such projects[.]" Section 21002 also states that the procedures required by CEQA "are intended to assist public agencies in systematically identifying both the significant effects of proposed projects and the feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures which will avoid or substantially lessen such significant effects." Section 21002 goes on to state that "in the event [that] specific economic, social, or other conditions make infeasible such project alternatives or such mitigation measures, individual projects may be approved in spite of one or more significant effects thereof." The mandate and principles announced in Public Resources Code §21002 are implemented, in part, through the requirement that agencies must adopt findings before approving projects for which EIRs are required. (See Pub. Res. Code §21081 [a]; CEQA Guidelines §15091[a].) For each significant environmental effect identified in an EIR for a proposed project, the approving agency must issue a written finding reaching one or more of three permissible 9