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Exhibit A <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT AND-STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS <br /> RELATED TO THE CERTIFICATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE CITY OF PLEASANTON'S <br /> JOHNSON DRIVE ECONOMIC DRIVE ZONE (AND RELATED GENERAL PLAN <br /> LAND USE AMENDMENTS AND REZONINGS) <br /> I. STATEMENT OF FINDINGS <br /> The findings and determinations contained herein are based on the competent and <br /> substantial evidence, both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the proposed <br /> Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone and associated Supplemental EIR("SEW"), The <br /> findings and determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations by this City <br /> Council in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence in the record <br /> as a whole. <br /> Although the findings below identify specific pages within the SEIR in support of <br /> various conclusions reached below,the City Council agrees with, and thus incorporates by <br /> reference and adopts as its own,the reasoning set forth in the environmental document, and thus <br /> relies on that reasoning, even where not specifically mentioned or cited below;in reaching the <br /> conclusions set forth below, except where additional evidence is specifically mentioned. <br /> A. Organization/Format of Findings <br /> Section I.0 of these findings contains a summary description of the proposed <br /> Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone, sets forth the objectives of the proposed Johnson <br /> Drive Economic Development Zone, and provides related background facts. Section I.D describes <br /> the record of proceedings associated with the proposed Johnson Drive Economic Development <br /> Zone. Section I.E summarizes the City of Pleasanton's (City's) environmental review of the <br /> proposed Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone. Section I.I summarizes and makes <br /> findings regarding the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone's potential impacts that do not <br /> require mitigation measures due to the determination that the impacts would be less than <br /> significant. Section I.J describes and makes findings regarding the Johnson Drive Economic <br /> Development Zone's potentially significant adverse environmental impacts and the mitigation <br /> measures that will be imposed to ensure that those impacts would be less than significant. Section <br /> I.K describes and makes findings regarding the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone's <br /> significant and unavoidable impacts andthe mitigation measures that will be imposed to reduce <br /> those impacts to the extent feasible. Section I.L discusses and makes findings regarding the <br /> alternatives to the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone analyzed in the SEIR. Section I.M <br /> discusses and makes findings regarding the growth-inducing effects of the Johnson Drive <br /> Economic Development Zone. Section II contains a description of the significant and unavoidable <br /> environmental impacts of the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone and the City's <br /> statement of overriding considerations and related findings demonstrating why the Johnson Drive <br /> Economic Development Zone's benefits outweigh its significant and unavoidable impacts and <br /> thus render them acceptable. <br /> 3 <br />