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FINDINGS DEMONSTRATING WHY RECIRCULATION IS NOT REQUIRED <br />CEQA requires recirculation of an EIR when significant new information is added prior to <br />the lead agency's certification of the EIR. However, this requirement is not intended "to <br />promote endless rounds of revision and recirculation of EIRs. Recirculation is intended to <br />be the exception, rather than the general rule." (Laurel Heights Improvement Assn. v. <br />Regents of University of California (9993) 6 CalAth 1112, 1132, see also Public Res. <br />Code § 21092.1 and CEQA Guidelines §15088.5.) Accordingly, "changes in the project <br />or environmental setting as well as additional data or other information," are not, absent <br />some additional finding, considered "significant new information" requiring recirculation. <br />(CEQA Guidelines § 15088.5(a).) Further, "recirculation is not required where the new <br />information added to the EIR merely clarifies or amplifies or makes insignificant <br />modifications to an adequate EIR." (CEQA Guidelines § 15088.5(b).) <br />The proposed General Plan added new information regarding greenhouse gas emissions <br />as it became available. However, this information did not change the impacts as <br />analyzed in the Draft EIR and did not result in any new significant impacts. Therefore, <br />the EIR does not require recirculation. <br />STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS <br />The City has determined to approve the Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025 because it <br />would meet all of the City's objectives for this project. This statement of overriding <br />considerations presents the City's determination that the General Plan's objectives <br />outweigh the anticipated significant environmental impact of the proposed General Plan <br />for which no mitigation is being imposed (either because the mitigation conflicts with other <br />General Plan policies or because the mitigation is infeasible) and outweigh the significant <br />and unavoidable environmental impact of the proposed General Plan for which no <br />mitigation is feasible, as identified in the previous section and the EIR. <br />Significant Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Project for which No <br />Mitigation Measure is Being Imposed <br />The previous section and the EIR identify the following significant impacts of the proposed <br />project, the Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025 for which no mitigation measure is being <br />imposed: <br />Transportation: Increased motor vehicle traffic due to implementation of the proposed <br />General Plan buildout would cause an increase in traffic at study <br />intersections that would be substantial in relation to the existing traffic <br />load and capacity of the street system. <br />9 <br />