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EXHIBIT A THE CITY OF NMI -.. 111 : IN nimi 111. LE ASANTON® ITEM 1: SUMMARY OF MEETING #17 Summary of Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting #17 Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Task Force Members Present 1 Jerry Thorne, Mayor (Chair) 2 Kathy Narum, City Council 3 Herb Ritter, Planning Commission 4 Justin Brown, Planning Commission 5 Laura Olson, Pleasanton Downtown 6 Steve Baker, Economic Vitality Association Committee 7 Jan Batcheller, At-large 8 Jim Merryman, At-large 9 Teri Pohl, At-large City of Pleasanton Staff 1 Gerry Beaudin, Director of Community 2 Brian Dolan, Assistant City Manager Development 3 Ellen Clark, Planning Manager 4 Megan Campbell, Associate Planner 5 Renee Perko, Assistant City Attorney 6 Pamela Ott, Director of Economic Development 7 Mike Tassano, City Traffic Engineer 8 Steve Otto, Senior Planner 9 Stefanie Ananthan, Office Manager Summary of February 26, 2019 Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting Page 1 of 7 rpose of the CEQA Findings is to provide a summary of the environmental effects of the project and provide findings and the rationale for the findings for each of the significant impacts. The CEQA Findings distinguish between impacts that are less-than significant impact without mitigation, those that are less-than significant with mitigation, and significant and unavoidable significant impacts. The purpose of the Statement of Overriding Considerations is to itemize the benefits of the proposed project despite the significant environmental impacts. In summary, the City finds that the significant impacts to topic areas Air Quality and Energy, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change are acceptable when balanced against the benefits of adopting the Downtown Specific Plan. PUBLIC NOTICE A display ad for this item was published in The Valley Times. A notice was also mailed to property owners and tenants with properties for which modifications to land use designations are proposed. At the time this report was published, staff has received the comments attached as Exhibit J. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION Staff requests that the Planning Commission forward a recommendation to the City Council that: certifies the Final EIR for the project and approves the Water Supply Assessment; rescinds the 2002 Downtown Specific Plan, approves the proposed General Plan amendments, the Specific Plan, amendments to the Downtown Design Guidelines, and amendments to the Downtown Hospitality Guidelines; adopts an ordinance making various amendments to the Pleasanton Municipal Code; and adopts an ordinance approving rezoning properties for certain properties. Primary Authors: Megan Campbell, Associate Planner Shweta Bonn, Senior Planner Ellen Clark, Planning Manager Reviewed/Approved By: Gerry Beaudin, Director of Community Development Downtown Specific Plan Planning Commission 15 of 15 hensive, holistic response to the inter-related comments on changes to the land use designations and development standards in the Proposed Plan, including those changes directed by the City Council at meetings on April 16 and May 7. The FEIR also provides updated analysis on how these modifications do (or do not) result in environmental impacts related to the topics identified in the DEIR (Aesthetics, Air Quality, Downtown Specific Plan Planning Commission 14 of 15