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impacts will be reduced to levels of insignificance through the imposition of the mitigation measures discussed above and listed in the MMRP, and that the Plan's benefits substantially outweigh the three significant and unavoidable impacts as demonstrated below in the Statement of Overriding Considerations. II. STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15093,the City Council has balanced the economic,legal,social,technological,and other benefits of the Plan against the Plan's three significant and unavoidable impacts and has adopted all feasible mitigation measures.The City Council has also examined potentially feasible alternatives to the Plan,none of which are feasible in that they would in that it would not achieve the Plan objectives and further that they would provide no significant advantage from an environmental standpoint over the proposed Plan.The City Council hereby adopts and makes the following Statement of Overriding Considerations regarding the significant and unavoidable impacts of the Plan and the anticipated economic,legal,social,technological,and other benefits of the Plan. A. Significant and Unavoidable Impacts Based on information contained in the record and in the Draft EIR,the City Council has determined that the Plan would result in significant and unavoidable impacts to: 1. Air quality due to the possibility of exceeding BAAQMD's regional significance thresholds for ROG,PM10,and PM2.5 and therefore contribute to the nonattainment designation of San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin for ozone,PM10,and PM2.5 under cumulative plus Plan conditions; 2. Climate change due to the possibility of generating greenhouse gas emissions that may have a significant impact on the environment under cumulative plus Plan conditions;and 3. Climate change due to the possibility of conflicting with thresholds under SB 32 and EO S-3-05 adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases under cumulative plus Plan conditions.(Draft EIR,pp.3.2-28 to 3.2-43,3.5-31 to 3.5-43,3.5-43 to 3.5-54.) B. Finding The City Council has considered all potentially feasible mitigation measures to substantially lessen or avoid the Plan's significant and unavoidable impacts.Where feasible,mitigation measures have been adopted as part of or imposed upon the Plan.The imposition of these measures will reduce the identified impacts,but not to a less-than-significant level. The City Council finds that it is not feasible to fully mitigate these impacts of the Plan. The City Council has also considered all potentially feasible alternatives to the Plan.The City Council finds that there are no feasible alternatives that would reduce the above significant and unavoidable impacts to a less-than-significant level. The Plan's impacts discussed above therefore remain significant and unavoidable. C. Overriding Considerations After review of the entire administrative record,including,but not limited to,the Draft and Final EIR,the staff report,and the oral and written testimony and evidence presented at public hearings,the City Council finds that specific economic,legal,social,technological and other anticipated benefits of the Plan outweigh the significant and unavoidable impacts,and therefore justify the approval of this Plan notwithstanding the 25 egardless of whether the Plan is implemented.As stated in the 2005 Pleasanton General Plan,developers of future growth will be responsible for paying impact fees to cover increased demands on services;however, the modest impact of 1,000 new residents over more than 20 years is not expected to produce growth- inducing new public services or facilities. Accordingly, the City Council finds that the Plan would indirectly facilitate population and economic growth within the planning area,but that such growth would be consistent with regional projections and would not affect the ability of agencies to provide needed public services or significantly impact the environment.The City Council finds that all but three of the Plan's potentially significant environmental 24 iteria air pollutants 23