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Guidelines.The City Council further finds and certifies that it has reviewed and considered the information in the Draft EIR prior to adopting or approving any element of or entitlement for the Plan and that the Final EIR reflects the City Council's independent judgment. Similarly, the City Council finds that it has reviewed the record of proceedings and the Draft and Final EIR prior to approving any element of or entitlement for the Plan. By making these findings, the City Council confirms, ratifies and adopts the findings and conclusions of the Draft and Final EIR, as supplemented and modified by the findings contained herein. The Draft and Final EIR and these findings represent the independent judgment and analysis of the City and the City Council. The City Council further certifies that the Draft and Final EIR are adequate to support the approval/adoption of all Plan components. G. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP),which is included as Exhibit C,was prepared for the Plan and was adopted by the City Council by the same resolution that adopts these findings. (See Pub.Resources Code,4 21081.6,subd. (a)(1);CEQA Guidelines,4 15097.)The City will use the MMRP to ensure and track compliance with Plan mitigation measures. The MMRP will remain available for public review during the compliance period. H. Findings Required Under CEQA In accordance with Public Resources Code section 21081 and CEQA Guidelines sections 15091 and 15092, the City adopts the findings and conclusions regarding the impacts and mitigation measures that are set forth in the EIR.These findings do not repeat the full discussions of environmental impacts contained in the EIR. The City ratifies, adopts, and incorporates the analysis, explanation, findings, responses to comments, and conclusions of the EIR. The City adopts the reasoning of the EIR, staff reports, and presentations provided by the staff as may be modified by this Resolution. The City recognizes that the environmental analysis of the Plan raises controversial environmental issues, and that a range of technical and scientific opinion exists with respect to those issues.The City has,through review of the evidence and analysis presented in the record,considered the full scope of the environmental issues presented. These findings are based on a full appraisal of all viewpoints expressed and evidence presented in the EIR and in the record,as well as other relevant information in the record of the proceedings for the Plan. I. No Impact or Less than Significant Impacts Without Mitigation Based on the discussion in Section 3 of the Draft EIR,and other supporting information in the record,the City Council finds that the Plan would have no impact or a less than significant impact associated with the specific issues identified below.As a result,no mitigation measures were determined to be needed to address the following: 1. Aesthetics Implementation of the Plan would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista. (Draft EIR, pp. 3.1-16,Impact 3.1-1.) 5 d adopted the Plan on .The Draft EIR and Final EIR comprise the"EIR"referenced in these findings. The EIR provides a program-level analysis of the environmental impacts of the Plan and supports all levels of approval necessary to implement the Plan. F. Certification of the Draft and Final EIR In accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15090(a)(1), the City Council, as lead agency, finds and certifies that the Draft and Final EIR have been completed in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA 4 d to comply with 1 e use shall be at least 300 feet from an R or 0 district. Distributed at the May 28,2019, Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting and the June 26,2019 Planning Commission Meeting Provided for Reference 54