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STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Planning Commission provide feedback and receive public testimony as appropriate on the scope and content of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the applicant's development proposal, as described in the purpose section. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City is preparing an EIR for the applicant's proposal to annex, rezone, subdivide, and develop a 128.5-acre project site with 31 single-family detached residential units and roadways on 12.9 acres and permanently preserve 115.6 acres of open space, with 38.8 acres of open space to be owned by the future homeowners association, 7.5 acres of open space to be owned by the Lester family, and 69.3 acres of open space to be dedicated to the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD). The project is being presented to the Planning Commission as an EIR scoping meeting in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The EIR public scoping meeting will allow the Planning Commission and public with an opportunity to comment on environmental issues that they would like the EIR to address. BACKGROUND Project Background The Hidden Canyon Project was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a Work Session on March 27, 2019. As a result of the feedback received, the applicant revised the project by reducing the number of units proposed (from 33 to 31) and adjusting the location and design of the EBRPD staging area. The reduction in total units resulted from eliminating two residential lots on the Shriners property, which comprises the lower portion of the site adjacent to Dublin Canyon Road. The staging area modifications included relocating the staging area from the previously proposed location at the southern portion of the project site to the northeast, closer to Dublin Canyon Road, and reducing the size of the staging area from 36 vehicle parking stalls to 16. These project revisions are reflected on the plans in Exhibit B. EIR Background Based on the overall scope of the project, the nature of the project site, and potential environmental impacts, the City has determined that an EIR will be required. The City entered into a professional services agreement with FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS) to prepare the EIR. FCS staff will be present at the scoping session. The Commission and public are being asked at this scoping session to provide feedback on the potential environmental effects of the project that should be analyzed in the EIR. Comments on the merits or design of the project will be considered at future public meetings and/or hearings, following the completion of the EIR and other necessary project-specific analysis, and are not the subject of today's meeting. The EIR serves several functions: • The EIR satisfies the requirements of CEQA for the project's environmental review. The EIR is the informational document that identifies the environmental impacts of the PUD-130/TRACT 8472/P18-0078/P18-0079/P18-0080/P18-0081 Planning Commission 10807, 11021, and 11033 Dublin Canyon Road and the parcel west of 11021 Dublin Canyon Road 2 of 11 r O'Connor echoed that he is supportive of the location for this type of activity and does not have an issue with parking. He agrees this is a more dangerous activity than other such uses but does not see the correlation to the current violence in the media. He expressed the desire to see a limitation set around alcohol consumption during the time of play, perhaps limiting consumption to two drinks per player for the duration of play. He also Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 of 9 August 14, 2019