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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
<br /> Environmental Review Background
<br /> The DSEIR for the JDEDZ was completed and circulated for public comment on
<br /> September 14, 2015. To allow adequate time for public review, staff extended the public
<br /> comment period beyond the required 45 days required by State law. The comment period
<br /> closed on November 23, 2015. Because the proposed JDEDZ would change land use policies
<br /> and regulations, and does not entail a specific development plan, the DSEIR analyzed the
<br /> physical effects of a reasonable development scenario based on the potential underlying land
<br /> use changes. In this case, the reasonable development scenario includes club retail
<br /> (148,000 square feet), hotel (132,000 square feet), and general retail (43,903 square feet)
<br /> uses.
<br /> As indicated in the Background section above, the City held multiple community meetings, a
<br /> Planning Commission workshop, and a joint Planning Commission/City Council workshop on
<br /> the JDEDZ to foster public input. The City prepared the FSEIR, including responses to 94
<br /> written comments, in March of 2016. The City Council then directed the CEQA process be
<br /> paused pending consideration of the voter initiative that had been placed on the November 8,
<br /> 2016 ballot. The City then resumed the CEQA and planning process after the voters rejected
<br /> the initiative measure by 63 percent (thereby signaling their support for the JDEDZ project). In
<br /> October 2017, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the JDEDZ
<br /> to the City Council, and the City Council certified the FSEIR and approved the JDEDZ in
<br /> November 2017.
<br /> Following the City's certification of the FSEIR and approval of the JDEDZ, "an unincorporated
<br /> association" of persons calling themselves Pleasanton Citizens for Responsible Growth (the
<br /> "Petitioners") filed a lawsuit asking the court to rescind the City Council's JDEDZ approvals
<br /> due to alleged violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Petitioners
<br /> alleged the FSEIR had an incomplete air quality analysis related to the Stoneridge Apartment
<br /> Community (located on the west side of 1-680 near Stoneridge Mall at 6259 through 6450
<br /> Stoneridge Mall Road). In September 2018, the City and Costco agreed to rescind the JDEDZ
<br /> approvals and FSEIR certification in order to perform supplemental air quality analysis for the
<br /> JDEDZ. In return, Petitioners dismissed the lawsuit. At its meeting on September 18, 2018, the
<br /> City Council voted to rescind the SEIR certification and JDEDZ approvals. The City Council
<br /> also directed staff to conduct additional environmental review to address the concerns
<br /> expressed with the proposed project in the lawsuit and to avoid further delays and costly
<br /> litigation. This supplemental environmental work was completed throughout 2019 and was
<br /> circulated for public comment for 45 days beginning on July 10, 2019 and ending on August
<br /> 23, 2019. The following documents were prepared and circulated for public comment (the
<br /> "Partial Recirculated Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report" [RDSEIR]):
<br /> • Supplemental Recirculation Memo (July 2019)
<br /> • Health Risk Assessment (January 2019)
<br /> • Updated Air Quality Analysis (July 2019)
<br /> • Greenhouse Gas Analysis (July 2019)
<br /> • Energy Resources Analysis (July 2019)
<br /> The Supplemental Recirculation Memo summarizes the methodology and findings of the other
<br /> four documents that comprise the RDSEIR. The Supplemental Recirculation Memo also
<br /> included a summary of the findings of the Economic Impact Analysis from 2015.
<br /> P14-0852 and PUD-105, JDEDZ Planning Commission
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<br />ely two to three weeks after receipt of a complete application. Uses
<br /> that would require a Conditional Use Permit require a public hearing and typically take
<br /> approximately six to twelve weeks to process after receipt of a complete application.
<br /> P14-0852 and PUD-105, JDEDZ Planning Commission
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