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After the initiative was defeated by 63 percent of the electorate in November 2016,the City resumed processing the Project. The City held public hearings on the Project in late 2017. c. Original 2017 Project Approval The City released a Recirculation Memorandum dated June 5, 2017, which found recirculation of the Final SEIR was not required prior to the City Council's consideration of the Project. The City Council approved the Project on November 7, 2017, which included certification of the Final SEIR, amendment of the City's General Plan, rezoning of the properties to allow an expanded set of uses, and adoption of development standards and design guidelines for the Project area. d. 2017 Project Lawsuit and 2018 Rescission of Project Approvals In December 2017, an unincorporated association of persons calling themselves Pleasanton Citizens for Responsible Growth("Petitioners") filed a lawsuit asking the court to rescind the City Council's Project approvals due to alleged CEQA violations. Petitioners alleged that the Final SEIR had an incomplete air quality analysis related to the Stoneridge Apartment Complex on Stoneridge Mall Road, and that more time was needed for public consideration of the economic impact analysis. In September 2018, the City Council voted to rescind the EDZ approvals in order to perform supplemental air quality analysis for the EDZ project. Petitioners thus dismissed the lawsuit. e. 2019 Partial Recirculated Draft SEIR, Revised Final SEIR, and Project Approval In July 2019,the City prepared and circulated the following supplemental environmental analyses for public comment: • Health Risk Assessment • Updated Air Quality Technical Memorandum • Greenhouse Gas Analysis • Energy Resources Technical Memorandum • A Supplemental Recirculation Memorandum summarizing the methodology and the findings of the above four documents was also circulated, dated July 9, 2019 Together, these five documents comprise the Partial Recirculated Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Project(the "Partial Recirculated Draft SEIR"). The City received nearly 300 public comments during the period that the Partial Recirculated Draft SEIR was recirculated, though only 14 letters raised substantive comments on the adequacy of the Partial Recirculated Draft SEIR, and most simply expressed support for or opposition to the project. The City prepared responses to those comments in October and November 2019. Those responses,together with the Draft SEIR and the Final SEIR(including all previous responses to comments prepared prior to the original approval of the Project) comprise the Revised Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Project ("Revised Final SEIR"). 2