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Draft Housing Element, EIR, and General Plan Amendments Planning Commission 4 of 11 Throughout the public comment period, staff received seven comments. Subsequently, a Final EIR (FEIR) was prepared which incorporates responses to comments received and includes clarifications and corrections to the DEIR. Additionally, Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program was prepared. More information on each of these components is provided below. Following the Planning Commission’s review, the final environmental documents will be forwarded to the City Council. The City Council will determine whether to certify the EIR as complete according to CEQA requirements and adopt the necessary findings of fact and statement of overriding considerations, along with its action on the Housing Element. Final EIR The City received a total of seven comment letters on the Draft EIR, from the following local agencies and individuals/organizations: • Alameda County Transportation Commission; • Dublin San Ramon Services District; • Zone 7 Water Agency; • California Gold Advocacy Group, LLC; • Foothill Boulevard Holding Company, LLC; • Macy’s Inc. and Lowe; and • Seefried Properties. The FEIR, Attachment 1 of Exhibit A, identifies each letter and provides a response to specific comments within each letter. The FEIR also includes an errata document detailing redlined refinements and clarifications on the DEIR. Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan The Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and included as Attachment 2 of Exhibit A. If an EIR identifies one or more significant environmental effects (as is the case with the Housing Element EIR), the City must make one or more findings for each of those effects accompanied by a brief explanation of the rationale for the finding. This is provided in the document, Section 1.7. Further, the City must balance the benefits of the Housing Element against its unavoidable environmental risk in determining whether to approve the project. This Statement of Overriding Considerations is provided in the document, Section 1.12. The document also identifies potential environmental effects which are not significant or less than significant (Section 1.5) and potential environmental impacts which can be mitigated below a level of significance (Section 1.6).