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Resolution No. 2024-022 Page 2 of 30 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. Finds that the Consistency Checklist for the 55-unit Project is in conformance with the analysis and conclusions of the Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025 FEIR and qualifies for an exemption from additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 because the project is consistent with the development density and land use characteristics established by the City as analyzed by the Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025 FEIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2005122139). SECTION 2. Findings for P23-0177. The City Council finds that the 55-unit Project conforms to all applicable objective standards of the Pleasanton Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance and other adopted standards, with the exception of items for which a concession or waivers have been requested by the applicant and granted in accordance with provisions of California Density Bonus law at Cal. Government Code §65915. The City Council also finds that the Project was reviewed based on the nine criteria as required by Section 18.20.030 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code which includes the following, to the extent the above-noted objective standards of the PMC bear a relationship to these criteria: 1. Preservation of the natural beauty of the city and the Project site's relationship to it; 2. Appropriate relationship of the proposed buildings to the site, including transition with streetscape, public views of the buildings, and scale of buildings within its site and adjoining buildings; 3. Appropriate relationship of the proposed buildings and the site to adjoining areas, including compatibility of architectural styles, harmony in adjoining buildings, attractive landscape transitions, and consistency with neighborhood character; 4. Preservation of views enjoyed by residents, workers within the city, and passersby through the community; 5. Landscaping designed to enhance architectural features, strengthen vistas, provide shade, and conform to established streetscape; 6. Relationship of exterior lighting to its surroundings and to the buildings and adjoining landscape; 7. Architectural style, as a function of its quality of design and relationship to its surroundings; the relationship of buildings components to one another/the buildings' colors and materials; and the design attention given to mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on roof, ground or buildings; 8. Integration of signs as part of the architectural concept; and 9. Architectural concept of miscellaneous structures, street furniture, public art in relationship to the site and landscape.