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Pleasanton Genernl Plan Update Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan Page 1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW The Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the 1996 Pleasanton GeneraJ Plan Update (composed of the Draft EIR and the Responses to Conunents document) identifies the significant effects of the pro- posed project. The FEIR also identifies changes or alterations to the proposed project which, if incorpo- rated into, or made a condition of approval to, the project, would lessen these significant effects (although not, in all cases, to the less-than-significant level). These changes and alterations are identified in the FEIR as mitigation measures. AUTHORITY As required by California Public Resources Code 21081.6, this Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) contains a program for the implementation and monitoring of the individual mitigation measures which the City ofPleasanton has incorporated into, or made a condition of approved for, the project. PURPOSE The purpose of this MMRP is to ensure that each mitigation measure is fully implemented in a timely man- ner and, where necessary, to monitor its performance once implemented to ensure its success. Consistent with this purpose, the MMRP specifies, for each mitigation measure, the measurable, objective perform- ance criteria the measure must achieve by the end ()f the implementation time period in order for the meas- ure to be deemed to have avoided or substantially lessened the significant environmental effect it addresses. The MMRP provides specific steps to ensure full implementation and enforcement of each mitigation measure. The MMRP also establishes a reporting system to document monitoring activities and compli- ance with mitigation measures. It is important to note that, in some cases, the mitigation measures specified in the EIR will not reduce the identified impacts to a less-than-significant level. This fact does not affect the importance of implementing the measures and monitoring their implementation. RESPONSmILITIES Unless otherwise specified herein, the City of Pleasanton has the responsibility for taking all actions neces- sary to (a) implement the mitigation measure according to the specifications provided for each measure or (b) demonstrate to the agency or individual responsible for monitoring that the action required by the mitigation measure has been successfully completed (i.e., submittal of reports, pennits or other documen- tation). The government agency responsible for monitoring the mitigation measure must verify that the required action has been successfully completed. Verification by the government agency will typically be