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EXHmIT 4 STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS Pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15093, the City Council adopts and makes the following Statement of Overriding Considerations regarding the unavoidable environmental impacts of the Project and the anticipated economic, social, and other benefits of the Project: The City Council finds that, to the extent that any significant environmental impacts attributable to the Project remain unmitigated, such impacts are acceptable in light of the overriding social, economic, and other considerations set forth herein. The City Council fmds that the measures suggested by the Final EIR to reduce the impacts to less than significant are unfeasible and undesirable with respect to the Project, cannot be implemented in the absence of regional solutions, or are the responsibility of one or more other public entities. The City Council also finds that the Project Options set forth in the DEIR and in the Final EIR are unfeasible and less desirable than the Project itself. Such Options would impose limitations and restrictions on the Project, which this City Council finds would prohibit obtaining the specific social, economic, and other benefits of the Project. Specifically, the City Council fmds that the following social, economic, and other considerations warrant approval of the Project, notwithstanding any unavoidable or unmitigated impacts resulting from the Project: A. Residential. Commercial and Office Needs The City Council finds that the Project provides for well-planned residential, commercial, and office growth meeting the needs of the City and region while maintaining environmental quality and a sense of neighborhood and community. The Project provides economic, social, and cultural benefits to those residing in Pleasanton and to those choosing to reside here in the future. 1