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Building and site designs, landscaping and grading designs would be controlled by design guidelines created for this purpose. The applicant is in the process of preparing the guidelines. e To satisfy the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, thc applicants would propose to bond with the City to construct a 20-unit project at an alternative site as yet to be desig- nated in the City of Pleasanton. · The applicants propose to drain stormwater runoff via public street inlets into one or more storm water retention/settling basins. On some lots, stormwater runoff would drain directly onto surrounding open space areas. Staff notes that the applicants have changed the proposed development's name from "Kottinger Hills" to the "Oak Grove Residential Community". Additionally, the project description may change as preparation of the DEIR proceeds. DISCUSSION Function of the Draft Environmental Impact Report As previously stated, the purpose of this work session is to determine the scope and content of the DEIR for this project. The DEIR serves several functions: · The DEIR satisfies the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the project's environmental review. It is the informational document that identifies the environmental impacts of the proposal, potential mitigation measures for these impacts, and the impacts that cannot be mitigated. · As an informational document, the DEIR itself does not formulate recommendations on the proposal, e.g., approval, conditional approval, or denial. · Once finished, the DEIR would then be circulated for public comment. Public comments and comments received from the applicable Federal, State, and Local agencies would be addressed in the "Response To Comments" section of the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR). The FEIR would then be forwarded with the PUD development plan to the Planning Commission and City Council, which will determine whether to certify the FEIR as complete according to CEQA requirements. · Staffnotes that certification of the FEIR does not compel the City's approval of the pro- posed project. The City can still apply its discretionary ability to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the proposal. However, if the City intends to approve or conditionally approve the proposed project, the mitigation measures identified in the FEIR must then be incorporated in the proposal either as conditions of approval or as revisions to its de- SR:05:03] Page 4 of 7