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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-2004-49 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND DESIGN REVIEW APPROVALS, AS FILED UNDER CASE PCUP-117/PDR-390 WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton has applied for conditional use permit and design review approvals to construct and operate a bicycle motocross (BMX) facility at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area located at 3320 Stanley Boulevard; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is "P" (Public and Institutional) District; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of August 11, 2004, the Planning Commission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations ofthe City staff concerning this application; and WHEREAS, in December 2002, the East Bay Regional Park District, as lead agency for the project, adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration for its Land Use Plan Amendment for Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area to add the approximately II-acre De Silva parcel to the park, to allow an expansion to the existing water facility, and to allow the City of Pleasanton to construct a bicycle motor-cross (BMX) facility; only one mitigation measure, that for air quality for which the construction contractor must follow certain dust control measures, was applicable to the BMX park; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration in accordance with the applicable state and local guidelines governing the preparation of Negative Declarations and Environmental Impact Reports. WHEREAS, the Plarming Commission has determined that no substantial changes to the project or to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken that involve new significant environmental effects or substantially increase the severity of previously identified effects, and there is no new information of substantial importance not known at the time the previous Negative Declaration was adopted regarding the project or its effects, mitigation measures, or alternatives; therefore, no additional environmental documentation was prepared for this application; and WHEREAS, the Plarming Commission made the following findings: I. The proposed location of the conditional use is in accordance with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purpose of the district in which the site is located. The objectives of the zoning ordinance include protecting existing land uses from inharmonious influences and harmful intrusions, fostering harmonious, convenient workable relationships among land uses, and insuring that public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are most appropriate and beneficial to the City .