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Topics M&A expects to address in-house are land use, public services (fire, schools, police), recreation, infrastructure, and any other CEQA topics not initially addressed by technical specialists. We propose to prepare the DEIR in an outline format, in which impacts and mitigation measures are presented very succinctly, with supporting research and analysis presented in technical appendices. By taking this approach, we would hope to (1) make the EIR more readable, (2) bring out more clearly the distinctions between the preferred plan and alternatives, and the differences in impacts they would generate, and therefore (3) help assure the usefulness of the EIR as a decisionmaking document and for use by the community as an informational document in conjunction with the community vote. An outline-format DEIR would contain subsections as follows: · In the Setting section under each topic, the text will focus on those aspects of the setting essential to an understanding of the impacts. Wherever possible, information will be presented in graphic or tabular form, as well as in the narrative. · In the Impacts section under each topic, each identified impact will be given a very brief narrative introduction and then simply stated. · In the Mitigation Measures section under each topic, the mitigation measure for each impact will be simply stated and the reason why it would be likely to reduce or eliminate the impact will be described briefly. · A S,mmary Table of Impacts and Mitigation Measures will conclude each topical section of the Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures chapter of the DEIR. · In the Technical Appendices, the description of the setting and the analysis leading to identi- fication of impacts and mitigation measures will be laid out in as much detail as necessary. With an outline format, the DEIR main text will be considerably thinner than is normally the case with a complex project of this kind. Task 3.3 Complete Environmental Analysis for Draft EIR This task addresses remaining chapters of the DEIR: · Summary. The DEIR will begin with a summary of impacts, mitigation measures, and post- mitigation significance levels. The summary will be presented in tabular format to assist readers in comparing the outcomes of the preferred plan and alternatives. · Alternatives. The alternatives chapter will describe how alternatives were selected. For the principal alternatives (which are expected at this time to be no action and no project, as well as two alternate site plans to chosen as described in Task Group 1, p. 7), it will review differences in impacts in a summary form. · Cumulative Analysis. The framework for the cumulative analysis could be established by anchoring the EIR cumulative analysis to the Pleasanton General Plan. · Growth Induction. Growth induction will be addressed in terms of the likelihood that the project would (1) add new residents to Pleasanton, add s significant number of new jobs to Pleasanton, and/or create significant pressures for new development in the immediate area. Bernal P~operty Proposal Phase lI Specit~c Plan EIR Pa~e 7 Mundie & ~ssocia~es