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FINDINGS OF FACT FOR THE VINEYARD AVENUE CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN SECTION 1 STATEMENT OF FINDINGS INTRODUCTION The Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan (Specific Plan) is intended to serve as the primary land use and regulatory guide for development of the 384-acre Plan Area. The objective of the Specific Plan is to establish a high-quality living environment that features a rural/vineyard character and provides for a variety of residential, commercial, vineyard, open space, recreational, elementary school and other uses. The Specific Plan sets forth the basic land use pattern, development and design standards, circulation network, infrastructure system, and implementation requirements for future development. The City of Pleasanton has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Specific Plan in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) (Public Resources Code §21000 et seq. ) and the State CEQA Guidelines (California Administrative Code § 15000 et seq., as amended). CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines provide that: No public agency shah approve or carry out a project for which an Environmental Impact Report has been certifed and which identifes one or more signifcant environmental effects that would occur if the project is approved or carried out unless both the following occur.' (a) The public agency makes one or more of the following findings with respect to each significant effect: (1) Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. (2) Those changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency and have been, or can and should be, adopted by that other agency. (3) Speci~c economic, legal social technological or other considerations, including considerations for the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make in feasible the mitigation measures or alternatives identifified in the environmental impact report. (b) With respect to significant effects which were subject to a finding under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), the public agency finds that specific overriding economic legal social technological or other benefits of the project outweigh the significant effects on.the environment. [Public Resources Code §21081 ] Because the EIR identified significant effects which may occur as a result of the project, and in accordance with the provisions of the guidelines, the City of Pleasanton hereby adopts these findings as part of the approval of the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan Draft EIR -1- Findings