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EXHIBIT B STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act CCEQA") Guideline Section 15093, the City Council of the City of Pleasanton adopts and makes the following Statement of Overriding Considerations regarding unavoidable environmental impacts of the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan project ("Project") and the anticipated social. economic and other benefits of the Project. The City Council finds and determines, based on the evidence set forth in the Draft EIR and Final EIR Chapters 4 and 6. as well as the evidence set forth below. that to the extent that any significant environmental impacts attributable to the Project remain unmitigated. the benefits of the Project outweigh such unavoidable adverse environmental effects relating to: land use conflicts between approved aggregate mining and proposed and existing residences (e.g. noise, dust, and vibration); the exposure of structures and populations to risk of injury and death from seismic activity; the increase in emissions contributing to current regional air quality problems; an increase in vehicle trips generated by the Project which contributes to existing unacceptable traffic operations on segments ofi-580 and 1-680; Project contribution to a cumulative demand for water in the region that will require augmentation of water supplies: and additional wastewater flows which will contribute to a cumulative regional shortfall of treatment and export capacity. In addition, the City Council finds and determines that the measures suggested by the Draft and Final EIR to reduce the cumulative regional impacts (e.g. traffic volumes on 1-580 and 1-680 which exceed adopted standards; the need to expand available water supply resources; and the need to expand wastewater treatment and export capacity) 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 and determines that the Project Altematives CAltematives"), as set forth in Chapter 5 of the Draft EIR, are unfeasible and/or less desirable than the Project itself. Such Alternatives would generally create increased undesirable impacts (e.g. noise. traffic, air quality) on existing and proposed residential development, as well as additional significant environmental impacts. The City Council further finds that the Alternatives would preclude obtaining specific social, economic and other benefits of the Project. Specifically, the City Council finds and determines that the following social, economic and other considerations warrant approval of the Project, notwithstanding any unavoidable or unmitigated project level, or regional cumulative impacts, resulting from the Project: A. Recreation and Community Activity. The City Council finds and determines that the Project provides for well-planned recreational amenities, such as a planned 20 acre community park, local trails consistent with the Community Trails Master Plan, and the preservation of open space, which meet the needs of the City while maintaining environmental Exhibit B I