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Mr. Harris addressed to archaeological reports referred to in the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and said it isn't essential that the Planning Commission have them read by tonight. He said the staff is asking that the public hearing be opened for testirnoriy on the EIR itself which was made available a month ago. He explaii~ec the 45 day comment period would end on April 27, 1982. He said comments and testimony received by that time will be analyzed by the City and become part of the Final EIR (Volume 2) and presented for hearing with the project itself. He said the date of the public hearing on the final EIR and project itself is tentatively scheduled for May 19, 1982. He stated further that Prudential has furnished comments. He said if there is anything lacking in the EIR or not adequately covered that should also be brought forward at this time. He did add that mitigation measures would be inclucaFC: on the project as addressed by both volumes of the EIR. Commissioner Wilson said the letter he has received from the applicant states that the EIR covered acreages other than what they propose and felt perhaps it wasn't its purpose to consider all parcels in with Hacienda's phase 1. Commissioner Wilson said the EIR covers more of the property than what they have sewer permits. He said he would have preferred an EIR to cover the entire north Pleasanton area, the cost of which could come out of the assess- ment district funds. He said he doesn't know if this is possible but that is his desire. He said Hacienda's phase 2 is not covered by tree EIR, but the traffic studies show an overpass, an on and off ramp, etc. and that the development of the entire north area is larger than he can visualize. Commissioner Wilson said the EIR doesn't speak to completing certain streets at this time and he supposed it would go with Hacienda Phase 2. He reiterated his position that he believes there should be an EIR done for the entire area of north Pleasanton and paid for out of an assessment district. Mr. Harris stated that in the Draft EIR they tried to indicate the impacts of the project itself (573 acres) vs. impacts of development in the north Pleasanton area and depending upon the subject being covered they will try to better clarify exactly what impacts relate to the particular area. Commissioner Wilson spoke to the relocation of the Chabot Canal and improver~FZ~'.;-. to Tassajara Creek which are going through Hacienda Phase 2 and the fact that the applicant's letter said the EIR covers too much property. He said in his opinion, Phase 2 should be included in the EIR. Acting City Attorney, Brian Swift, said the matter is a complicated one and that when the application was initially made, Hacienda didn't own all of the property, part of it was owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad. He said State law requires impacts on a project as well -12-