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EXHIBIT C FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE BERNAL PROPERTY PHASE II SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE BERNAL COMMUNITY PARK MASTER PLAN April 26, 2006 INTRODUCTION As a result of an extensive five-year public process, the City of Pleasanton recently completed preparation of the Drafr Bemal Property Phase II Specific Plan and the Draft Bernal Community Park Master Plan (which together comprise the "Project"). The City is the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has prepared an environmental impact report (EIR) for the Project. Section 15091 of the State CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations [CCR]) and Section 21081 of the Public Resources Code require the lead agency to adopt findings for each potentially significant environmental impact disclosed in an EIR. Specifically, for each significant impact, the lead agency must make one or more of the following three findings: Changes or alterations have been incorporated into the project to avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects identified in the EIR; Such changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency and should be adopted by that agency; or Specific economic, social, legal, technological, or other considerations make the mitigation measures or alternatives identified in the EIR infeasible. In addition to making a finding for each potentially significant impact, if the lead agency approves a project without mitigating all of the significant impacts, it must prepare a statement of overriding considerations, in which it balances the benefits of the project against the unavoidable environmental risks. The statement of overriding considerations must explain the social, economic, or other reasons for approving the project despite its environmental impacts (14 CCR 15093, Pub. Res. Code 21081). This document contains the findings and statement of overriding considerations for the approval of the combined Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan and the Bernal Community Park Master Plan project and reflects the City's independent judgment.