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Mr. Jeung stated that his presentation is intended to be a broad summary of all the various topics in the Draft EIR and to show how the environmental impacts are analyzed and classified, basically as "LTS" orLess-than-Significant, "PS" or Potentially Significant, and "SU" or Significant and Unavoidable. He noted that it is important to look at the "SU" column as these are situations in which the impacts cannot be pushed below the threshold. Mr. Jeung noted three areas with significant impacts: (1) Aesthetics and Visual Quality, which addresses the change in the appearance and visual character of the site where current open space is converted to a mixture of urban uses; (2) Air quality, which considers the number of automobile trips associated with the project and results in emissions that contribute to air quality problems; and (3) Transportation, which consists of intersection impacts in other jurisdictions. He noted that the intersection impacts that may not be resolved occur outside the City of Pleasanton, at intersections in Dublin and Livermore. He noted that the solution proposed in the Draft EIR to address this specifically refers to an interagency cooperative agreement where Pleasanton can work with other cities and come up with an approach that would identify the cities' fair share contribution to impacts in other jurisdictions. Mr. Jeung then addressed other impacts that have some significance and how the mitigation measures proposed to address those impacts. • Visual quality -lights and glare from the automall, the community park, and the senior care community center. The Draft EIR calls for very specific lighting plans that address, among other things, the hours of operation, the light intensity in terms of footcandles, and the height of light fixtures. Air quality -exposure of the senior care community center and residences along freeway to toxic air contaminants, which present issues with health risk. The mitigation calls for a health risk assessment for any residential development within 500 feet of the freeway. It acknowledges that the freeway may be widened. Biology -potential for special status species listed by State and Federal governments, such as the red-legged frog, the tiger salamander, and other species that have the potential to occur on site, particularly in the Arroyo Mocha Mitigation measures are specifically identified to reduce the impacts on those species through fencing, monitoring during construction, training of construction workers, various environmental permits, and light restrictions to avoid disturbance to species in the Arroyo Mocho. • Hazards -potential concerns for the prof ect in terms of proximity to the Livermore Airport. The Draft EIR identified the different types of airport safety zones. In consultation with the Airport Land Use Commission, the site is not within the safety zones, and the residential prof ect is consistent with criteria of those safety zones and is outside the areas of concern. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 14, 2008 Page 6 of 14