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Mr. Jeung concluded his presentation by identifying the next steps in the process: • Comments on the Draft EIR will be received up to June 4, 2008. • Responses to comments received would be prepared which would clarify, elaborate, and provide explanations and the information base for the Commission and the Council to make an informed decision. • A Mitigation Monitoring Program would be developed that would reflect all mitigation measures proposed to help reduce the impacts to Less Than Significant and spell out the specific details about when those measures are to be implemented, who would be responsible for the implementation, and if there would be monitoring associated with the Program. • A Final EIR would be prepared and will come back to the Planning Commission for review. • To the extent that any decision regarding the prof ect is made, knowing that there are some significant unavoidable impacts, the City has to make a of Statement of Overriding Considerations, which states that the prof ect is still meritorious even with significant unavoidable impacts. • After conscious deliberation, the Planning Commission can go ahead and recommend approval, denial, or modification of the proposed project. Chair Blank inquired what the health assessment involved. Mr. Jeung replied that the health assessment would take a look at the potential exposure of residents and occupants of the senior care facility to cancer risks. He indicated that the incidences of cancer and its significance is generally ten in a million. Chair Blank inquired if the assessment is restricted strictly to cancer risks. Mr. Jeung replied that it would take a look at other pollutants as well but that the primary indicator is cancer risk. Chair Blank inquired if lead coming from aircraft from Livermore would be caught in the risk assessment. Mr. Jeung replied that the assessment would typically focus on traffic coming from I-580. He stated that one of the things they did in terms of trying to understand whether there might be a health risk associated with aircraft activity was consult with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which indicated that there would be a potential health risk if aircraft flyover is within 600 feet above the development. He added that he also checked with the Livermore Municipal Airport and was told that their aircraft were about 1,800 feet above where residences would be located. Chair Blank stated that he believed the Draft EIR reported the altitude to be 800 feet. Mr. Jeung indicated that he would look into that. Chair Blank noted that the Draft EIR states that the development is not within the airport land use area but that it was his understanding that some parts of the project are in the airport influence area. Mr. Jeung confirmed Chair Blank's statement. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 14, 2008 Page 8 of 14