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EXHIBIT 1 <br />FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE STONERIDGE DRIVE SPECIFIC <br />PLAN AMENDMENTISTAPLES RANCH EIR <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The Alameda County Surplus Property Authority (ACSPA or "Project Sponsor") <br />proposes to amend the 1989 Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan to revise land use <br />designations, circulation improvements, and financial obligations for the Staples Ranch <br />site. The City of Pleasanton is the lead agency under the California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA) and has prepared an environmental impact report (EIR) for the <br />proposed project. <br />Section 15091 of the CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations [CCR]) and <br />Section 21081 of the Public Resources Code require the lead agency to adopt findings <br />for each potentially significant environmental impact disclosed in an EIR. Specifically, <br />for each significant impact, the lead agency must make one or more of the following <br />three findings: <br />Changes or alterations have been incorporated into the project to <br />avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects <br />identified in the EIR; <br />Such changes or alterations are within the responsibility and <br />jurisdiction of another public agency and should be adopted by that <br />agency; or <br />Specific economic, social, legal, technological, or other <br />considerations make the mitigation measures or alternatives <br />identified in the EIR infeasible. <br />In addition to making a finding for each potentially significant impact, if the lead agency <br />approves a project without mitigating all of the significant impacts, it must prepare a <br />statement of overriding considerations, in which it balances the benefits of the project <br />against the unavoidable environmental risks. The statement of overriding <br />considerations must explain the social, economic, or other reasons for approving the <br />project despite its environmental impacts (14 CCR 15093, Pub. Res. Code 21081). <br />This document contains the findings and statement of overriding considerations for the <br />approval of an alternative to the project (the Ice Center Alternative) and reflects the <br />City's independent judgment. <br />Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project <br />linvironmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Pagc 1 of 47 <br />