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CITY OF PLEASANTON COUNTY OF ALamEDA STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 79-17 A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE FII~L ENVIRONMENTAL D~ACT REPORT ON TttE SUNOL-PLEASANTON-LIVERMORE RAILROAD TRACK CONSOLIDATION WHEREAS, in 1978, a joint application was made to the Public Utilities Commission by the Cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, and Alameda County (serving as lead agency) to consolidate the tracks of the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad Companies which traverse the Cities of Livermore and Pleasanton and the unincorporated area of Alameda County; and WHEREAS, the application for the project, which included several grade separations and closures of existing grade crossings, was reviewed by the Public Utilities Cornmission and ranked number five; and WHEREAS, subsequent to receiving the Public Utilities Commission rank- ing, the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report was begun; and WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting of February 13, 1979, the Final Environmental Impact Report and staff reports were received and reviewed by the Council; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on the Final EIR by the City Council at its meeting of February 13, 1979, at which time members of the public were given an opportunity to speak in favor or against the Environmental Impact Report; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Certifies the Final Environmental Impact Report on the Sunol-Pleasanton-Livermore Track Consolidation Project as adequate and complete. being Section 2. Certifies that the Environmental Impact Report has been completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and State Guidelines. Section 3. Certifies that the City Council has reviewed and considered the information in the Environmental Impact Report. Section 4. Finds that the project alternatives would have a signifi- cant adverse impact on the environment and that those impacts are the ones identified on page 178 of the Environmental Impact Report, and the potential traffic congestion at the intersections of Main Street and Del Valle Parkway and Stanley Boulevard and Main Street in Pleasanton; and Section 5. Establishes the boundaries of the impacts as the City of Pleasanton; the unincorporated area adjacent to the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific rights-of-way between the eastern Pleasanton City Limits and western Livermore City Limits; and