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Attachment 7 <br /> FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED PLEASANTON <br /> GENERAL PLAN <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> The City of Pleasanton (or Project Sponsor) proposes to amend and replace the 1996 <br /> General Plan for all elements (with the exception of Housing) with the proposed <br /> Pleasanton General Plan 2005 -2025, which establishes a planning framework and <br /> policies to the planning horizon of 2025. The City of Pleasanton is the lead agency under <br /> the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has prepared an environmental <br /> impact report (EIR) for the 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 for <br /> each potentially significant environmental impact disclosed in an EIR. Specifically, for <br /> each significant impact, the lead agency must make one or more of the following three <br /> findings: <br /> Changes or alterations have been incorporated into the project to avoid or <br /> substantially lessen the significant environmental effects identified in the EIR; <br /> Such changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of <br /> another public agency and should be adopted by that agency; or <br /> Specific economic, social, legal, technological, or other considerations make <br /> the mitigation measures or alternatives 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 considerations <br /> must explain the social, economic, or other reasons for approving the project despite its <br /> 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 the project and reflects the City's independent judgment. <br /> Exhibit D 1 <br />