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RESOLUTION NO. 15 -730 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, ADOPTING A CEQA ADDENDUM TO THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE RECYCLED WATER PROJECT WHEREAS, on September 16, 2014 the City of Pleasanton City Council adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Recycled Water Project (Proposed Project) in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, as amended ( "CEQA "), and state and local guidelines implementing CEQA; and WHEREAS, City Council approved the City of Pleasanton (City) to initiate engineering and design of the Proposed Project on September 2, 2014, which was completed by late December 2014; and WHEREAS, the City evaluated and incorporated design efficiencies into the pipeline infrastructure of the Proposed Project. The proposed modifications will result in an overall addition of 720 feet of new pipeline, and in repurposing an additional 9,850 feet of existing pipeline to the recycled water system; and WHEREAS, the City, as the lead agency under the Califomia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), prepared a CEQA Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration to assess the environmental impacts of changing portions of the Proposed Project original pipeline alignment in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, the CEQA Addendum concluded that the proposed pipeline alignment changes will not result in new significant impacts, substantially increase the severity of previously disclosed impacts or involve any of the other conditions related to changed circumstances or new information that can require a subsequent or supplemental EIR under Public Resources Code section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines section 15162 beyond those impacts and conditions already identified in the City's Mitigated Negative Declaration; it therefore would be appropriate for the City to approve the proposed changes to the Proposed Project. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. The City Council has (1) independently reviewed and analyzed the CEQA Addendum and other information in the record and has considered the information contained therein, prior to acting upon or approving the Project, (2) the CEQA Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the Project has been completed in compliance with CEQA and consistent with state and local guidelines implementing CEQA, and (3) the CEQA Addendum represents the independent judgment and analysis of the City as lead agency for the Proposed Project. The City Council designates the City's Director of Operation Services as the custodian of documents and records of proceedings on which this decision is based.