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WHEREAS,the City determined that an Environmental Impact Report(EIR) should be prepared for the Project and circulated a Notice of Preparation(NOP) dated July 3, 2013 to public agencies and interested parties for consultation on the scope of the EIR. Based on revisions to the project description, the City reissued the NOP on December 11, 2013 for the required 30-day review period; and WHEREAS, based on the project description and responses to the NOP,the City prepared a Draft EIR dated December 2014 (SCH No. 2013072011)that reflects the independent judgment of the City as to the potential environmental effects of the Project. The Draft EIR is attached as Attachment A and incorporated herein by reference. The City circulated the Draft EIR for a 60-day public review period, from December 9, 2014 to February 6, 2015. The Draft EIR was distributed to local, regional, and State agencies and the public was advised of its availability. The Draft EIR was available for review on the City's website, at City Hall and at the San Leandro Main Library; and WHEREAS, although not required by CEQA, the City held two public meetings to facilitate public review and comment on the Draft EIR. The Planning Commission public meeting was held on January 15, 2015, followed by a City Council work session on January 26, 2015; and WHEREAS, the City received comment letters from State,regional, and local agencies as well as interested individuals and organizations during the public review period, and three letters after the public review period. In accordance with CEQA, the City prepared written responses to all of the comments received during the public review period, both oral and written; the City also prepared written responses to the comments received after the public review period. The City prepared a Final EIR dated June 2015, attached as Attachment B and incorporated herein by reference. The Final EIR included an annotated copy of each comment letter identifying specific comments, responses to each specific comment, and clarifications and minor corrections to information presented in the Draft EIR. Oral comments were similarly identified and written responses prepared. The responses to comments provide the City's good faith, reasoned analysis of the environmental issues raised by the comments; and WHEREAS, given the number and breadth of public comments, a considerable amount of information was generated in the course of preparing written responses for the Final EIR. The City carefully reviewed both the comments and the written responses to assess whether they constituted new information that would require recirculation of the Draft EIR under the standards in CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5. After such review,the City determined that the Final EIR, including the comments, clarifications and minor corrections to the Draft EIR,do not constitute significant new information requiring recirculation of the Draft EIR; and WHEREAS, a staff report, dated June 18, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference, described and analyzed the Draft and Final EIRs for the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS,the Planning Commission reviewed the staff report, and the Draft and Final EIRs at a noticed public hearing on June 18,2015 at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard. Following the public hearing, the Planning Commission adopted