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File Number: 16-341 <br />environmental topics are addressed in the DEIR: <br />§Aesthetics <br />§Air Quality <br />§Biological Resources <br />§Cultural Resources <br />§Geology, Soils, and Seismicity <br />§Greenhouse Gas Emissions <br />§Hazards and Hazardous Materials <br />§Hydrology and Water Quality <br />§Land Use and Planning <br />§Noise <br />§Population and Housing <br />§Public Services and Recreation <br />§Transportation and Traffic <br />§Utilities and Service Systems <br />Due to the existing urbanization of the EIR Study Area, no environmental impacts associated <br />with agricultural and forestry resources and mineral resources are expected to occur as a <br />result of the proposed Project. These resource topics therefore were not addressed further in <br />the DEIR. <br />Section 15126.2 of the CEQA Guidelines requires that “direct and indirect significant effects of <br />the project on the environment shall be clearly identified and described, giving due <br />consideration to both the short-term and long term effects.” <br />Chapter 1, Executive Summary, of the DEIR contains Table 1-1, which summarizes the <br />impacts, mitigation measures, and levels of significance before and after mitigation. While <br />actions from the Project and mitigation measures, where feasible, would reduce the level of <br />impact to less than significant in most cases, the impacts listed below would remain significant <br />and unavoidable after mitigation measures are applied. In many cases, development allowed <br />under the proposed Project would contribute to each of these significant and unavoidable <br />impacts, but would not be the sole cause of the impact. These impacts or similar impacts are <br />likely to occur in San Leandro over the next 20 years due to regional growth, regardless of <br />whether the City adopts the updated General Plan and related Zoning Ordinance <br />Amendments. The four issues where significant and unavoidable impacts exist in the DEIR <br />are: Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Noise and Traffic. <br />Chapter 6 (“Alternatives to the Project”) of the DEIR also analyzes alternatives to the Project <br />that are designed to reduce the significant environmental impacts of the Project and feasibly <br />attain most of the Project objectives. The following alternatives to the Project were considered <br />and analyzed in detail in Chapter 6 Chapter 6, as well as alternatives that were rejected for <br />various reasons. <br />§No Project <br />§Reduced Industrial Development Alternative <br />The 45-day public comment period on the DEIR will end on July 15, 2016. In addition to all <br />comments made at this public meeting, written comments are encouraged. All written <br />comments related to the Draft EIR should be directed to Tom Liao, Deputy Community <br />Page 9 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/28/2016