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File Number: 16-456 <br />WHEREAS, although not required by CEQA, the City held two public study sessions to <br />facilitate public review and comment on the Draft EIR. The Planning Commission study <br />session was held on June 16, 2016, followed by a City Council study session on July 5, 2016; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City received comment letters from State, regional, and local agencies <br />as well as interested individuals during the public review period, and one letter after the public <br />review period. In accordance with CEQA, the City prepared written responses to all <br />comments received during the public review period, both oral and written; the City also <br />prepared written responses to the comments received after the public review period. The City <br />prepared a Final EIR dated August 19, 2016, attached as Exhibit B and incorporated herein <br />by reference. The Final EIR includes an annotated copy of each comment letter identifying <br />specific comments, responses to each specific comment, and clarifications and minor <br />corrections to information presented in the Draft EIR. Oral comments on the Draft EIR were <br />also submitted in writing, for which the City prepared written responses. The responses to <br />comments provide the City’s good faith, reasoned analysis of the environmental issues raised <br />by the comments; and <br />WHEREAS, in the course of preparing written responses, information was generated <br />for the Final EIR. The City carefully reviewed both the comments and the written responses <br />to assess whether they constituted significant new information that would require recirculation <br />of the Draft EIR under the standards in CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5. After its review, <br />the City determined that the Final EIR, including the comments, clarifications and minor <br />corrections to the Draft EIR, do not constitute significant new information requiring <br />recirculation of the Draft EIR; and <br />WHEREAS, a staff report, dated August 25, 2016 and incorporated herein by <br />reference, described and analyzed the Project and the related Draft and Final EIRs for the <br />Planning Commission; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the staff report and the Draft and Final <br />EIRs at a noticed public hearing on August 25, 2016 at which time all interested parties had <br />the opportunity to be heard; and <br />WHEREAS, following the public hearing, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution <br />2016-002, incorporated herein by reference, recommending that the City Council certify the <br />EIR and make all required mitigation measures and other findings. The Planning Commission <br />then adopted a series of resolutions recommending that the City Council approve the Project; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, a staff report, dated September 19, 2016 and incorporated herein by <br />reference, described and analyzed the Project and the related Draft and Final EIRs for the <br />City Council; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the staff report and the Draft and Final EIRs at a <br />noticed public hearing on September 19, 2016 at which time all interested parties had the <br />opportunity to be heard; and <br />WHEREAS, the Draft and Final EIRs reflect the City's independent judgment and <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/13/2016