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File Number: 18-065
<br />WHEREAS, in 2015, the City selected Raimi & Associates to serve as lead consultant for
<br />the Specific Plan and related Environmental Impact Report; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City determined that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) would be
<br />prepared for the project and circulated a Notice of Preparation (NOP) dated March 3, 2017
<br />to public agencies and interested parties for consultation on the scope of the EIR; and
<br />WHEREAS, based on the project description and responses to the NOP, the City
<br />prepared a Draft EIR dated September 28, 2017 (SCH No. 2017032016) which reflected the
<br />independent judgment of the City as to the potential environmental effects of the Specific Plan.
<br />The Draft EIR is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. The City circulated
<br />the Draft EIR for a 45-day day public review period, from October 6, 2017 to November 20, 2017.
<br />The Draft EIR was distributed to local, regional, and State agencies. The public was advised of
<br />its availability. The Draft EIR was available for review on the City’s website, at City Hall and at the
<br />San Leandro Main Library; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City received comment letters from State, regional, and local agencies as
<br />well as interested individuals and organizations during the public review period. In accordance
<br />with CEQA, the City prepared written responses to all the written comments received during the
<br />public review period. The City prepared a Final EIR dated January 5, 2018, attached as Exhibit B
<br />and incorporated herein by reference. The Final EIR included an annotated copy of each
<br />comment letter identifying specific comments, responses to each specific comment, and
<br />clarifications and minor corrections to information presented in the Draft EIR. The responses to
<br />comments provide the City’s good faith, reasoned analysis of the environmental issues raised by
<br />the comments; and
<br />WHEREAS, information was generated in the course of preparing written responses for
<br />the Final EIR. The City carefully reviewed both the comments and the written responses to
<br />assess whether they constituted significant new information that would require recirculation of the
<br />Draft EIR under the standards in CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5. After its review, the City
<br />determined that the Final EIR, including the comments, clarifications and minor corrections to the
<br />Draft EIR, did not constitute significant new information requiring recirculation of the Draft EIR;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, a staff report, dated January 18, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference,
<br />described and analyzed the Specific Plan and the related Draft and Final EIRs for the Planning
<br />Commission; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the January 18, 2018 staff report, and the
<br />Draft and Final EIRs at a noticed public hearing on January 18, 2018, at which time all interested
<br />parties had the opportunity to be heard; and
<br />WHEREAS, following the public hearing, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution
<br />2018-001, incorporated herein by reference, recommending that the City Council certify the EIR,
<br />and make all required mitigation and other findings. The Planning Commission then adopted a
<br />resolution recommending that the City Council adopt the Specific Plan; and
<br />WHEREAS, Resolution 2018-001 also included a recommendation that the City Council
<br />receive and review comments from individual Planning Commissioners related to the Specific
<br />Plan EIR; and
<br />WHEREAS, a staff report, dated February 20, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference,
<br />described and analyzed the Specific Plan and the related Draft and Final EIRs for the City
<br />Council; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the staff report, and the Draft and Final EIRs, at a
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