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File Number: 22-245 pedestrian and bicycle paths, and access to the Bay Trail. Policy LU-9.4. Land Use Mix. Strive for a mix of land uses in the San Leandro Shoreline area that requires little or no City investment and results in a Shoreline that is financially self-supporting. Development should be phased in a manner that is consistent with this policy, and should maximize the extent to which commercial development funds public amenities and services. Environmental Review Attachment J contains a summary of the environmental review process for the Project. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), on July 20, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2015-125 certifying an EIR entitled, “San Leandro Shoreline Development Project EIR (SCH # 2013072011).” In conjunction with the Certified EIR, a Mitigation Monitoring and Report Program (MMRP) was adopted for the Project. The Draft EIR (DEIR) was circulated for an extended public review period from December 9, 2014 to February 6, 2015. An updated Final EIR (FEIR) was presented to Planning Commission and City Council after a thorough review of the comments received on the DEIR. The DEIR examined the full range of potential environmental impacts based on the eighteen resource topic areas in Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, including but not limited to, the following environmental topics: ·Aesthetics ·Air Quality ·Biological Resources ·Geology, Soils and Seismicity ·Greenhouse Gas Emissions ·Hazards and Hazardous Materials ·Hydrology and Water Quality ·Land Use and Planning ·Noise ·Population and Housing ·Public Services and Recreation ·Transportation and Traffic ·Utilities and Service Systems The DEIR identified a number of impacts as less than significant or significant but mitigatable . However, not all of the Project’s significant impacts can be avoided or reduced to less than significant and will remain significant and unavoidable , even after feasible mitigation. When the City Council certified the EIR for the Shoreline project, it also adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations for these significant and unavoidable impacts. The significant and unavoidable impacts relate to greenhouse gas emissions, noise, and traffic/transportation. The Statement of Overriding Considerations noted that the City Council carefully considered each significant and unavoidable impact in reaching its decision to approve the Project and identified several benefits of the Project in reaching its decision, including but not limited to: Page 10 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/15/2022