Reso 2025-043 Certifying EIR (880 Doolittle)

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2025-043 RESOLUTION CERTIFYING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, ADOPTING FINDINGS, A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, AND A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, 880 DOOLITTLE DRIVE (PLN22-0039) WHEREAS, Prologis LP (“Applicant”), submitted an application for a Conditional Use Permit, Administrative Site Plan Review, and Administrative Exception (Height) to build and operate a new approximately 244,573-square-foot warehouse/distribution building at 880 Doolittle Drive (PLN22-0039) (“Project”); and WHEREAS, 880 Doolittle Drive (“Property”) is comprised of two lots totaling 14.14 acres, further described as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 77A-741-4-2 and 77A-741-5 (the “Property”); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15161 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, an Initial Study had been prepared for the Project. The Initial Study identified potentially significant environmental impacts arising from the Project that could not be mitigated to a less-than- significant level; and WHEREAS, the City determined that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) would be prepared for the Project and circulated a Notice of Preparation (NOP) dated November 22, 2023, to public agencies and interested parties, posted on the East Bay Times Daily Newspaper and was available for review on the City’s website and at City Hall for consultation on the scope of the EIR; and WHEREAS, based on the project description and responses to the NOP, the City prepared a Draft EIR dated June 2024 (SCH No. 2023110597) which reflects the independent judgment of the City as to the potential environmental effects of the Project; and WHEREAS, the City circulated a Notice of Availability (NOA) and the Draft EIR for a 45-day public review period, from June 21, 2024, to August 5, 2024. The Draft EIR was distributed to local, regional, and State agencies. The Draft EIR was available for review on the City’s website, and at City Hall; and WHEREAS, the City received nine comment letters during the public review period in response to the Draft EIR and the City prepared written responses to all of the comments, as well as revisions to the Draft EIR, which were incorporated into the Final EIR. 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. The responses to comments provide the City’s good faith, reasoned analysis of the environmental issues raised by the comments; and WHEREAS, information was generated in the course of preparing written responses for the Final EIR. The City carefully reviewed the comments and the written responses to assess whether they constituted significant new information that would require recirculation of the Draft EIR under the standards in CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5. After its 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