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<br />Environmental Impact Report public review and comment period to October 4, 2018 to <br />allow additional time for public review and input; and <br />WHEREAS, consistent with State CEQA Guidelines section 15087(e), the Draft <br />EIR was circulated for a 59-day review period, from August 7, 2018 to October 4, 2018; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, during the 59-day public comment period, the City consulted with <br />and requested comments from all responsible and trustee agencies, other regulatory <br />agencies, and others pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15086; and <br />WHEREAS, the City received 44 written comment letters and six verbal <br />comments on the Draft EIR at the August 27, 2018 public hearing, including a written <br />acknowledgement from the State Clearinghouse that the City has complied with CEQA <br />environmental review requirements; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21092.5, on November <br />15, 2018, the City provided copies of its responses to commenting public agencies and <br />interested organizations and parties more than ten (10) days prior to the City’s <br />consideration of the Final EIR; and <br />WHEREAS, on November 15, 2018, the City released the Final EIR (“Final EIR”), <br />which consists of the Draft EIR, all technical appendices prepared in support of the Draft <br />EIR, all written comment letters received on the Draft EIR, written responses to all <br />written comment letters received and verbal comments received on the Draft EIR, <br />revisions to the Draft EIR and technical appendices, and the Mitigation Monitoring and <br />Reporting Program; and <br />WHEREAS, on January 4, 2019, the City gave public notice of a Planning <br />Commission public hearing for consideration of Environmental Impact Report No. <br />2018-01 (State Clearinghouse Number #2018021031) by advertising in the Orange <br />County Register, a newspaper of general circulation, and on January 4, 2019 by <br />mailing to owners of property and residents within 500 feet of the Project Site and <br />posting on the Project Site; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on January 14, 2019, the Planning Commission conducted a duly <br />noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement 2018-01, General <br />Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and solicited <br />comments on the EIR. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, the public and the <br />City’s consultant team, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City <br />Council certify the EIR, adopt the findings, the statement of overriding considerations <br />and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and approve the Project; and <br />WHEREAS, the “EIR” consists of the Final EIR and its attachments and <br />appendices, as well as the Draft EIR and its attachments and appendices (as modified <br />by the Final EIR); and <br />2-32