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WHEREAS, during the public review and 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 sixteen (16) written comment letters on the Draft <br />EIR; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21092.5, the City <br />provided copies of its responses to commenting public agencies at least ten (10) days <br />prior to the City's consideration of the Final EIR, on August 1, 2024; and <br />WHEREAS, on August 1, 2024, the City released the Final EIR; and <br />WHEREAS, the Final EIR consists of the Draft EIR, all technical appendices <br />prepared in support thereof; all documents incorporated by reference, all written <br />comments letters received on the Draft EIR, written responses to all written comments <br />letters and verbal comments received on the Draft EIR, revisions to the Draft EIR and <br />technical appendices, the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and Statement <br />of Overriding Considerations; and <br />WHEREAS, on August 12, 2024, the Planning Commission conducted the public <br />hearing to consider the Draft EIR and the Project, and solicited comments on the <br />document. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, the public and the City's <br />consultant team, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council <br />certify the EIR for the Project, adopt the Findings of Fact, the Statement of Overriding <br />Considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approve the <br />Project; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 17, 2024, the City Council held a duly noticed public <br />hearing to consider the Final EIR and the Project, at which hearing members of the public <br />were afforded an opportunity to comment and the Project was fully considered; and <br />WHEREAS, all potentially significant adverse environmental impacts were <br />sufficiently analyzed in the Final EIR; and <br />WHEREAS, as contained herein, the City has endeavored in good faith to set forth <br />the basis for its decision and recommendations on the Project; and <br />WHEREAS, all of the requirements of the Public Resources Code and the CEQA <br />Guidelines have been satisfied by the City in connection with the preparation of the Final <br />EIR, which is sufficiently detailed so that all of the potentially significant environmental <br />effects of the Project have been adequately evaluated; and <br />WHEREAS, the Final EIR prepared in connection with the Project sufficiently <br />analyzes the Project's potentially significant environmental impacts, and the Final EIR <br />Resolution No. 2024-XXX <br />Page 3 of 7 <br />