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..".-'.# .' . . " . . . . . The City Council shall certify that it has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Negative Declara- tion prior to or concurrently with its adoption of the pro- posed amendment to the Plan. In the event the Agency disapproves the finding of the Negative Declaration, the Agency staff shall prepare a Draft EIR and any public hearing on the proposed amendment to the Plan shall be postponed or continued to a date at least 30 days following the filing of the Notice of Completion pursuant to Section 508. No amendment to a Plan shall be approved . and adopted by the City Council unless and until a Negative Dec- laration or EIR is adopted by the Agency and unless and until the Agency and the City Council have certified that they have reviewed and considered the information contained in the Negative Declaration or EIR. 4. [S 506] Notice of Determination After Agency approval of the finding of the Negative Declaration and City Council action on the proposed amendment to the Plan, a Notice of Determination (with a copy of the Negative Declaration attached) shall be filed with the County Clerk. The Notice of Determination shall include the determina- tion by the Agency and the City Council that the amendment to the Plan will not have a significant effect on the environment, that the amendment has been approved or disapproved by the City Council, and that no EIR has been prepared. C. [S 507] Draft ErR The Draft EIR shall be prepared by the Agency staff for a proposed amendment to the Plan, where required pursuant to Section 501 or Section 505. Before completing the Draft EIR, the Agency shall consult directly with any person or organi- zation it believes will be concerned with the environmental effects of the Project. If required pursuant to Section 501, the Draft EIR shall be prepared by the Agency staff prior to any public hearing on the proposed amendment. If required pursuant to Section 505, the Draft EIR shall be prepared by the Agency staff as soon as possible following Agency disapproval of the finding of the Negative Declaration. In either case, the Draft EIR shall be part of the report and recommendations on the proposed amendment to the Plan required to be submitted by the Agency to the City Council. The Draft EIR shall be written in accordance with the criteria set forth in Sections 301 and 302 and shall contain the information specified in Sections 600 through 614. The -10-