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Jenny Soo May 8,2015 Page 2 Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15162,the 2014 Addendum made the following conclusions: (1) The modifications to the 2014 project did not require major revisions to the Supplemental EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. (2) Substantial changes did not occur with respect to the circumstances under which the 2014 project would have been undertaken which would have required major revisions of the Supplemental EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. The circumstances under which the 2014 project was to be undertaken were substantially the same as under the Supplemental EIR. (3) There was no new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the Supplemental EIR was certified,that shows any of the following: (A) The 2014 project would have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous Supplemental EIR; (B) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the 2014 project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative;or (C) Mitigation measures or alternatives which were considerably different from those analyzed in the previous Supplemental EIR would have substantially reduced one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents declined to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. As such,the 2014 Addendum appropriately disclosed potential environmental impacts from the previously proposed Summer Hill Apartment Community,thereby satisfying the requirements of CEQA. The Summer Hill Apartment Community and 2014 Addendum were considered at the February 26, 2014 Planning Commission meeting and were unanimously recommended for City Council approval. However, the 2014 project was never constructed. Revised Project Description The applicant, Summer Hill Homes, has now revised the project, renaming it as the Las Positas Townhome Condominiums (referred to herein as the 2015 project). The proposed 2015 project consists of the development of a 94-unit residential townhome condominium community with three open space areas consisting of a central courtyard, paseos, open green area,and tot lot. The 94 townhome condominiums would consist of two-,three-,and four-bedroom floor plans located in 16 two-and three- story buildings of varying massing and size. The unit mix would consist of 10 two-bedroom units, 70 three-bedroom units, and 14 four-bedroom units. Buildings 1 through 7, located on the northern half of the property would be oriented parallel to West Las Positas Boulevard and would taper down to two stories at the project's west and east boundaries to