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THE CITY OF — wlflim ..�.__��' LE ASANTON. MEMORANDUM Date: July 9,2019 From: Gerry Beaudin, Director of Community Development—Community Development Department Subject: Case Nos.PUD-105 and P14-0852/Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone(JDEDZ) Supplemental Air Quality Analysis Following the City's certification of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report(SEIR)and approval of the JDEDZ,"an unincorporated association"of persons calling themselves Pleasanton Citizens for Responsible Growth(the"Petitioners")filed a lawsuit asking the court to rescind the City Council's JDEDZ approvals due to alleged violations of the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA). Petitioners alleged that the SEIR had an incomplete air quality analysis related to the Stoneridge Apartment Community(located on the west side of I- 680 near Stoneridge Mall at 6250 through 6450 Stoneridge Mall Road). In September 2018,the City and Costco agreed to rescind the JDEDZ approvals in order to perform supplemental air quality analysis for the JDEDZ project. In return, Petitioners dismissed the lawsuit. In working with the City's outside counsel, Rick Jarvis of Jarvis, Fay&Gibson,LLP,and environmental consultant,Environmental Science Associates(ESA),the City decided to expand the scope of work beyond the supplemental air quality analysis in order to more comprehensively identify and mitigate for any additional impacts created by the JDEDZ.Accordingly,the City directed ESA to prepare the following analyses: • Health Risk Assessment(HRA) • Updated Air Quality Technical Memorandum—Criteria Pollutant Emissions Analysis • Greenhouse Gas Analysis • Energy Resources Technical Memorandum The methodology and a summary of the findings,as well as any newly identified impacts and mitigations, unveiled by the analyses listed above is provided in subsequent sections of this memorandum. Full copies of each of the analyses,including their appendices and/or any attachments are attached to this memorandum and/or are available by request to the City's Planning Division. Additionally,this memorandum includes a summary of the findings of the Economic Impact Analysis prepared by ALH Economics that was circulated for public comment as part of the Draft SEIR in 2015.No changes have been made to the Economic Impact Analysis;however;the City has agreed to recirculate this analysis for additional public comment pursuant to a request from the Petitioners.The full Economic Impact Analysis including any appendices and/or any attachments are attached to this memorandum and/or are available by request to the City's Planning Division.