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City of Pleasanton–10x Genomics Project Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration Responses to Written Comments FirstCarbon Solutions 2-9 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480024/Final ISMND/21480024 Sec02-00 Responses to Comments.docx Individuals Rashid, Erum (RASHID) Response to RASHID-1 The commenter expressed concern about the proposed project’s proximity to residential development due to general concerns about traffic congestion, environmental pollution, and noise. The City of Pleasanton responded to the inquiry via phone call to clarify the scope of the proposed project. The commenter states that they are a resident of Stoneridge Townhomes on Springdale Avenue, which is located 0.3 mile southeast of the project site. As discussed in Section 2.17, Transportation, the proposed project’s potential impacts on vehicle queues would be mitigated with implementation of Mitigation Measure (MM) TRANS-1, which would require modification of the intersection of Stoneridge Drive at Springdale Avenue to prevent traffic impacts, and with implementation of MM TRANS-2, which would require the City’s Traffic Engineering Division to monitor and manage traffic signal timings on Stoneridge Drive between Foothill Road and Interstate 680 (I-680) northbound ramps to coordinate traffic flows and minimize vehicle queues. With implementation of the prescribed mitigation measures, transportation impacts would be less than significant. No further analysis is warranted. Environmental pollution is analyzed in the Draft IS/MND in Section 2.3, Air Quality; Section 2.8, Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Section 2.9, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Section 2.10, Hydrology and Water Quality; and Section 2.18, Utilities and Service Systems. As discussed throughout these sections and throughout the Draft IS/MND, impacts from the proposed project would be either less than significant, or they would be less than significant with implementation of the prescribed mitigation measures that are designed to reduce the proposed project’s environmental impacts. Therefore, no additional analysis of pollutants is warranted. As discussed in Section 2.13, Noise, the proposed project would not create any potentially significant impacts related to noise. Implementation of MM NOI-1 would be required during construction activities in order to reduce the potential noise impacts during the construction period to below a level of significance. No additional analysis is warranted. A list of discretionary approvals required for the proposed project is found in Section 1.5 of the Draft IS/MND. Furthermore, the final approving body for the proposed project and the Draft IS/MND would be the City Council. The City Council will schedule a public hearing and will distribute notices of public hearing to interested parties and neighboring residents. During the City Council public hearing, residents will be invited to submit their comments to the decision-makers for their review and consideration in approving or denying the proposed project.