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Resolution No. 2026-039 Page 2 of 4 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed a Staff Report dated December 10, 2025, and the Draft EIR at a noticed study session on December 10, 2025, during the 60-day comment period; and WHEREAS, the public and the Planning Commission had the opportunity to present written and oral comments on the Draft EIR at the Planning Commission study session on December 10, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City received comment letters from public agencies as well as interested individuals and organizations during the public review period. In accordance with the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA), the City prepared written responses to all the comments received during the public review period, both oral and written. The City prepared a Final EIR dated March 2026 labeled Attachment 1 included hereto and made a part hereof. The Final EIR included an annotated copy of each comment letter identifying specific comments, responses to each specific comment, and clarifications and minor corrections to information presented in the Draft EIR. The responses to comments provide the City's good faith, reasoned analysis of the environmental issues raised by the comments; and WHEREAS, information was generated in the course of preparing written responses for the Final EIR. The City carefully reviewed both the comments and the written responses to assess whether they constituted significant new information that would require recirculation of the Draft EIR under the standards in CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5. After its review, the City determined that the Final EIR, including the comments, clarifications, and minor corrections to the Draft EIR, do not constitute significant new information requiring recirculation of the Draft EIR; and WHEREAS, the Final EIR was posted on the City's website on April 15, 2026, and referenced in the public notice for the April 22, 2026, Planning Commission public hearing; and WHEREAS, a staff report, dated April 22, 2026, and incorporated herein by reference, described and analyzed the Project and related Draft and Final EIRs for the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the staff report, and the Draft and Final EIRs at a noticed public hearing on April 22, 2026, at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard; and WHEREAS,the Draft and Final EIRs, reflect the City's independent judgment and analysis on the potential for environmental impacts and constitute the Environmental Impact Report for the Project; and WHEREAS, the EIR identified several potentially significant impacts that will be reduced to a less than significant level with specified mitigation measures. Approval of the Project by the City Council will therefore require adoption of findings on impacts and mitigations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, which is included in Attachment 2 attached hereto and made a part hereof; and WHEREAS, the EIR identified a significant and unavoidable environmental impact of the Project. Approval of the Project by the City Council will therefore require adoption of Alternative