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City of Pleasanton—Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Project CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 42 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480016/FOF/21480016 Pleasanton Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Project FOF.docx the potentially significant impacts as identified in the EIR. Therefore, impacts associated with post- fire slope instability or drainage changes would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated. 1.7 - Impacts Identified in the EIR as Being Significant and Unavoidable Even After the Incorporation of All Feasible Mitigation Measures The Lead Agency hereby finds that, despite the incorporation of mitigation measures outlined in the EIR and the attached Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), the following impacts from the proposed project and related approvals cannot be fully mitigated to a less than significant level and a Statement of Overriding Considerations is therefore included herein. 1.7.1 - Transportation and Traffic Impact TRANS-2: The proposed project would conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision b. Findings: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the EIR. (CEQA Guidelines § 15091(a)(1)). However, impacts would still remain significant and unavoidable. (Draft EIR, p. 3.14-14). Specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations, including provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measure or project alternatives identified in the EIR. (CEQA Guidelines § 15091(a)(1)). Mitigation Measures No feasible mitigation measures. Facts in Support of Findings: Although the City has not formally adopted VMT thresholds or a specific methodology for evaluating VMT impacts, the City’s Housing Element Update Program EIR referenced the California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) approach for evaluating transportation impacts under CEQA. Since the proposed project did not meet screening criteria, a detailed VMT analysis was performed to analyze the proposed project’s potential for a significant VMT impact with respect to the LCI’s recommendation that residential VMT per capita should remain 15 percent below Alameda County’s average. For the proposed project’s VMT impact to be less than significant, the residential VMT per capita would be required to be reduced by 54.91 percent to be considered less than significant. Although the proposed project would achieve up to a 14 percent reduction through the deployment of all feasible VMT reduction strategies recommended by the Alameda County Transportation Commission VMT Tool and required by the City’s Housing Element (see MM TRANS 2, Housing Element Update Program EIR), the proposed project would also require an additional 40.91 percent reduction in VMT to achieve a less than significant VMT impact. (Draft EIR, p. 3.14-13). This reduction is consistent with the findings of the City’s Housing Element Update Program EIR, which included the project site as a candidate site in the City’s Housing Element Update Program EIR and found that impacts on VMT would be significant and unavoidable even after implementation of all feasible VMT reduction strategies. (Draft EIR, p. 3.14-14). Therefore, consistent with the findings of the Housing Element Program EIR, which considered the deployment of all