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City of Pleasanton—Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Project Final EIR Responses to Written Comments FirstCarbon Solutions 3-127 https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480016/EIR/4 - Final EIR/21480016 Sec03-00 Responses to Written Comments.docx associated with additional trips to and from the EBRPD trail was evaluated in Appendix H of the Draft EIR and discussed in Draft EIR Section 3.14, Transportation, pages 3.14-11 through 3.14-19. Further, the proposed trail is required to be compliant with all operational EBRPD rules, with EBRPD staff member enforcement as needed. This comment is included in the administrative record and will be provided to the decision-makers for review and consideration. The comment did not provide new, substantial evidence with respect to the disposition of significant environmental impacts evaluated in the Draft EIR. Therefore, no further response is required. Response to T.VINSON 1-10 The proposed project was introduced before the City’s Planning Commission at the December 10, 2025, Planning Commission meeting. Members of the public and members of the City’s Planning Commission were provided with an opportunity to comment on and discuss the proposed project. Additionally, this Final EIR will be presented to the City Council for certification. Please refer to the Response to T.VINSON 3 for a response to the public comment received by Ted Vinson at this meeting. This comment is included in the administrative record and will be provided to the decision- makers for review and consideration. The comment did not provide new, substantial evidence with respect to the disposition of significant environmental impacts evaluated in the Draft EIR. Therefore, no further response is required. Response to T.VINSON 1-11 Please refer to Master Response 1, Non-CEQA Issues Not Addressed in Final EIR, in Section 2, Master Responses, of this document. This Master Response provides an explanation of the scope of CEQA. Additionally, refer to the Response to T.VINSON 1-9 for a discussion of the EBRPD trail staging and access. This comment is included in the administrative record and will be provided to the decision- makers for review and consideration. The comment did not provide new, substantial evidence with respect to the disposition of significant environmental impacts evaluated in the Draft EIR. Therefore, no further response is required. Response to T.VINSON 1-12 The EBRPD is identified as a Responsible Agency under CEQA and may rely on the City’s EIR, if certified, in connection with its discretionary approvals, consistent with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15050(b) and 15096. As described in Chapter 2, Project Description, and analyzed throughout the Draft EIR, the trail EBRPD dedication and trail are elements of the proposed project and, as such the Draft EIR analyzes the environmental impacts associated with the staging area, trail connection, and related facilities, including impacts to biological resources, aesthetics, transportation, recreation, and other relevant issue areas, and identifies mitigation measures where required. Thus, potential impacts related to the dedication of open space and associated trail connection are included in the analysis of the Draft EIR. No separate CEQA documentation would be required. CEQA does not require separate EIRs to be prepared by each public agency involved in a project when the project is evaluated in a single, comprehensive EIR by the Lead Agency. Nor does CEQA require a Responsible Agency to prepare a separate Draft EIR where the environmental effects of its discretionary actions are adequately addressed in the Lead Agency’s EIR. To the extent that EBRPD undertakes future, discretionary actions related to the regional trail system that are independent of the proposed project or that were not evaluated in this Draft EIR, those actions would be subject to their own CEQA review by EBRPD at the time such actions are proposed and would be subject to all applicable