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City of Pleasanton—Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Project CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations FirstCarbon Solutions 55 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 provided to the public through the approval and implementation of the proposed project outweigh the identified significant adverse environmental impacts of the proposed project that cannot be mitigated. The City of Pleasanton finds that each of the project benefits separately and individually outweighs all of the unavoidable adverse environmental effects identified in the EIR and therefore finds those impacts to be acceptable. xx Housing Production: The proposed project would utilize infill sites for housing development analyzed in the City’s Housing Element Update. Therefore, the proposed project would support the objectives of the City’s Housing Element Update, State housing laws, and Plan Bay Area 2050 by increasing the amount of housing stock in the City. x Advancing Conservation Protections: The proposed project would result in the preservation of approximately 117.1 acres of open space, including 104.6 acres of open space for conservation purposes and 69.53 acres dedicated to the EBRPD. By dedicating undeveloped lands to the EBRPD, the proposed project would further the City’s open space and conservation goals and would advance protections for special-status species, riparian habitats, wetlands, jurisdictional waters and Heritage Trees by ensuring that these lands remain undeveloped for perpetuity. x Expansion of Public Access to Regional Parks and Trails: The project would provide a new public trailhead, parking/staging area, and trail connection to the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, completing a long-planned segment of the regional trail system and expanding public recreational opportunities. x Preservation of Community Character and Urban Edge: By clustering development and preserving extensive open space, the project maintains the open-space character at the City’s edge, protects scenic hillsides and ridgelines, and advances Measures PP and QQ and General Plan policies. x Reducing Hazardous Roadway Design Features: The proposed project would construct a new traffic signal and pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Canyon Meadows Drive and Dublin Canyon Road. By constructing these features, the proposed project would not sonly reduce design hazards for pedestrians and bicyclists attempting to reach the EBRPD trailhead, but it would also reduce the potential for left-turn vehicle collisions for vehicles exiting from the intersection of proposed Street A and Dublin Canyon Road and for head-on and side-sweep vehicle collisions for vehicles traveling on Dublin Canyon Road. x Facilitating Multimodal Travel: The proposed project would construct 6-foot-wide bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of Dublin Canyon Road along the northern frontage of the project site. By implementing this design feature, the proposed project would not only provide connectivity to the proposed EBRPD trailhead, but it would also expand regional connectivity by filling in infrastructure “gaps” for pedestrians and bicyclists traveling in the project vicinity. Therefore, implementation of the proposed project would advance the City’s long-range transportation goals, thus representing an improvement from existing conditions.