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27 City Response: The findings in Planning Commission Resolution No. 16-20 and proposed in the attached City Council Resolution properly articulate CEQA findings supporting a decision to approve the project without further environmental review. As discussed throughout this Staff Report, Appellant has not shown that the City must prepare an EIR. 10. The City Has Properly Considered the Environmental Issues, in a Manner Consistent with its Practice Appellant’s Contention: The City has a pattern and practice of violating CEQA. (Appeal, pp. 26.) City Response: As discussed throughout this report, the City has properly considered the environmental issues, in a manner that it consistent with lawful City practices. II. The Project Is Consistent with the General Plan and the Downtown Precise Plan Appellant’s Contention: The project is inconsistent with the General Plan, including many of its policies and goals, and the DTPP, making the approval of the Tentative Parcel Map invalid. (Appeal, pp. 22-24, 26.) City Response: Background Regarding the General Plan and DTPP The City Council adopted the General Plan on October 11, 2010. The General Plan is the overarching planning document for the City, providing a vision for growth and development in the City through 2030. The General Plan provides a wide range of policies, many of which are flexible and reflect the City’s numerous, sometimes competing goals and objectives for growth and development. Thus, where a project furthers overall intent of the General Plan and does not conflict with any strict mandatory standard, the City Council enjoys broad discretion to determine that the project is consistent with the General Plan. This discretion derives in large part from the fact that the General Plan includes a range of policies, and a project cannot be expected to satisfy every policy and objective (though a project must comply with all mandatory policies), and that deference is given to elected officials charged with making final decisions for the City regarding the interpretation and application of their own planning documents. The City adopted the DTPP on January 24, 2011, and adopted amendments on September 10, 2012, July 22, 2013, and May 23, 2016. The City Council adopted the DTPP as a Planned Community District pursuant to Article 52 of the Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of such a Planned Community District is to provide for “uses or combination of uses, appropriately requiring flexibility under controlled conditions not 8.A. - Page 27