Reso PC22-06 0079 PC Reso Recommending Certification of the SEIR

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ATTY/RESO.0079/PC RESO RECOMMENDING CERTIFICATION OF THE SEIR REV: 10-20-22 VR Page 3 of 6 prior environmental impact report and/or new mitigation measures or alternatives are now feasible; and WHEREAS, the City determined that the Project would require the preparation of an SEIR to substantially revise the DTPP Final EIR because of the reasonable potential that the Project would result in new or substantially more severe significant environmental effects than those identified in the certified DTPP Final EIR; and WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA section 21092, the City issued a Notice of Preparation (“NOP”) for the SEIR to solicit input on the environmental analysis of the Project and submitted the NOP to the Office of Planning and Research State Clearinghouse and interested agencies and persons on August 27, 2021, for a 31-day review period; and WHEREAS, the City prepared a Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (“DSEIR”; SCH 2021080554) for the Project and circulated it for public comment for 47 days from May 6, 2022, to June 21, 2022, and copies of the DSEIR were made available on the City’s website and in hard copy for review by the public and responsible and trustee agencies, and all were invited to submit comments on the DSEIR to the City’s Community Development and Transportation Department; and WHEREAS, on June 21, 2022, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to receive additional verbal and written comments on the DSEIR; and WHEREAS, following the completion of the public review period, the City reviewed all comments received on the DSEIR and prepared a Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (the “FSEIR”) which incorporates the DSEIR by reference, includes all comments received during the public review period and responses to those comments, and also describes changes to the DSEIR that resulted from the comments received; and WHEREAS, the FSEIR identified a Reduced Office Alternative which would retain all General Plan and DTPP amendments proposed by the Project, but which would alter the Project as follows: Establish an office development cap for the Transit District area of 1.23 million square feet, which is about 75 percent of the office development cap proposed under the Project (i.e., 1.63 million square feet); and