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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act <br />Focused General Plan Update 32 <br />Final Environmental Impact Report January 2023 <br />B. Findings Regarding Potentially Significant Impacts <br />The following potential environmental impacts of the Project were determined to be <br />potentially significant and to require mitigation measures to avoid their effects or to reduce their <br />severity, as set forth in Chapter 4.3 through 4.5, Chapter 4.13, and Chapters 4.17 and 4.18 of the <br />DEIR, as incorporated into the FEIR. The City Council concurs with the conclusions in the DEIR, <br />as incorporated into the FEIR, and makes the following findings with respect to such potentially <br />significant impacts. <br />4.3. Air Quality <br />Impact AIR-1: The proposed Project would conflict with or obstruct implementation of the <br />applicable air quality plan. <br />Mitigation Measures. EIR Mitigation Measure AIR-2 (Draft EIR pp. 4.3-21 to 4.3-22) <br />will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. <br />Findings Regarding Impact AIR-1: Based on the EIR and the entire record before the <br />City, the Council finds that incorporating the requirements of Mitigation Measure AIR-2 <br />into the Project would substantially lessen the severity of Impact AIR-1. Mitigation <br />Measure AIR-2 would require applicants prepare project-specific air quality analyses and <br />incorporate mitigation, as necessary, to reduce exhaust emissions of NOX and other <br />pollutants from construction vehicles; however, since specific development projects are <br />unknown, it cannot be assured that all future development would be able to reduce <br />emissions below BAAQMD thresholds. Nonetheless, because future construction activities <br />could result in ozone precursor and PM emissions that exceed BAAQMD thresholds, the <br />Project could increase the frequency and/or severity of air quality violations in the Bay <br />Area Basin or otherwise impede attainment of air quality standards. Therefore, this impact <br />would be significant and unavoidable. The City Council hereby finds, however, that there <br />are specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other considerations <br />that make infeasible the potential mitigation measures described in the EIR to mitigate the <br />effect of Impact AIR-1, and that development facilitated by the Project will provide <br />specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other benefits that will <br />outweigh the significant adverse effects of Impact AIR-1, as set forth in the Statement of <br />Overriding Considerations below. This finding is based on the entire record of proceedings <br />for the Project, including but not limited to the discussion and analysis set forth on pages <br />4.3-16 through 4.3-18 of the DEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and is <br />hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. <br />Impact AIR-2: The proposed Project would result in a cumulatively considerable net increase <br />of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable <br />federal or state ambient air quality standard. <br />Mitigation Measures. EIR Mitigation Measure AIR-2 (Draft EIR pp. 4.3-21 to 4.3-22) <br />will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP.