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8. B. - Page 85 <br /> �iax�ning Cc�mrnis�ian Chair Jane� Borgar�s a��d <br /> �edwood City Commissioners <br /> I�ecember I3, 20II <br /> Page 2 <br /> I. 'I`�E F�N�IL EIR. �OIVTIN`�EJ�S '�'!J ���AT� �E�IA'S �tEC��.I'��i,�l'VfE�TT <br /> TC� AY��L�'�E t�T]D MI�IGATE, ��` 1�IE�E��A]k�Y, Ft7TE1�I'T'T�.L'� <br /> S��NIFICANT II�TP�C�S; T�� �I� F�IL�I� T`O �ZES�OI�II TQ <br /> �'�7�I.r�C �(]Il�lYIEI�TS �E�L7�.TEL� <br /> �`he �"iz�al ��R co�tinues �fl lacl� su�stan�ial �vidence uporz whic� �o cvnclude <br /> �hat traf�c, �ir q�ai�tiy and pubiic health impacts �re ��ss thas� sign�'zcar�t. Th� <br /> Final EIR also fail� ta r�s�or�d to our C)ctob�r 26, 2(}11 c�rnr�ents adequately z�nd <br /> th�se of our �raffic �xpert, Torn Bro��rd, and sir quaIi�y and pubIic �eal�h exp�r�, <br /> I�r. J�nr�es ��ark, T1��r�fore, a revised Draf't EIR. an�ts� �� prepared �nd circ�al��ed <br /> fo� g��ab�gc revievv. <br /> An agency's resp�nses to public cvm�nents ens►�re Ghe in��g�a�y o� �he �rcacess <br /> t�y precluding stubborrz prc�b�ems ar ser�aus eriticisa�a �rc�m bei�g sva�pt �r�der �h� <br /> rug,z Resp€�nses to e�arh�,ent� �s��y such an imp€�r�ant ra�e in the e�viron�en�al <br /> ev�Ruatian that �h� CE�A ��ide��z�es sp�tl out an �gea�cy's dt��y ta avoid �rro €orrr�� <br /> �'G3�]OI35@5: <br /> �n pa��icular, the �za���� �r�vironmea�ta� iss�,es raised wk�en th� iead <br /> a��ne�s position �s at varianc� v�ri�h recar�anendation� �nd ob�ec�ions <br /> raised in t�e c�az�ments must be addressed ai�a detait givi�g rem�e�ns why <br /> speci�"�c co�arz�e�ts ant� suggestians w�re nc�t aceepted. Tk�er� mus� b�; <br /> gnod fai�h, reasc�ned anaiysis in r�spanse. Concl�sc�ry statements <br /> uns€�ppor�ed by f�c�ual infaa�ma�ion will not suffiee.� <br /> GE&�A is much rtar��e th�n siznply a pres�ntation t� ��e public of �he lead agen�y'� <br /> env�ronr�ental arta�ysis. Public conr�ra�e�t� and r�spanses to cvczzm��sts ar� equ��l� <br /> es�e�zti�� �n�rec�ier��s of a va�id E��. <br /> Here, the �ity's fail�i•e �o pravade adequate respons�s to publie comu�en�s <br /> sw���s po��n�ia��y signi�"icant envirar�r��nta1 impacts under the ru�. T�2e Ci�y aYSU�t <br /> adequ��ely respond �o public cc�e�ments i� a r�vi�ed and recircula�.ed EI�ZZ. <br /> � Peop�e u. G`ounty of Kern (7.974) 39 Cal.App.3d 830, 841. <br /> � C�QA Guidelines, § 15�88, suhd. (c). <br /> � See County o(Inyo u. City o{Los Ange[es (1984) 164 CaI.rlpp.3d 1178, 1185. <br /> 26GC�-a k Ov <br />