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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />271 <br />28 <br />SECTION 4. In considering this General Plan Amendment, the City <br />Council has considered the housing needs of the region and balanced those needs <br />against the public service needs of the residents and available fiscal and <br />environmental resources. <br />SECTION 5. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all <br />written and oral evidence presented, the City Council finds the General Plan <br />Amendment complies with "CEQA" and hereby adopts the negative declaration for <br />the following reasons: <br />A. The negative declaration and initial study prepared for the <br />Application contain a complete and accurate reporting of the environmental impacts <br />associated with the Application. The documents have been completed in compliance <br />with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines. <br />B. The negative declaration and initial study prepared for the <br />Application reflect the independent judgment of the City Council. <br />C. As the decision making body for the Application, the City Council <br />reviewed and considered the information contained in the negative declaration, initial <br />study and administrative record prior to approving the Application. <br />D. All environmental impacts of the Application are insignificant and <br />will be mitigated to a level of insignificance. There is no substantial evidence in the <br />record supporting a fair argument that the Application will result in significant impacts. <br />E. The Application will not result in any changes to the following <br />resources: (1) riparian land, rivers, streams, watercourses and wetlands; (2) native <br />and non-native plant life and the soil required to sustain habitat for fish and wildlife; <br />(3) rare and unique plant life and ecological communities dependent on plant life; (4) <br />listed threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitat in which they <br />are believed to reside; (5) all species listed as protected or identified for special <br />management in the Fish and Game Code, the Public Resources Code, the Water <br />Code or regulations adopted thereunder; (6) all marine and terrestrial species subject <br />to the jurisdiction of the Department of Fish and Game and the ecological <br />communities in which they reside; and (7) all air and water resources, the <br />degradation of which will individually or cumulatively result in a loss of biological <br />RIVPLIB/DRD/617732 3 <br />