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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 />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />WHEREAS, environmental impacts identified in PEIR which the City finds <br />are less than significant or would be less than significant with the Project's <br />compliance with standard conditions and do not require mitigation are described in <br />Section II hereof; and <br />WHEREAS, environmental impacts identified in the PEIR as potentially <br />significant but which the City finds can be mitigated to a level of less than <br />significant, through the imposition of feasible mitigation measures identified in the <br />PEIR and set forth herein are described in Section III hereof; and <br />WHEREAS, growth-inducing impacts and cumulative impacts are described <br />in Section IV hereof, with cumulative impacts by issue area also addressed in <br />Section IV, and <br />WHEREAS, alternatives to the Project that might eliminate or reduce <br />significant environmental impacts are described in Section V hereof; and <br />WHEREAS, prior to taking action, the City has heard, been presented with, <br />reviewed and considered all of the information and data in the administrative record <br />and all oral and written evidence presented to it during all meetings and hearings; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Program EIR reflects the independent judgment of the City <br />and is deemed adequate for purposes of making decisions on the merits of the <br />Project; and <br />WHEREAS, no comments made in the public hearings conducted by the City <br />or any additional information submitted to the City have produced substantial new <br />information requiring recirculation or additional environmental review under the <br />State CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5; and <br />WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution <br />have occurred. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF COLTON RESOLVES AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION I <br />FINDINGS <br />Public Resources Code section 21002 states that "public agencies should not <br />approve projects as proposed if there are feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation <br />measures available which would substantially lessen the significant environmental <br />effects of such projects[.]" Section 21002 further states that the procedures required <br />by CEQA "are intended to assist public agencies in systematically identifying both <br />the significant effects of proposed projects and the feasible alternatives or feasible <br />mitigation measures which will avoid or substantially lessen such significant <br />effects." <br />3 <br />