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was prepared, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and identified as the "Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration ("IS/MND") document; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section t5074(d), the Town prepared a program for reporting on or monitoring the changes which it has required in the proposed Project to mitigate or avoid potential significant environmental effects (the "Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program" or "MMRP"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit `B"; and WHEREAS, the Town properly distributed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Adopt an MND, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15072, mailed the NOI to all property owners within 500 feet of the Project area, and filed the NOI with the Santa Clara County Clerk -Recorder Office; and WHEREAS, the Town provided copies of the Initial Study/MND to the public for a 30 -day review and comment period beginning on December 18, 2020 and ending on January 19, 2021, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15073, during which time the Town received 44 comment letters; and WHEREAS, during the public review and comment period, copies of the Initial Study/MND were available for review and inspection at the Los Altos Hills Town Hall and on the Town's website; and WHEREAS, on January 14, 2021, the Plam- ing Commission conducted a duly -noticed public hearing at which members of the public were afforded an opportunity to comment upon the Initial Study/MND, and at the conclusion of the hearing, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the MND and approve the proposed Project; and WHEREAS, on February 5, 2021, the Town mailed a public notice to all property owners within a 500 -foot radius of the Project; and WHEREAS, on February 18, 2021, the City Council held a duly -noticed public meeting as prescribed by law and considered public testimony and evidence and recommendations presented by staff related to the proposed Project and the IS/MND; and WHEREAS, all the requirements of the Public Resources Code, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the regulations and policies of the Town have been satisfied or complied with in connection with the preparation of the MND, which is sufficiently detailed so that all of the potentially significant environmental effects of the proposed Project, as well as feasible mitigation measures, have been adequately evaluated; and WHEREAS, the MND prepared in connection with the proposed Project sufficiently analyzes the feasible mitigation measures necessary to avoid or substantially lessen the proposed Project's potentially significant environmental impacts; and WHEREAS, the findings and conclusions made by the City Council in this Resolution are based upon the oral and written evidence presented as well as the entirety of the administrative record Resolution 13-21 Page 2