AgdaPkt 2014-07-28 Closed, Special and Joint SA

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8.B. - Page 70 ATTACHMENT 13 plans and consistent with available infrastructure and community services. Two scenarios were evaluated under the No Project Alternative: The No Development Scenario and the Development Under Existing Zoning Scenario. Under the No Development Scenario, no new development would occur on the project site, the church and Montessori Preschool would continue to operate on the site, and there would be no new environmental impacts. Under the Development Under Existing Zoning Scenario, because existing development on the project site includes a vacant classroom building and schools are permitted on the property with approval of a Use Permit, it is reasonably foreseeable that a school could be operated on the site in the future, as evidenced by the expiration of the previously approved school, Woodside Hills Christian Academy (Project No. UP2007- 29), the Montessori Preschool currently operating onsite with an approved Use Permit (Project No. UP2011 -28), and the historical use of the property as a school site. In addition, the operation of a school in the future on the project site could result in a significant unavoidable noise impact similar to the Project's noise impacts as described in the EIR. The City rejects this alternative as infeasible because it is not likely to avoid or substantially lessen the Project's sole significant and unavoidable impact (noise), and it would not achieve the City's and the Project Applicants' objectives for the Project. b. Consolidated Outdoor Activities Alternative: The scenario evaluated under the Consolidated Outdoor Activities Alternative (Summary section on p. 3 -4 and Section 7.3 on p. 93 -96 of the Draft EIR) reduces the total amount of time during the school day that outdoor activities would occur, from 5.5 hours /day under the proposed Project, to 4.25 hours /day under this alternative, by consolidating the 1st and 2 and the 3 through 5th grade morning recess times (Table 7.3 -1 on p. 95 of the Draft EIR). Under this alternative, noise levels would be incrementally higher during the morning recess period compared to the Project, but the overall daily average noise level would decrease because the daily student outdoor activities would be reduced by 1.25 hours compared to the proposed Project. Because this alternative involves the reduction of outdoor play time for the children that is further reduced than what the Project proposes (which already proposes a reduced outdoor play time of 90 minutes compared to the California Department of Education recommendation of 100 minutes of physical education per week per student), the City rejects this alternative as infeasible. ATTY /RESO.3003 /CC RESO CERT FEIR & ADOPTING SOUS REV: 07 -22 -14 VR Page 5 of 9