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3. Create a state-of-art high school facility that benefits from proximity to an established technology company campus and sharing of its existing facilities and built infrastructures. 4. Create a safe and healthy learning environment(both indoor and outdoor)that address site and natural hazards, campus security, emergency access, pedestrian safety, IT infrastructure, use of sound construction methods and building materials. 5. Develop a building project that is compatible with the natural settings of the site, addressing existing campus' circulation, use patterns and aesthetics, as well as, preserving public access to the site. 6. Develop a sustainable building project with emphasis on the adoption of appropriate green building standards and technologies, the creation of a water-use sensitive ecological/building environment and the significant use of public and shared transportation. 7. Develop a building project with ample amount of outdoor space and amenities that foster learning and benefit both the communities and the school. 8. Ensure that the fore-mentioned goals could be achieved through comprehensive community outreach, student/teacher/parent's participation in the design process and amendments to existing use permits and site development standards. The City's project objectives are to: 1. Promote the quality of schools in Redwood City 2. Enhance and preserve the City's natural resources and the public's access to them. Discussion and Findings Relating to the Alternatives The FEIR evaluates the proposed project against five (5) alternatives, summarized below (Section 7, pg. 147-154 of the DEIR). Of these, the Design alternative is the environmentally superior alternative as it would not generate any new significant impacts and would avoid construction related impacts. a. No Project: In this analysis, the evaluation is based on the site in its current configuration without the proposed project. While this alternative would have less impact than those identified in this DEIR, it does not meet any of the project objectives. In addition, if the property were redeveloped in accordance with the Zoning and General Plan, it would have comparable impacts to the proposed project. b. Design Alternative: The DEIR evaluated a taller, more compact project design that is setback further from sensitive habitat. This alternative would meet the project objectives and maintain more open space. While it would reduce construction related impacts, it would increase impacts to bird species. These impacts could be reduced to a less than significant level with mitigations. c. Offsite Alternative 1: The DEIR evaluated a vacant parcel located within the City of Belmont at Concourse Drive and Island Parkway. This alternative site is located closer to Highway 101, which would result in higher exposure to TAC emissions. While alternative would meet the project objectives and avoid impacts to sensitive habitats and protected species, construction related impacts would be comparable. These impacts could be reduced to a less than significant level ATTY/RES0.0036/PC RESO CERTIFYING EIR—ORACLE DESIGN TECH HIGH SCHOOL REV:04-29-16 VR Page 13 of 31