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Page 26 of 27 ALTERNATIVES 1. The City Council may choose to deny the appeal and approve a modified project design. 2. The City Council may choose to continue the item to a future meeting and direct Staff and/or the Applicant to provide additional information or analysis. 3. The City Council may uphold the appeal and overturn the Planning Commission’s project approval. FISCAL IMPACT Review of the proposed project is subject to the City’s Cost Recovery System; therefore, direct costs during the entitlement process associated with staff and consultant time are covered by an applicant deposit. Should the appeal be denied and the project approved, the Applicant will be required to pay all associated development impact and permitting fees, as applicable and as established by ordinance and/or the terms of any agreements between the Applicant and the City. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW In 2010, an Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse #2006052027) was prepared to assess potential impacts resulting from the implementation of the DTPP. The DTPP established new land use, development, and urban design regulations for the 183-acre DTPP area, including the potential for up to 2,500 net new dwelling units, and 100,000 net new square feet of retail development. The DTPP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified by the City Council on January 24, 2011. An Initial Study checklist was prepared to consider whether any new effects not identified in the DTPP EIR may be created by construction of the proposed 612 Jefferson Avenue project, and was recently updated to address CEQA Guidelines section 15183.3 as well as Public Resources Code Sections 21159.21 and 21159.23, referenced below. The proposed project would bring the total number of net new dwelling units approved under the DTPP to 2,202. The Initial Study checklist confirmed that the proposed project would not result in any new environmental impacts or substantial increase in the severity of any previously identified environmental impact beyond those previously identified in the DTPP program EIR. Nor would the project require new mitigation measures beyond those identified in the DTPP program EIR and adopted upon approval of the Downtown Precise Plan. In addition, the Project is consistent with the Downtown Precise Plan, as discussed herein, and there are no Project-specific environmental effects that are peculiar to the Project or the site. Thus, no further environmental review is required, pursuant to sections 15162, 15163, 15164, 15168, and 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines. Finally, the scope of environmental review may be limited pursuant to section 15183.3 of the CEQA Guidelines, or the project may be exempt under Public Resources Code Sections 21159.21 and 21159.23, as further explained in the Initial Study. 8.A. - Page 26