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This will disclose the potential impacts of the proposed Project. The analysis will address impacts that could occur in the following instances: onsite and offsite, direct and secondary, project -specific and cumulative (discussed below), and short-term and long- term. The analysis will also address any proposed amendments to the General Plan and, if necessary the zoning code and/or map, and any other discretionary actions required for the Project. (Specific impact analysis tasks are detailed in the, Technical Tasks by Topic, in the following section) Cumulative Analysis. Within each environmental topic section of the Draft EIR, the analysis will address the potential for the Project to contribute to cumulative impacts. This work will consider the Project's effects combined with the potential effects of past, present, approved, and other reasonably foreseeable projects and plans. As noted in Task 1, an initial transportation scoping meeting will allow for discussion of cumulative approach, which will address cumulative projects and plans that are (or are not) included in the transportation model, except as specified by the City and/or identified by other consultants (also see Travel Demand Forecast under Task 4.14 in the Technical Tasks by Topic section of this scope). Any additional plans or projects will be factored into the cumulative baseline as appropriate. The cumulative analysis will clearly describe the geographic context and methodology used for each topic. Mitigation Measures. The Consultant will identify feasible mitigation measures for all significant or potentially significant impacts identified for the proposed Project or cumulative impacts. The analysis will consider all existing policies and development standards and guidelines applicable to the Project or the Project site in developing mitigation measures for the Project. It is reasonable that, to the extent that previously identified mitigation measures identified in the 2015 Draft EIR are still warranted for the Project, they will be restated and updated as needed. The Alternatives Analysis will describe and evaluate up to two (2) no project alternatives and three (3) alternative land use scenarios. The objective of each of the development alternatives is to reduce or avoid significant impacts identified with the Project. The project sponsor will assist Consultant in the development of development alternatives, where necessary to ensure development viability, and by preparing for each alternative a conceptual land use plan, development program, and information about any alternative, or aspect of a particular alternative, that makes it infeasible or impracticable from the project sponsor's perspective. The CEQA-required no project alternatives will consider development that could likely occur on the Project site pursuant to the natural course of growth under the existing General Plan (2010). A preliminary list of alternatives include the following: • No Project: Existing General Plan Growth • No Project: Existing Zoning Growth • Reduced Intensity Project • Alternative Land Use Scenario • Alternative Site Location Page 11 of 26 REV: 11-05-17 PR ATTY/AGR.2017.262/ESA / Harbor View Project