Laserfiche WebLink
I 7./-E3 <br /> 3. SCOPE OF WORK <br /> <br /> · Alternative 1_. A "no-project" alternative, as required by CEQA. This <br /> alternative would address the environmental implications of leaving the <br /> site in its existing condition. The "no project alternative" that would <br /> address development of thc site in a manner consistent with current <br /> general plan and zoning designations is discussed under Alternatives 3 <br /> and 4, below. <br /> <br /> · Alternative 2. Two design alternatives are proposed by Abbott <br /> Laboratories. The original design proposed - the proposed project for <br /> purposes of the EIR - includes 1,000,000 square feet of building area <br /> with two levels of undergrounded podium parking. Abbott has <br /> indicated to the City that a smaller-scale project - Alternative 2 - with <br /> 750,000 square feet of building area may also serve its needs. <br /> Alternative 2 would also include two levels of undergronnded podium <br /> parking. Both of these alternatives' square footage totals include <br /> manufacturing, research and development, and office space in <br /> proportions that are yet to be. determined. <br /> <br /> . Alternatives 3 and 4, The City has indicated in its RFP that the <br /> 1,000,000 sq. ft. prOposed project and the '/50,000 sq. ft. Alternative 2 <br /> would result in significant and unmitigable impacts on the environment <br /> and has defined two additional alternatives of lesser intensity. These <br /> alternatives - Alternative 3 and Alternative 4 - would each conform to <br /> the General Plan Land Use Designation of "Light Industry Research and <br /> Development" and would be able to conform to City Zoning standards <br /> through rezoning. Alternative 3 and Alternative 4 would include square <br /> footage totals of 533,000 and 303,000, respectively. <br /> Among the considerations to be addressed in the developing the specific <br /> parameters of the alternatives of lesser intensity are the following: <br /> <br /> - ensuring the proposed project's conformity with the City of <br /> Redwood City General Plan and all applicable policies including <br /> · ' "' aces" <br /> the City s race pi policies; <br /> <br /> - ensuring the project's design compatibility with its waterfront <br /> location and minimizing visual effects of large buildings; <br /> <br /> - minimizing traffic impacts on area streets and highways; <br /> <br /> - enhancing pedestrian and vehicular linkages; <br /> <br /> - enhancing urban design relationships with adjacent uses and <br /> gateway corridors; <br /> <br /> - minimizing adverse effects on vehicular circulation; vehicle/ <br /> pedestrian/bicycle conflicts; traffic congestion; and parking; <br /> - minimizing adverse effects on public services and utilities, <br /> including adverse effects on the City's available domestic water <br /> Supply resources; <br /> - minimizing any risks associated with any hazardous materials <br /> found or to be used on the site; <br /> <br /> - minimizing seismic hazards and other geotechnical hazards; <br /> <br /> Abbott Laboratories West Coast Research Center EIR 3-5 <br /> <br /> <br />