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7A ATTACHMEN7 1 P8g@ � � The potential enviranmental consequences of the proposed Sequoia Hospital Precise Plan have been analyzed in detai{ for three alternatives to the original project: (1} No Project/No Redevelopment Alternative; (2) Na Project/Redevelopment wi�h CammerciallOffice Uses Alternative; and (3j Keducea Sc�4e Hi��:rn�tiv�. The ��tential environmental consequences of these three alternatives are described and evaluated in FE1R section 6 (Alternatives fio the Proposed Project}. Sec#ion 15.126.6(b) o# the CEQA Guide(ines states that, because the E!R must identify ways to mitigafe or avoid significant effects of the proposed project on the environmen#, "(T�he discussion of afternatives sha!! focus on alternatives to the project ar its location �,hich �re vapable Qf avoiding or substantialiy (��ning anv sianificant effects of the pro�ect, even if #hese alternatives would impede to same degree the attainment of the project objectives, or would be more costly." The �itv Gouncil certifies that it has independently reviewed and considered the information on aiternafives provi�ed in the FEIR and in the record. The FEIR reflects the City Council's independent judgment as to alternatives. The City Council finds that #he Project provides fhe best balance beiween the Project spansor's abjectives, the City's goals and abjectives, the project's benefits as described below in the Statement of Overriding Considerations, and mitigation of environmenfial impacts to the extent feasible. The alternatives proposed and evaluated in the FEIR are rejected for the reasons stated in the FEIR and far the following reasons. Each individual reason presented below canstitutes a separafie and independent basis ta reject the praject alternative as being infeasible, and, when the reasons are viewed collectively, pravide an overall basis for rejecfing the alternative as being infeasible. The CEQA Guidelines state that the "range of pofential alternatives to the proposed project sha(1 inclucie those that could feasibiy accomplish most of the basic purposes of the project and could avoid ar substantialfy lessen one of mare of the significant effects" of the Project. CEQA Guidefines § 1512�(dj(Zj. Thus, an evaivation af tt�e rr�jec� objectives is key to determining which alternatives should be assessed in the EfR. The project objectives of fhe project appiicanf, Sequoia Hospital (Cathoiic Healthcare West), and the City of Redwood City for th� Sequoia Hospital Precise Plan are set forth beiow. The project applicant has five primary praject objectives. They are: A. Provide inpatient and outpatient services in a seismically sound structure to comply fuliy with Senate Bill (SB) 1953, which requires seismic retrofitting of all haspitals by 2013. B. Eliminate space constraints, inefrrci�ncies a�d patient flow issues �ssociated +�rith the existing 54 year-old facifity. C. Create space specialized to accommodate advanced medical services and equ[pment that require more space than is possibl� within the existing buildings. Atty/ResolReso.1738 5 082207