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08/28/2007 coverage with two-story buildings, approximately 675,000 square feet of office or commercial buildings would be allowed within the 13-acre area currently occupied by the hospital and skilled nursing facility. (i) Findings: The No Project/Redevelopment with Commercial/Office Uses Alternative is rejected as an alternative because it would not avoid or reduce significant transportation impacts compared to the proposed project and it would not meet the basic project objective of seismic retrofitting of Sequoia Hospital as required by SB 1953. This redevelopment alternative, if developed at maximum potential, could result in an increase in traffic generation, compared to existing conditions. The hospital campus portion of the proposed Precise Plan (Area A) is currently developed with approximately 400,000 square feet of hospital uses and associated administrative and medical office uses. Under this redevelopment alternative, the site could be redeveloped with up to approximately 675,000 square feet of commercial/office uses. Transportation impacts to intersections under this redevelopment alternative would be similar to or greater than the proposed project. Furthermore, this alternative would not achieve the Project's objective of providing a medical office building adjacent to the hospital for outpatient procedures. Nor would the project achieve the City's objective of rebuilding Sequoia Hospital in a manner that would be compatible with existing hillside residential neighborhoods. C. Reduced Scale Alternative: This alternative is discussed at pages 168 to 169. The Reduced Scale Alternative would reduce the size of the proposed medical office building to 20,000 square feet, a reduction of 60 percent. (i) Findings: This alternative is rejected as an alternative because even though this alternative would avoid the transportation impacts of the project, the cumulative transportation impacts to two signalized intersections and one unsignalized intersection would remain significant. Furthermore, this alternative would not best achieve the Project's objective. The Reduced Scale Medical Office Building Alternative would not fully meet the objective of providing a medical office building adjacent to the hospital for outpatient procedures to meet the needs of patients and physicians. 7. This Council hereby finds and recognizes that the FEIR contains additions, clarifications, modifications and other information in its responses to comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Project ("DEIR") and also incorporates information obtained by the City since the DEIR was issued. This Council hereby finds and determines that such changes and additional information are not significant new Atty/Reso/Reso.1738 082207 8 14802 Muff # 613