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05/20/2019 development. This finding is based on the entire record of proceedings for the Project, including but not limited to the discussion and analysis set forth on page 4.14-13 of the DEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and applicable mitigation measures and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. V. Findings Regarding Project Alternatives A. Basis for Alternatives Feasibility Analysis The CEQA Guidelines require that an EIR describe a reasonable range of alternatives that would feasibly attain most of the basic project objectives but would avoid or substantially lessen any of the significant environmental effects of the project, and then evaluate the comparative merits of such alternatives. (Guidelines §15126(a)). Based on the analyses in Section 4 of the DEIR, the City has determined that all of the proposed Project's potentially significant environmental effects would be avoided or reduced to less -than -significant levels through implementation of the mitigation measures described in the DEIR and MMRP, except for the following: Impact NO -7: The proposed Project, in combination with past, present, and reasonably foreseeable projects, would result in significant cumulative impacts with respect to noise. Impacts TT -1 and TT -7: Implementation of the proposed Project would result in a significant and unavoidable impact, and would contribute to a significant cumulative impact, at the following intersections: Veterans Boulevard and Woodside Road; Broadway and Woodside Road; Bay Road at Woodside Road: and Middlefield Road and Woodside Road. Impact TT -2: Implementation of the proposed Project would result in a significant and unavoidable impact on a freeway segments and a freeway ramp on U.S. 101. Through the environmental review process, the City identified the following five (5) potential Project alternatives for consideration: No Project Alternative. Under CEQA, an evaluation of a `no project" alternative must be included in each environmental impact report. Under the No Project Alternative, the proposed Project would not be developed and conditions on the Project site would remain mostly unchanged, with the existing CVS Pharmacy and Subway Restaurant continuing to operate and with the existing surface parking. However, most of the Broadway Block will be demolished pursuant to the previously -approved hazardous materials remediation project. The Bay Block would remain unchanged, with its current 2 -story multi -tenant office building and surface parking. Tenants of the office building on the Bay Block include a church and landscaping company. The No Project Alternative was evaluated in the DEIR's Alternatives Analysis (DEIR at 6-6 through 6-14) and is discussed further below. ATTY/RESO.0052 CC RESO CEQA BROADWAY PLAZA —SOBRATO RESO. NO. 15768 REV: 05-15-19 PR MUFF NO. 601 Page 25 of 30