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01/24/2011 Exhibit B Impact 9 -14: Cumulative Impact on Middlefield Road/Main Street Intersection. Under Cumulative With Project Conditions during both the AM and PM peak hour, this intersection would continue to operate at an unacceptable LOS (E or F). The additional project traffic would cause the critical delay to increase by more than five (5) seconds. a) Potential Impact. The impact identified above is described and discussed on pages 9 -58 to 9 -64 of the DEIR. b) Findings. Based on the FEIR and the entire record before the City, the City Council finds that: (i) Mitigation Measures. Mitigation of the project City contribution to this cumulative impact could be achieved by Mitigation Measure 9 -14 (page 9- 69 of the DEIR) which would require restriping the northbound and southbound Middlefield Road approaches to this intersection to one left lane and one shared through -right lane, as well as re- configuring the segment of Middlefield Road between Main Street and Maple Street to a three lane roadway and providing a gradual realignment to minimize the offset distance for the north -south through vehicles. These measures would reduce the project contribution to this cumulative impact to a less than significant level. However, these measures would conflict with the PED policies contained in the City's New General Plan. PED policies are intended to promote alternative modes of transportation by, among other things, ensuring that the City's DPP street network facilitates safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle travel by slowing traffic and enhancing pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. Moreover, as explained above, this potentially significant cumulative impact could be considered less than significant under the City's new LOS policies. Assuming, however, that this identified traffic increase represents a potentially significant cumulative impact, because implementing Mitigation Measure 9 -14 would conflict with the City's PED policies, this measure is deemed infeasible and this potentially significant cumulative impact is deemed to be significant and unavoidable. (ii) Remaining Impacts. Because there are no feasible mitigation measures available to mitigate the significant impact identified above, this impact is considered significant and unavoidable. (iii) Overriding Considerations. The environmental, social, economic and other benefits of the DPP override the significant adverse impacts of the DPP relating to the cumulative traffic impacts described above, as set forth in the Statement of Overriding Considerations below. U:\Resolutions\2011\Reso 15086 Exhibit B.doc 33 012011 Reso. # 15086 Muff #601