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09/09/2013 Exhibit B FINDINGS REGARDING ALTERNATIVES Summary of Discussion of Alternatives in the Final EIR The Final EIR evaluates a number of potential alternatives to the Project. The EIR examines the environmental impacts of each alternative in comparison with the Project and the relative ability of each alternative to satisfy project objectives. The EIR also describes the criteria used to identify a range of reasonable alternatives for review in the EIR and describes proposals that the City concluded did not merit additional, more-detailed review because they did not present viable alternatives to the Project. The City Council's Findings Relating to Alternatives In making these findings, the City Council certifies that it has independently reviewed and considered the information on alternatives provided in the Final EIR, including the information provided in comments on the Draft EIR and the responses to those comments in the Final EIR. The Final EIR's discussion and analysis of these alternatives is not repeated in these findings, but the discussion and analysis of the alternatives in the Final EIR is incorporated in these findings by reference. The Final EIR describes and evaluates in detail five alternatives to the Project. The City Council has adopted mitigation measures that mitigate the significant environmental effects of the Project. While these mitigation measures will not mitigate all Project impacts to a less than significant level, they will mitigate those impacts to a level that the City Council finds is acceptable. The City Council finds that only the Project would satisfy all of the Project Objectives. The City Council finds that the remaining alternatives are unable to satisfy the project objectives to the same degree as the Project. The City Council further finds that, on balance, none of the remaining alternatives has environmental advantages over the Project that are sufficiently great to justify approval of such an alternative instead of the Project, in light of each such alternative's inability to satisfy the project objectives to the same degree as the Project. Accordingly, the City Council has determined to approve the Project instead of approving one of the remaining alternatives. In making this determination, the City Council finds that when compared to the other alternatives described and evaluated in the Final EIR, the Project, as mitigated, provides a reasonable balance between fully satisfying the project objectives and reducing potential environmental impacts to an acceptable level. The City Council further finds and determines that the Project should be approved, rather than one of the other alternatives, for the reasons set forth below. Description of Project Objectives The project objectives are to: Redevelop the project development site (formerly Midpoint Technology Center) for a Stanford University satellite location in a campus setting of sufficient size to accommodate the long-term needs of academic and academic support users for whom ATTY/RE50.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 45 of 55