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09/09/2013 nor the Project would cause a significant climate change impact. Due to the retention of the 425 Broadway building and plaza, the Existing Zoning Alternative would not realize certain environmental benefits to the same extent as the Project, such as improving community connections by extending Warrington Avenue through the Project site, improving the visual character and quality of the site by creating a more coherent form, scale, and character, fully implementing on-site utility improvements, flood-proofing all buildings, and replacing all buildings with new buildings constructed to meet the latest seismic and engineering standards. Because of its 0.7 FAR, the Reduced Development Alternative also would not implement an enhanced TDM program based on a site FAR of 1.0, as would the Project. Because of its reduced density and retention of the 425 Broadway building and plaza, the Reduced Development Alternative would impair achievement of all project objectives, i.e., (i) redevelopment of the development site for a Stanford University satellite location of sufficient size to accommodate the long-term needs of academic support users; (ii) planning of the campus with sufficient flexibility to allow office, R&D, and medical clinic uses; (iii) redevelopment of the site to conserve natural resources through sustainable land use components and building features; (iv) redevelopment of the site to enhance the quality and value of the adjacent residential neighborhood; (v) redevelopment of the site in a manner which promotes and enhances a healthy and diverse economy in the City; (vi) transformation of the development site's existing design to allow development intensity in a manner which implements the New General Plan's vision for land use, urban form and density, economic development, and circulation; (vii) creation of a pattern of smaller City blocks integrated into the neighborhood- scale street grid; (viii) provision of a high-quality campus with substantial usable open space; and (ix) achievement of the forgoing objectives through a comprehensive land use plan. On balance, the environmental benefits that might be achieved with this alternative are outweighed by its increased environmental impacts compared to the Project, its reduced environmental benefits compared to the Project and its impairment of the ability to fully satisfy all project objectives, and the City Council rejects this alternative. R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternative (1.0 FAR) (Alternative 18.4). Under this alternative, the development site would include 1.24 million square feet of R&D floor area, a 5,000-square-foot restaurant, and a 300-room hotel. Similar to the Project, the Hotel and Restaurant alternative would have an overall 1.0 FAR, resulting in approximately 1.52 million square feet on the development site. The R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternative would retain the City's traditional vision of a more light industrial-oriented R&D campus while incorporating a hotel in an employment center near downtown and adjacent to the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center. Significant adverse environmental impacts of the Project that would be reduced by the R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternative are certain traffic and air quality impacts, as described in the EIR. Some intersection level of service impacts that could be significant and unavoidable under the Project (if other agencies with jurisdiction do not approve mitigation) might be less than significant under the R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternative. The Project's significant unavoidable air quality impacts would likely be reduced to a less than significant level under the R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternative. None of the other significant unavoidable impacts of the Project would be reduced to a less than significant level by the R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant ATTY/RES0.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 49 of 55