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09/09/2013 Housing Alternative, but as described below, an additional significant air quality impact could be created by this alternative. None of the other significant and unavoidable impacts of the Project would be reduced to a less than significant level by the With Housing Alternative. The With Housing Alternative would reduce climate change impacts compared to the Project because its COZ-equivalent emissions would be 3.9 metric tons per capita, compared to the Project's 4.1 metric tons; neither the With Housing Alternative nor the Project would cause a significant climate change impact. Because it would bring residents to the Project site, the With Housing Alternative would add a potentially significant impact to new residents from exposure to PM2,5 emissions from the nearby Tyco facility. In addition, residents would constitute sensitive receptors who would be exposed to significant and unavoidable construction noise impacts if they are on site during construction. The With Housing Alternative would not achieve the project objective of implementing the New General Plan vision for the Project site, because residential use is not a designated use for the Project site in the New General Plan. The With Housing Alternative would also substantially impair the project objective of redeveloping the development site for a Stanford University satellite location of sufficient size to accommodate the long-term needs of academic support users. If any project proponent were to implement this alternative, it could meet or partially achieve the project objectives of: (i) planning the campus with sufficient flexibility to allow office, R&D, and medical clinic uses; (ii) redevelopment of the development site to conserve natural resources through sustainable land use components and building features; (iii) redevelopment of the site to enhance the quality and value of the adjacent residential neighborhood; (iv) redevelopment of the site to promote and enhance a healthy and diverse economy in the City; (v) creation of a pattern of smaller City blocks integrated into the neighborhood-scale street grid; (vi) provision of a high-quality campus with substantial usable open space; and (vii) achievement of the forgoing objectives through a comprehensive land use plan. However, it is uncertain whether any project proponent would be willing to implement this alternative. For that reason, this alternative would not satisfy these objectives as fully as the Project. Because the With Housing Alternative would generate the fewest vehicle trips of the action alternatives, it would reduce the greatest number of overall adverse environmental impacts, compared to the Project, of all the action alternatives. It is, therefore, the Environmentally Superior Alternative among the action alternatives. However, the With Housing Alternative would expose more sensitive receptors to PM2.5 emissions from the Tyco facility and to significant construction noise than would the Project. In addition, the With Housing Alternative is inconsistent with the City's New General Plan and therefore would fail to meet one basic project objective, and it would impair achievement of additional project objectives. On balance, the environmental benefits that might be achieved with this alternative are outweighed by its environmental disadvantages compared to the Project, its failure to achieve a basic project objective, and its impairment of the ability to fully satisfy other project objectives. The City Council rejects this alternative. ATTY/RE50.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 51 of 55