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Alternative would have a more adverse impact on the intersection of Maple Street and Marshall Street than the Project. Under cumulative conditions with the Walnut Street Closure Alternative, the intersection would operate at unacceptable levels during the PM peak hour. In addition, the City is unlikely to be able to make the findings necessary to authorize the closure of Walnut Street, because Walnut Street is part of the City's downtown street system, and closure of a portion of the downtown street system for the benefit of a private party to the detriment of the larger public good is generally not warranted. The impact of the Walnut Street Closure Alternative on air quality, noise, hazardous materials, population and housing, public services, and utilities and service systems would be the same as the impact of the Project. Based on the foregoing, the City finds that, on balance, the Project is preferable to the Walnut Street Closure Alternative and that the Walnut Street Closure Alternative is not a feasible alternative to the Project as that term is defined in CEQA. III. REDWOOD CITY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE Description of Alternative: The general layout of the Medical Center campus under the Redwood City Preferred Alternative is similar to that of the proposed project. The replacement Hospital and MOBs would contain the same amount of floor space under this alternative as under the proposed project. The Redwood City Preferred Alternative would not have exact footprint or building width requirements for any buildings at the campus. However, parking structures would not be constructed taller than the adjacent MOB or Hospital and could require partial undergrounding. Active building space would occupy prominent corner parcels and parking structures would be located mid -block behind active building space. Major differences between this alternative and the proposed project include the size of the campus plaza area, the location of Parking Structure B, and the use of the site currently proposed for Parking Structure B. Under this alternative, Parking Structure B would be located to the west of the replacement Hospital where the proposed project would include an expanded plaza area along Veterans Boulevard. This plaza is also an area for potential future expansion of the replacement Hospital with the proposed project. The Redwood City Preferred Alternative proposes a mixed -use building at the Main Street gateway site. Finding: The Redwood City Preferred Alternative was developed to promote the objective of siting and designing campus buildings to more closely adhere to the goals of the draft Downtown Area Plan. In particular, the Redwood ` City Preferred Alternative proposes a mixed -use building at the Main Street