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06/07/2004 XIII. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS Implementation of the proposed Project in conjunction with other City - approved projects would have a significant, unavoidable cumulative impact on population, housing, and employment; on transportation and circulation; on infrastructure and public services and on air quality. These impacts are discussed more fully in Sections III, IV, VII and XII, above. The environmental, economic, social and other benefits of the Project override the significant cumulative impacts of the proposed Project, as more fully stated in the Statement of Overriding Considerations. XIV. PROJECT ALTERNATIVES The FEIR describes a range of nine reasonable alternatives which would further avoid or substantially lessen significant environmental effects of the Project , and evaluates the merits of these alternatives. The City has determined that the Initial Project should be modified to incorporate key elements of Alternative 6, as described in the FEIR, because such modifications will reduce overall environmental impacts and provide other public benefits. Incorporating only key elements of Alternative 6, as opposed to adopting Alternative 6, will not prevent the Project from achieving its fundamental goals in a way that renders the Project infeasible. The City has also determined that none of the identified alternatives is feasible, for the reasons described below and in the FEIR. A. No- Project Alternative Description: The "No Project" Alternative assumes that the Project would not be developed and the Project site would remain in its present condition. Findings: The No Project Alternative would avoid the significant and potentially significant environmental effects of the Project. However, the No Project Alternative would fail to achieve any of the basic objectives of the Project. These objectives are identified in Section 3.3 and Table 17.11 of the FEIR: • Create a mixed use residential- office - retail project that responds to perceived future market demands for more residential purchase and office lease opportunities in the Mid - Peninsula, convenient to an existing downtown, a major interregional transit corridor, and local job centers; • Provide primarily residential uses, with complementary commercial, retail, and other community - serving uses; • Create the project as a high - quality Bayfront development providing a variety of housing options in order to address the 1289 \02 \179278.2 35 Atty /Reso /Reso.1470 14590 060804 Muff # 304 Bin 26