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<br />Findings: As compared to the Initial Project, Alternative 4 —like the
<br />Project -- would result in reduced, but still significant, environmental impacts in the areas
<br />of land use, transportation and circulation, biological resources, hydrology and water
<br />quality, and infrastructure and public services. Environmental impacts in the areas of
<br />visual factors, soils and geology, public health and safety, noise, cultural resources, and
<br />air quality would be similar to those associated with the Initial Project and —with the
<br />exception of visual impacts, where Alternative 4 would have greater effects than the
<br />Project — similar to those of the Project. With respect to population, housing and
<br />employment, Alternative 4 would, if feasible, have housing benefits similar to those of
<br />both the Initial Project and the Project and, compared to the Initial Project, a similar but
<br />increased positive effect on the existing citywide imbalance between jobs and employed
<br />residents, reducing in- commuting. However, the reduction in marina fill under
<br />Alternative 4 also reduces the land area available for residential structures, making it
<br />very difficult to achieve fundamental project objectives, including meeting housing
<br />demand and providing affordable housing, and is, therefore, not be a feasible alternative
<br />to the Project.
<br />E. Reduced Commercial, with Reduced Building Heights, Reduced
<br />Marina Fill, and Added Park (Alternative 5)
<br />Description: Alternative 5 assumes development of the Project site along
<br />lines similar to those described for Alternative 4 but with the addition of a neighborhood
<br />park. Accordingly, Alternative 5 would include development of 1,930 condominium
<br />residential units for sale, 162,000 square feet of commercial floor area, including
<br />150,000 square feet of office space and 12,000 square feet of convenience retail, and a
<br />three -acre neighborhood park. Alternative 5 would include approximately fifteen multi-
<br />story residential structures (two more than the Initial Project) and a reduction in
<br />maximum residential structure height from 260 feet to 190 feet. It would involve more
<br />marina fill than the Project but less than the Initial Project (approximately 11 acres for
<br />Alternative 4 as opposed to approximately 11.54 acres for the Initial Project and 10
<br />acres for the Project).
<br />Findings: As compared to the Initial Project, Alternative 5 —like the
<br />Project -- would result in reduced, but still significant, impacts in the areas of visual
<br />factors, transportation and circulation, biological resources, and hydrology and water
<br />quality. Environmental impacts in the areas of land use, infrastructure and public
<br />services, soils and geology, public health and safety, noise, cultural resources, and air
<br />quality would be similar to those associated with the Initial Project and the Project. With
<br />respect to population, housing and employment, Alternative 5, if feasible, would have
<br />housing benefits similar to those of both the Initial Project and the Project and,
<br />compared to the Initial Project, a similar but increased positive effect on the existing
<br />citywide imbalance between jobs and employed residents, reducing in- commuting.
<br />Alternative 5 would also reduce the maximum height of residential structures to 190
<br />feet. However, this height reduction, as well as incorporation of the three -acre
<br />neighborhood park, significantly reduces the land area available for construction of
<br />residential structures, making it very difficult to achieve fundamental project objectives,
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