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06/07/2004 Both the Proposed Project and Alternative 6 set maximum Peninsula Marina Area building heights at 205 feet. However, unlike the Proposed Project, Alternative 6 also limits average building heights to 14 stories, or approximately 140 feet. This additional development standard substantially reduces the total number of housing units that can be developed and, consequently, prevents the Project from reaching fundamental housing production objectives. For this reason, Alternative 6 is not a feasible alternative to the Proposed Project. G. Reduced Residential and Increased Commercial, Plus Reduced Building Heights and Reduced Marina Fill (Alternative 7) Description: Alternative 7 assumes development of a mixed use residential - commercial complex similar to the Initial Project, but with approximately one - third fewer residential units and two- thirds more commercial floor area. Alternative 7 would include 1,300 condominium residential units for sale (as compared to 1,930 for the proposed Project) and 535,000 square feet of commercial floor area, including approximately 17,000 square feet of convenience retail. The layout for Alternative 7 includes more marina fill (10.8 acres as compared to 10 acres for the Project) and a reduction in residential building intensity and height with eleven multi -story residential structures (as compared to thirteen multi -story residential structures for the proposed Project) and a maximum building height of 205 feet as compared to 230 -235 feet for the Project. Findings: As compared to the Project, Alternative 7 would result in reduced, but still significant, impacts in the areas of [land use, visual impacts, and] biological resources. Transportation and circulation impacts would be slightly increased as compared to the Project. Impacts in the areas of hydrology and water quality, infrastructure and public services, soils and geology, public health and safety, noise, cultural resources, and air quality would be similar to those of the proposed Project. With respect to population, housing and employment, Alternative 7 would have a less positive effect on the existing citywide imbalance between jobs and employed residents. Alternative 7 would only partially attain most basic Project objectives. In particular, it would result in substantially fewer residential units, thus preventing the Project from attaining the basic objectives of addressing the demand for housing and providing affordable housing options. Based on the foregoing and the discussion in Section 17.7 of the FEIR, the City finds that, on balance, the Project would provide substantially greater public benefits than Alternative 7 and that Alternative 7 is not a feasible alternative to the Project. H. Reduced Commercial to Permit No Marina Fill (Alternative 8) Description: Alternative 8 assumes development of the Project site with a residential - commercial complex with similar uses to the Project, but with a reduction in the scope of the development to eliminate all of the approximately 9.8 acres of marina fill associated with the Project. Alternative 8 also includes a reduction in the maximum residential structure height to 190 feet, as compared to the 230 -235 feet maximum residential structure height for the Project, and a reduction in the number of multi -story 1289 \02 \179278.2 40 Atty /Reso /Reso.1470 14590 060804 Muff # 304 Bin 26