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08/28/2007 environments to contribute to the healing of the body, mind, heart and spirit of patients, their families, and the medical community providing care. For Plannina Area B: A. Retain the existinq underlyinq General Plan Land Use Desiqnations in Planninq Area B. Chanqe the zoninq to a Planned Community District. B. Apply new lip District" desiqn quidelines to ensure compatibility of development in Planninq Area B with development in Planninq Area A. The alternatives proposed and evaluated in the FEIR are rejected for the reasons stated in the FEIR and for the following reasons: A. No Project/No Redevelopment Alternative: This alternative is addressed on pages 165 to 166. Under a No Project/No Redevelopment scenario, the hospital would not be modified or structurally reinforced to meet requirements of SB 1953, the California Seismic Safety Act. After 2013, the acute care hospital uses would be required to vacate the existing hospital buildings. The skilled nursing facility also would not be demolished and redeveloped with a new medical office building. Medical uses could continue on the site, but hospital uses would not be allowed to operate. The existing buildings could also be used for other uses allowed under the existing Commercial/Office land use designations. Each of these scenarios is described and evaluated in this section. (i) Findings: The No Project/No Redevelopment Alternative is rejected as an alternative because although this alternative would avoid the significant transportation and construction impacts of the project the project objectives and goals as identified in Section 1.3 of this EIR would not be met. The basic project objective of providing inpatient and outpatient services in a seismically sound structure to comply fully with Senate Bill (SB) 1953, which requires seismic retrofitting of all hospitals, would not be accomplished. This alternative also would not meet objectives related to improving the space constraints, inefficiencies and patient flow issues at the facility or provide a medical office building adjacent to the hospital for outpatient procedures. B. No Project/Redevelopment with Commercial/Office Uses Alternative: This alternative is discussed at pages 166 to 168. The current General Plan land use designation for the site is Commercial/Office (Single-Story and Two-Story Structures Adjacent to Residential). Under this alternative scenario, the site could be redeveloped with commercial or office uses, in conformance with the existing General Plan and zoning and Redwood City Code development standards. New office or commercial buildings would be limited to two stories in height. Assuming up to 60 percent building Atty/Reso/Reso.1738 082207 7 14802 Muff # 613