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<br />Findings: As compared to the Project, Alternative 7 would result in reduced, but
<br />still significant, impacts in the areas of [land use, visual impacts, and] biological resources.
<br />Transportation and circulation impacts would be slightly increased as compared to the Project.
<br />Impacts in the areas of hydrology and water quality, infrastructure and public services, soils and
<br />geology, public health and safety, noise, cultural resources, and air quality would be similar to
<br />those of the proposed Project. With respect to population, housing and employment, Alternative
<br />7 would have a less positive effect on the existing citywide imbalance between jobs and
<br />employed residents. Alternative 7 would only partially attain most basic Project objectives. In
<br />particular, it would result in substantially fewer residential units, thus preventing the Project from
<br />attaining the basic objectives of addressing the demand for housing and providing affordable
<br />housing options. Based on the foregoing and the discussion in Section 17.7 of the FEIR, the
<br />City finds that, on balance, the Project would provide substantially greater public benefits than
<br />Alternative 7 and that Alternative 7 is not a feasible alternative to the Project.
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<br />H. Reduced Commercial to Permit No Marina Fill (Alternative 8)
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<br />Description: Alternative 8 assumes development of the Project site with a
<br />residential-commercial complex with similar uses to the Project, but with a reduction in the
<br />. scope of the development to eliminate all of the approximately 9.8 acres of marina fill associated
<br />with the Project. Alternative 8 also includes a reduction in the maximum residential structure
<br />height to 190 feet, as compared to the 230-235 feet maximum residential structure height for the
<br />Project, and a reduction in the number of multi-story residential structures from 17 for the
<br />proposed Project to seven. With these limitations, Alternative 8 would yield approximately 850
<br />condominium residential units for sale and approximately 203,000 square feet of commercial
<br />floor area, including approximately 5,000 square feet of convenience retail. Section 17.10 of the
<br />FEIR identifies Alternative 8 as the "environmentally superior alternative" under CEQA.
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<br />Findings: As compared to the Project, Alternative 8 would result in substantially
<br />reduced, but still significant, environmental impacts in the areas of land use, visual factors,
<br />transportation and circulation, biological resources, hydrology and water quality, infrastructure
<br />and public services, soils and geology, public health and safety, noise, cultural and historic
<br />resources, and air quality. With respect to population, housing and employment, Alternative 8,
<br />despite having fewer new residential units than the proposed Project, would nonetheless,
<br />because of the reduction in commercial development, have a positive effect on the existing
<br />citywide imbalance between jobs and employed residents, reducing in-commuting. Alternative 8
<br />would, however, not attain basic Project objectives identified in the discussion of the No Project
<br />Alternative above, with 56 percent fewer residential units than the proposed Project (and a
<br />substantial reduction in commercial retail and office floor area) and an overall scope of
<br />development which would reduce Project revenue so that the Project, if financially sustainable
<br />at all, could not generate sufficient revenue to provide public access, waterfront features and
<br />other community-serving amenities which are fundamental, identified Project objectives. Based
<br />on the foregoing and the discussion in Section 17.8 of the FEIR, the City finds that, on balance,
<br />the Project provides substantially greater public benefits than Alternative 8 and that Alternative 8
<br />is not a feasible alternative to the Project.
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<br />I. Alternative Sites
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<br />Description: The FEIR considered the possibility of alternative sites for the
<br />Project and concluded that there are no specific sites of adequate size and general character
<br />available in the Mid-Peninsula subregion where development of such a project could be
<br />undertaken that would accomplish most of the basic objectives of the Project and would avoid or
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