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7C Page 70 height at the Peninsula Marina portion ofi the site woufd be further reduced to 205 feet. Alternative 6 would also result in less marina fill (approximately 10 acres)than the lnitia{ PrQject (approximately 11.54 acres). Findings: AI#ernatives 4, 5 and 6 are similar in number of residential units (1930) and commerciaf (office) square footage (150,000 square fee#). Alternative 6 contains an additional 12,50Q square feet af retail space (which, under the Project Development Agreement, would have to be timely developed to permit full residential development); and allows a hote! of up to 200 roams, which would not be included in the Initial Project, Alternative 4 or Alternative 5, as well as a number of significant design improvements. The additional retaiE space and development reconfiguration elements of Alternative fi are feasible measures which significantly reduce traffic generation visuaf impacts., Peak traffic fflr the hotel wiil not occur at the same #imes as peak traffic from #he rest of the Project. Therefore, incfusion of the hotel will not substantiaily increase po#entiai environmer�tal impacts. The proposed hotel will alsa provide significant economic development ber�efits to the City. The City has, therefore, determined that incorporating features of Alternative fi, with the hotel, provides the greatest feasible reduction of patential environmental impacts of any identified alternative for the Project. Both the Proposed Project and Alternative 6 set maximum Peninsula Marina Area building heights at 205 feet. H�wever, unlike the Proposed Project, Alternative 6 also limits average building heights to 14 stories, ar approximately 140 feet. This additiona! development standard substantially reduces the total number of housing units that can be developed and, consequen#ly, prevents the Project from reaching fundamental housing praduction objectives. For this reason, Alternative 6 is not a feasible alternative to the Proposed Project. G. Reduced Residential and increased Commercial Pius Reduced Buitdinq Heiahts and Reduced Marina Fill (Alternative 71 Description: Alfiernative 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. Altemative 7 would include 1,300 condominium residential units for sale (as compared to 1,930 for the proposed Project} and 535,E300 square feet of comrriercial floor area, including approximateiy 17,000 square feet of convenience retait. The layaut for Alternative 7 includes mare marina fll {10.8 acres as campared to 10 acres for the Project) and a reduction in residentiaE building intensity and height with eleven muiti-story resicfential structures (as compared to thirteen muiti-story residentia9 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, Altemative 7 would resuli in reduced, but stil( signiticant, impacts in the areas of [land use, visual impacts, and� biolagical resources. Transpartation and circulation im�acts would be slightly increased as campared to the Project. Impacts in the areas of hydrology and water quafity, infrastructure and public services, saiis and geology, public health and safety, noise, cultural resources, and air quality would be similar to those of the proposed Prajeet. With respect to population, housing and employment, Aliernative 7 would have a less positive effect on the existing citywide imbalance between jobs and employed residents. Alterna#ive 7 would onfy partialiy attain most basic Project objectives. In Atty/Reso/Reso.1772 4� 121307