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7.C. - Page 38 of 178 10. Implement traffic calming measures near Red Morton Community Park to facilitate safer and slower vehicle circulation. The Final EIR also describes the criteria used to identify a range of reasonable alternatives for review in the EIR and describes proposals that the City concluded did not merit additional more detail -oriented review because they did not present viable alternatives to the proposed project. In making these findings, the City Council certifies that it has independently reviewed and considered the information on alternatives provided in the Final EIR including the information provided in comments on the Draft EIR and the responses to those comments in the Final EIR. The Final EIR discussion and analysis of the alternatives in the Final EIR is incorporated in these findings by reference. The City Council may reject the alternative if it is determined that specific considerations make the alternative infeasible. Pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21081 and the CEQA Guidelines Section 15091 et seq., the City Council adopts and makes the following findings with respect to the alternatives identified in the Final EIR, as described below. B. Alternatives Considered But Rejected From More Detailed Analysis Section 15126.6(c) of the State CEQA Guidelines specifies that an EIR should (1) identify alternatives that were considered by the lead agency but were eliminated from detailed consideration because they were determined to be infeasible during the scoping process; and (2) briefly explain the reasons underlying the lead agency's determination. Among the factors that may be used to eliminate alternatives from detailed consideration in an EIR are: (i) failure to meet most of the basic project objectives; (ii) infeasibility; and/or (iii) inability to avoid significant environmental impacts. The following alternatives were considered but rejected as part of the environmental analysis for the Project: Alternative Location: The City considered alternative locations for the proposed project to avoid or lessen the project's air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, noise, and recreation impacts. A feasible alternative location would be of similar size to the project site, within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City, and have the appropriate General Plan land use designation. There are not suitable locations meeting the criteria other than Red Morton Community Park. For these reasons, an alternative location to the project site was considered but rejected as infeasible. YMCA Alternative Location at Red Morton Community Park: An alternative location for the proposed YMCA elsewhere at Red Morton Community Park was considered in order to avoid the project's significant and unavoidable impact to a historic resource. Given the construction of the Westside Renovation/Magical Bridge Playground at Red Morton Park project on the southwestern portion of the park, there are no underutilized areas of the park in which the YMCA could be developed. For this reason, this alternative was considered but rejected as infeasible. Finding: The City Council rejects the Alternative Location and YMCA Alternative Location at Red Morton Community Park alternatives, on the following grounds, each of which individually provides sufficient justification for rejection of this alternative: (1) the alternatives are technically, financially, and legally infeasible given that there are not alternative sites suitable for the project and there are no other underutilized areas of the park in which the YMCA could be developed. Therefore, these alternatives are eliminated from further consideration. ATTY/RESO.0124/CC RESO RECOMMENDING CEQA CERTIFICATION -YMCA REV: 12-12-19 IY Page 21 of 44 461