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7.C. - Page 40 of 178 Secretary of the Interior's Rehabilitation Standard 9 and, in particular, is compatible with the design of the Veterans Memorial Building. This alternative would preserve the building's primary public facades, as well as the open space between those facades and Madison Avenue and St. Francis Street. Under this alternative, it is assumed that little to no modifications of the building's exterior features would be made. This project alternative would avoid the project's significant and unavoidable impact to a historic resource. Comparison to the Project: The Preservation Alternative would avoid the project's significant and unavoidable cultural resources and recreation impacts from demolishing a historic resource (the existing senior center). This alternative would modify the historic resource while preserving the preserving the historic portions of the resource. For this reason, this alternative would result in a less than significant impact to the historic resource. This alternative would result in the same or similar impacts to all other environmental resources as the proposed project. Finding: The Preservation Alternative would avoid the project's significant and unavoidable impacts related to demolishing a historic resource and result in the same or similar impacts to all other environmental resources as the proposed project. However, this alternative does not meet all of the project's objectives, including reducing escalating maintenance costs (objective 1) as the preservation alternative building would not be able to be constructed with the same energy efficient measures as the proposed building (net zero ready and LEED Platinum) and could not provide a state-of-the-art community facility with multiple recreational opportunities (objective 6). Additionally, throughout the community outreach process, it was identified by the community that a new facility would be preferred to produce a multi -generation state-of-the-art facility. For these reasons, the Preservation Alternative is hereby rejected. Sequoia YMCA Site Redevelopment Alternative Description: Under the Sequoia YMCA Site Redevelopment Alternative, the proposed VMSC would be constructed as proposed on the project site, the proposed traffic calming measures would be constructed as proposed, and the proposed YMCA would be constructed where the existing Sequoia YMCA is currently at Palm Park. Comparison to the Project: The Sequoia YMCA Site Redevelopment Alternative would avoid the project's significant and unavoidable impacts related to demolishing a historic resource. This alternative would result in no impact to the historic resource. This alternative would result in a similar amount of total construction and demolition on two sites (the project site and the existing Sequoia YMCA site), therefore, this alternative would result in similar impacts to all other environmental resources as the proposed project. While generally not considered an environmental impact under CEQA, parking supply is a concern with this alternative. Given the size of the existing Sequoia YMCA site (65,970 square feet or 1.5 acres) and size of the proposed YMCA (35,000 square feet), limited area would be available on the site for surface parking. Either underground or above ground structured parking would be required, which would result in a greater total air pollutant emissions and could result in a greater level of noise compared to the proposed project. Finding: The Sequoia YMCA Site Redevelopment Alternative would avoid the project's significant and unavoidable impacts related to demolishing a historic resource and result in similar impacts as the project on all other environmental resources. This alternative could meet all of the project objectives except for objective 2 of forming a partnership between the City and YMCA. However, if a parking structure is required, the Sequoia YMCA Site Redevelopment Alternative would result in greater impacts to noise and air quality than the project. For the foregoing reasons, the Sequoia YMCA Site Redevelopment Alternative is hereby rejected. ATTY/RESO.0124/CC RESO RECOMMENDING CEQA CERTIFICATION - YMCA REV: 12-12-19 IY Page 23 of 44 463