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Alternative for General Plan Buildout. Up to three additional General Plan land use alternatives will be addressed in lesser detail, drawing upon the analysis conducted in Task 3; a detailed list of impacts and mitigation measures will not be developed for these alternatives. Utilities - CirclePoint will draw from the Infrastructure Element and, as necessary,supplemental interviews with service providers in creating an overview of the systems and providers, their respective available capacities, and proposed improvements for water, wastewater, storm drainage, solid waste, and power utilities. Although a water supply analysis under California Government Code~66743.7 is not required (as the Project does not include .a subdivision), we will coordinate with City planning and engineering staff, as well as the appropriate personnel at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (the agency which oversees the Hetch Hetchy System) as to projected water supply and water infrastructure plans within the City. 8.3 Alternatives Analysis The Hogle-Ireland team will use CommunityViz as a means Of generating and evaluating land use and circulation alternatives. Programs like these typically generate graphical examples of future buildout scenarios as well as a wealth of quantitative data that can be very useful in environmental analysis, particularly if they are applied ata citywide level. The consultant team and City staff will work together in the formulation of these alternatives., providing a draft of potential project objectives to be used in the EIR project description. We will conduct a brief review of the preliminary alternatives compared to the preliminary project objectives, seeking opportunities for refinement of each. We will also identify any potential environmental impacts that are not computed in the modeling exercise. The intent of this consultation and review is to help identify a preferred alternative that avoids or minimizes environmental impacts. The alternatives developed in this exercise can be, if desired, used as the basis for the alternatives discussion within the EIR. Following the finalization of the preferred alternative, we will work closely with the General Plan team in developing a project description. The project description will include clearly stated project objectives that will be strategically focused on the City's goals for the New General Plan. 8.4 CEQA-Required Assessments (Cumulative, Growth-Inducing, Significant Unavoidable, Impacts Found less than significant) The analysis of cumulative impacts will be based on Section 15130 of the CEQA Guidelines. CirclePoint will compare the level of population and employment growth that would result from buildout of the New General Plan to regional growth projections (primarily ABAG Projections). The EIR will evaluate whether there are significant cumulative impacts associated with the New General Plan, covering each CEQA topical area separately, determining whether the project's contribution toa significant cumulative impact would besubst~ntial ("cumulatively considerable"). In general, a project's contribution toa cumulative impact is determined not to be cumulatively considerable if the project includes measures that required the implementation of a fair share of mitigation designed to alleviate the cumulative impact. The EIR will provide a discussion of any reasonably feasible options for mitigating or avoiding the project's contribution to any significant cumulative impacts. Growth-inducing impacts will also be analyzed. The New General Plan is anticipated to guide growth within the City over the next 20 years ~ in an orderly and long-term sustainable manner. SCOPE OF SERVICES Redwood City General Plan January 11, 2008 Page 34