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7.A Attachrr$rago 52 same policies and programs relating to sustainabi ity, historic preservation and community character, alternative transportation, and neighborhood and community participation in community development and government that would be implemented by the New General Plan. As a result, Alternative 3 would be expected to achieve the City's related goals and objectives to nearly the same degree as the New General Plan, although the slightly reduced level of non-residential development anticipated under Alternative 3 could result in slightly lower fee revenues that might be used to implement infrastructure improvements, public facilities and programs contemplated by these policies and programs. Because Alternative 3 would not be expected to substantially reduce or avoid any of the potentially significant effects that are expected from the mitigated New General Plan, and because Alternative 3 would not achieve the City's goals and objectives for the Project to quite the same extent as the New General Plan,the City hereby rejects Alternative 3 from further consideration. IV. Statement of Overriding Considerations. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081 and Section 15093 of the CEQA Guidelines, this City Council adopts and makes the following Statement of Overriding Considerations regarding the remaining significant unavoidable impacts of the Project, as discussed above, and the anticipated economic, social and other benefits of the Project. The City finds and determines that: (i)the majority of the significant impacts of the Project will be reduced to less-than-significant and acceptable levels by the mitigation measures described in the Final EIR and approved and adopted by these Findings; (ii)the City's approval of the Project will result in certain significant adverse environmental effects that cannot be avoided even with the incorporation of all feasible mitigation measures into the Project; and (iii)there are no other feasible mitigation measures or feasible Project alternatives that would further mitigate or avoid the remaining significant environmental effects. The significant effects that have not been mitigated to a less-than-significant level and are therefore considered significant and unavoidable are: • Impact 4.3-1: The projected population growth allowed by the New General Plan would be inconsistent with growth projections in the current regional Clean Air Plan, in that the projected population allowed by the New General Plan would increase at a greater rate than regional projections utilized within the Clean Air Plan. • Impact 4.14-1: New development allowed under the New General Plan could cause an increase in traffic that is substantial in relation to the existing traffic load and capacity of the roadway system and result in unacceptable service levels on some roadway segments based on current LOS policy. ATTY/RESO/RES 0.2055/ATTACHMENT1.A 38 1 0/6/1 0