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7.A <br /> Page 64 <br /> • Land Use <br /> • Noise <br /> • Population and Housing <br /> • Public Services <br /> • Recreation <br /> • Transportation <br /> • Utilities <br /> • Energy <br /> Reduced to Less than Significant Impacts: <br /> • 19 effects able to be mitigated: <br /> o 10 through changes to New General Plan policies &/or programs <br /> • Modify or expand the language <br /> • Aesthetics—Shadow effects, visual character, light and <br /> glare <br /> • Air Quality—buffering from sources of pollution <br /> • Biology—protection of special status species/plant <br /> • Noise —avoid aircraft noise, avoid vibration <br /> • Population/Housing —track new development; limit to <br /> available water supply <br /> • Other Mitigation <br /> O 9 effects were mitigated through other methods <br /> O Establish procedures for review of future development projects to ensure <br /> consistency <br /> o Biological Resources <br /> o Cultural Resources <br /> Significant and Unavoidable Impacts: <br /> • Air Quality <br /> o Inconsistency with growth projections (population increases at a greater <br /> rate) in the current regional Clean Air Plan <br /> • Transportation <br /> o New development could cause increase traffic in relation to existing traffic <br /> load and result in conflicts with current levels of service on certain <br /> segments <br /> o Utilities <br /> o New development could increase water demand that is not anticipated to <br /> be fully met by the City's existing and future water supplies <br /> o Global Climate Change <br /> o New development could be subject to tidal inundation if sea level rises <br /> Alternatives: <br /> • Draft EIR examines 3 alternatives that meet project objectives while lessening <br /> some effects <br /> O Alternative 1: "No Project"—continuation of existing General Plan <br /> o Alternatives 2 and 3: reduced allowable development near Downtown <br /> and in corridors; some parcel-specific land use changes <br /> Page 5of12 <br />