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8.0 Page 5 • Alternative 7: Alternative DTPP Location. Per the Court's direction, the staff/consultant team undertook a rigorous and careful study of possible alternative sites for the DTPP. After consideration and analysis, staff concluded that there were no reasonable alternatives to the site that would feasibly attain the basic project objectives. Because the City is already substantially developed, there are no specific sites of adequate size (55 to 75 acres) and general sustainable character similar to the Downtown elsewhere in the City (e.g. adjacent to existing or planned local and regional transit facilities within an established downtown environment provided with infrastructure, services, and utilities). Section 15126(c) of the CEQA Guideiines explains that among the factors that may be used to eliminate alternatives from detailed consideration in the EIR includes the failure to meet the basic project objectives. The primary purpose of the DTPP is to establish a land use plan and associated development standards and regulations for the appropriate development and protection of the City's downtown district. An alternative to the project that focused on a different location in Redwood City would not implement the City's most basic objective which is to focus on downtown revitalization and utilization of the unique transportation and concentration of services that would support regional and local objectives for sustainable infill development. Please refer to pages 19-1 to 19-12 of the EIR for more information and discussion of Alternatives. Attachment 5 includes rep(acement pages for the draft DTPP that could be incorporated to implement any of the viable alternatives, 2, 3, 4, and �. It is possible that a combination of the alternatives could be considered and in fact, staff recommends a combination of Alternatives 4 and 5. The Planning Commission requested a matrix to clarify how the various alternatives could be combined. An Alternative Combination Matrix was prepared and is attached {see Attachment 7). Downtown Precise Plan In addition to preparing a new EIR, the DTPP has been redrafted to address the same Court related issues, and to further strengthen the DTPP based on lessons learned while the original DTPP was in effect. In doing so, staff took advantage of the apportunity to improve and simplify key aspects of the document. This included the incorporation of a shadow policy and a clearly stated and highly detai{ed set of historic resource preservation regulations. This action has resulted in a plan which is easier to use for community members, property owners, and staff, while also remaining faithful to the vision and goals of the origina( plan adopted by the Council. Through the use of ciear graphics and charts, the new DTPP better outlines the process and guidelines necessary to develop projects in the downtown. The rules for development are more clearly s#ated and less ambiguous providing applicants with a greater degree ofi certainty. Highlights of changes to the new DTPP include: • lnclusion of a completely rewritten Historic Resources Preservation Section in Book II which identifies all historic resources in the DTPP area, applies thorough 5