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; % / rj downtown street system, and closure of a portion of the downtown street system for the _ benefit of a private party to the detriment of the larger public good is generally not warranted. The impact of the Walnut Street Closure Alternative on air quality, noise, hazardou.: materials, population and housing, public services, and utilities and service systems wuuld be the same as the impact of the Project. Based on the foregoing, the City finds that, on balance, the Project is preferable to the Walnut Street Closure Alternative and that the Walnut Street Closure Alternative is not a feasible alternative to the Project as that term is defined in CEQA. III. REDWOOD CITY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE Description of Alternative: The general layout of the Medical Center campus under the Redwood City Preferred Alternative is similar to that of the proposed project. The replacement Hospital and MOBs would contain the same amount of floor space under this alternative as under the proposed project. The Redwood City Preferred Alternative would not have exact footprint or building width requirements for any buildings at the campus. However, parking structures would not be constructed taller than the adjacent MOB or Hospital and could require partial undergrounding. Active building space would occupy prominent corner parcels and parking structures would be located mid -block behind active building space. Major differences between this alternative and the proposed project include the size of the campus plaza area, the location of Parking Structure B, and the use of the site currently proposed for Parking Structure B. Under this alternative, Parking Structure B would be located to the west of the replacement Hospital where the proposed project would include an expanded plaza area along Veterans Boulevard. This plaza is also an area for potential future expansion of the replacement Hospital with the proposed project. The Redwood City Preferred Alternative proposes a mixed - use building at the Main Street gateway site. Finding: The Redwood City Preferred Alternative was developed to promote the objective of siting and designing campus buildings to more closely adhere to the goals of the draft Downtown Area Plan. In particular, the Redwood City Preferred Alternative proposes a mixed -use building at the Main Street gateway site. The mixed - use building would be designed to create a sense of entry into the downtown and would complement similar retail/office-type buildings located along downtown Main Street. The objectives of the Redwood City Preferred Alternative have been incorporated into the Project through the Precise Plan in a manner which meets the goals of both the City and the project sponsor. As now reflected in the Precise Plan, the Project meets the objectives of the Redwood City Preferred Alternative by emphasizing the importance of Main Street as a primary pedestrian corridor and secondary gateway to the downtown core. 32