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C, generation characteristics as the Project, but the location and accessibility of site driveways would be different, which could change vehicle circulation in the immediate vicinity of the Project site. The Marshall Street Hospital Alternative would slightly reduce the visual quality impacts related to mass and scale in comparison to the Project. The Marshall Street Hospital Alternative would conflict with certain policies of the Downtown Area Plan. For example, the Marshall Street Hospital Alternative would include a surface parking lot at the Main Street/Bradford Street gateway parcel and a surface parking lot behind an administrative clinic at the Main Street/Veterans Boulevard Gateway parcel. These parking lots would be inconsistent with the objective of developing the gateway parcels to define and enhance the City's downtown and to establish Main Street as a primary pedestrian corridor. The Marshall Street Hospital Alternative would also conflict with the project objectives of providing facilities to meet changing health care demands by limiting Kaiser's flexibility with regard to the design and layout of subsequent phases of development at the Project Site. Based on the foregoing, the City finds that, on balance, the Project is preferable to the Marshall Street Hospital Alternative and that the Marshall Street Hospital Alternative is not a feasible alternative to the Project as that term is defined in CEQA. V. ALTERNATIVE LOCATION Full or partial relocation of the hospital and the medical office buildings would be cost - prohibitive and inconsistent with the project objectives. Relocation would be cost - prohibitive because it would require the acquisition of a new site. In addition, it would be difficult to find another site within Redwood City that would allow a campus - style layout and that would meet the project objectives of establishing a central downtown public gathering space that serves as a focal point for the community and creating and defining an accessible, safe, attractive and convenient downtown. Selection of an altemative site outside of Redwood City would conflict with the project objectives of providing a resource for Kaiser Permanente members in the Redwood City community, providing a campus which is compatible with Redwood City's objectives and design guidelines for the downtown area, establishing a central downtown public gathering space that serves as a focal point for the community, and creating and defining an accessible, safe, attractive and convenient downtown. Partial relocation to an alternative site would also conflict with the project objectives of consolidating most of Kaiser Permanente's Redwood City treatment and support functions at a single Medical Center location, providing the functional and operational relationship and adjacencies paramount for delivery of quality care, and providing a campus environment that is easy to negotiate for both pedestrians and vehicles, by creating open spaces and pedestrian walkways with clearly recognizable destination 34