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��- f� 5 Xlil. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS Implementation of the proposed Project in conjunction with other City- approved projects would have a significant, unavoidable cumulative impa�t on population, housing, and employment; on trans�ortation and circulation; on infrastructure and public services and on air quality. These impacts are discussed m�re fully in Sections III, IV, VII and XII, above. The environmental, economic, social and other benefits of the Project override the significant cumulative impacts of the proposed Project, as more fully stated in the Statement of Overriding Considerations. XIV. PROJECT ALTERNATIVES The FEIR describes a range of nine reasonable altematives which would further avoid or substantially lessen significant environmental effects of the Project , and evaluates the merits of these alternatives. The City has determined that the Initial Project shouid be modified to incorporate key elements of Altemative 6, as described in the FEIR, because such modifications will reduce overall environmental impacts and provide other public benefits. Incorporating only key elements of Altemative 6, as opposed to adopting Alternative 6, will not prevent the Project from achieving ks fundamental goals in a way that renders the Project infeasible. The City has also determined that none of the identified alternatives is feasible, for the reasons described — below and in the FEIR. A. No-Proiect Alternative Qescription: The "No ProjecY' Alternative assumes that the Project would not be developed and the Project site would remain in its present condition. Findings: The No Project Alternative would avoid the significant and potentially significant environmental effects of the Project. However, the No Project Alternative would fail to achieve any of the basic objectives of the Project. These objectives are identified in Section 3.3 and Table 17.11 of the FEIR: • Create a mixed use residential-office-retail project that responds to perceived future market demands for more residential purchase and office lease opportunities in the Mid-Peninsula, convenient to an existing downtown, a major interregional transit corridor, and local job centers; . Provide primarily residential uses, with complementary commercial, retail, and other community-serving uses; • Create the project as a high�qu�lity Bayfront development providing a variety of housing options in order to address the i28s�o2�nsz�a.z 35 Atty/Reso/Reso.1470 052004