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�• � � <br /> , The residential tower height reductions in Altemative 6 will substantiatly <br /> ��'�-� reduce the number of residential units of the Project, preventing the Project from <br /> reaching fundamental housing production objectives. <br /> G. Reduced Residential and Increased Comme��Cial. Plus Reduced <br /> Buildinq Heiqhts and Reduced Marina Fil� IAlternative 7 <br /> Description: Altemative 7 assumes development of a mixed use <br /> residential-commerciai complex similar to the Initial Project, but with approximately one- <br /> third fewer residential units and two-thirds more commercial floor area. Altemative 7 <br /> would include 1,300 condominium residential units for sale (as compared to 1,930 for <br /> the proposed Project) and 535,000 square feet of commercial floor area, including <br /> approximately 17,000 square feet of convenience retail. The layout for Altemative 7 <br /> includes more marina fill (10.8 acres as compared to 10 acres for the Project) and a <br /> reduction in residential building intensity and height with eleven multi-story residential <br /> structures (as compared to thirteen multi-story residential structures for the proposed <br /> Project) and a maximum building height of 205 feet as compared to 230-235 feet for the <br /> Project. <br /> Findinc�s: As compared to the Project, Alternative 7 would result in <br /> reduced, but still significant, impacts in the areas of [land use, visual impacts, and] <br /> biological resources. Transportation and circulation impacts would be slightly increased <br /> as compared to the Project. Impacts in the areas of hydrology and water quality, <br /> infrastructure and public services, soils and geology, public health and safety, noise, <br /> cultura! resources, and air quality would be similar to those of the proposed Project. <br /> With respect to population, housing and employment, Alternative 7 would have a less <br /> positive effect on the existing citywide imbalance between jobs and employed residents. <br /> Alternative 7 would only partially attain most basic Project objective5. In particular, it <br /> would result in substantially fewer residential units, thus preventing the Project from <br /> attaining the basic objectives of addressing the demand for housing and providing <br /> affordable housing options. Based on the foregoing and the discussion in Section 17.7 <br /> of the FEIR, the City finds that, on balance, the Project would provide substantially <br /> greater public benefits than Alternative 7 and that Alternative 7 is not a feasible <br /> alternative to the Project. <br /> H. Reduced Commercial to Permit No Marina Fill (Alternative 8) <br /> Description: Alternative 8 assumes development of the Project site with <br /> a residential-commercial complex with similar uses to the Project, but with a reduction in <br /> the scope of the development to eliminate all of the approximately 9.8 acres of marina <br /> fill associated with the Project. Alternative 8 also includes a reduction in the maximum <br /> residential structure height to 190 feet, as compared to the 230-235 feet maximum <br /> residential structure height for the Project, and a reduction in the number of muiti-story <br /> residential structures from 17 for the proposed Project to seven. With these limitations, <br /> Alternative 8 would yield approximately 850 condominium residential units for sale and <br /> approximately 203,000 square feet of commercial floor area, including approximately <br /> 1289\02\179278.2 40 <br /> Atty/Reso/Reso.1470 <br /> 052004 <br />