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capita, compared to the Project's 4.9 metric tons; neither the Reduced Development Alternative nor the Project wauld cause a significant climate change impact. Due to the retention of the �425 Broadway building and plaza, the �xisting �onir�g Aftsrnati�e would not realize certain en�ironmental benefits to the same extent as the Praject, such as improving comm�nity connections �y extending Warrington Avenus through t#�e Pro�ect site, impraving the vis�al character and quality of the site by creating a more caherer�t form, scale, and character, fully implemen#ing on-site utility impravements, flood-proofing all buildings, and replacing all buildings with new buildings constructed to meet the latest seismic and er�gineering standards. Because of its 0.7 FAR, the Red�ced De�elopment AlternatFVe also would not implement an enhanced TDM program based an a site �AR of 1.0, as wauld the Projec�. Because of its reduced density and retention of the 425 Broadway �uiRding and plaza, the Reduced Develo�ment Alternative would impair achievement of all project objectives, r.e., (i} redevelapment of the development site for a Stanford �niversity satellite lacation of sufficient size ta accommodate the long-term needs of academic support users; (ii) planning of the campus with sufficient flexibility to allow office, R&D, and medical clinic uses; (iii) redevelopment of the site to conserue natural resources through sustainable lar�d use companents and building features; (iv) rede�elopment of the site to enhance the quality and value of the adjacent residential neighborhood; (v} redevelopment of the site in a manner which pramotes and enhances a healthy and diverse sconomy in the City; (vi} transformation af the de�elop�nent site's existing design to allow de�elopment intensity in a manner which implements the New General Plan's vision fvr land use, u�ban form and density, economic development, and circulation; (v�i) creation af a pattern of smailsr City blocks integrated into the neighborhood- scale street grid; (viii) provision of a high-quality campus with substantial usable open s�ace; and (ix} achierrement of the forgoing objecti�es through a camprehensive land use plan. On balance, the environmental benefits that might be achieved with this alternati�e are outweighed by its increased en�ironmental impacts compared to the Project, its reduced environmental benefits compared to the Project and its impairment of the ability to fully satisfj► a11 project objectives, and the Ciry Co�ncil rejects this alternative. R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternative (1.0 FAR) {Alternafive 18.4y. lJnder #his alternative, the developm�nt site would include �.24 million square feet a� RB�D floor area, a 5,000-square-foat restaurant, and a 300-roam hotel. Similar to the Project, the Hatel and Restaurant alternative would ha�e an o�eral! 1.0 FAR, res�rlting in approximately 1.52 milEion square feet on the develapment site. The R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternative would retain the City's traditional vision of a more light industria]-oriented R&D campus whil� incarporating a hotel in an employment center near downtawn and adjacent to the Sta�ford Medicine Outpatient Center. Signi�icant adverse environmental impac#s of the Project that wo�ld be reduced by the R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Alternati�e are certain traffic and air quality impacts, as described in the EIR. Some interssction le�e! o#service impacts that could be sign�cant and unavoidable under the Project (if other agencies with jurisdiction do not approve mitigation} might be less than significant under the R&D, Hotel, and Restaurant Altemati�e. The Praject's signi�icant unavaidable air quality impacts would likely be reduced to a less than sign�cant level under the R&D, Hotel, artd Restaurant Alternat�ve. None of the other significant una�oidable impacts of ATTY/RE50.2898/PC RE50 RECONEAlIENDING STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION REV:68-15-13 VR' Page 5Q of 58