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Exhibit C <br /> S7ATEMENT OF QVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS <br /> Impacts That Remain Significant <br /> As discussed in Exhibit A, the City Council has found that the follawing impacts <br /> of the Project would or could remain significant following City adoption of the mitigation <br /> measures described in the Final EIR: <br /> Impacts 7-1 and 7-5 (Woodside RaadlBraadway Intersection}, if Caltrans does <br /> not appro�e Cfty-�dopted mitigatian; <br /> Impacts 7-2, 7-6 and 7-93 (Woodside RaadlBay Road Intersection), if Caltrans <br /> does not appro�e City-adopted mitigation; <br /> Impacts 7-11 and 7-19 {US 101 Freeway Segment Impacts); <br /> Impact 7-12 (Veterans BIvd./Woodside Raad Intersection), if Caltrans does not <br /> appro�e City-adopted mitigation; <br /> Impact 7-1�4 {Woodside Raad/Middlefield Road Intersection), if Caltrans does not <br /> approve City-adopted mitigation; <br /> Impact 7�18 (Marsh RoadlScott Dri�e Intersection}, if the City of Menlo Park does <br /> not approve City-adopted mitigation, <br /> Impact 8-� (Construction-Related Air Quality lmpacts — Patential Exceedance of <br /> BAAQMD-recommended daily significance thresholds for ROG and NOx); <br /> Impact 8-2 (Operational Air Quality Impacts — �xceedance of BAAQMD- <br /> recommended significance thresholds for ROG and PM,o}; <br /> lmpact 13-2 (Project-Facilitated Construction Noise — Potentia�ly significant <br /> intermittent and short-term impaat at some locations); and <br /> Impact 14-9 {Nistoric Resaurces — Demolition of the 425 Broadway building and <br /> adjoining plaza with fountains and removal of Ampex sign) <br /> O�erriding Conslderations Justifying Project Approval <br /> In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15093, the City Cauncil has, in <br /> determining whether or nat to approve the Project, balanced the economic, social, <br /> technological, and other project ben�fits against the Project's unavoidable environmental risks, <br /> and finds that the benefits of the Project set forth belaw outweigh the significant ad�erse <br /> en�ironmental effects that are not mitigated ta less than sign�can# le�els. This statement of <br /> o�erriding considerations is based on the City Council's re�iew of the Final EIR and other <br /> information in the administrative record. Each of the benefits identified below provides a <br /> separate and independent basis for overriding the significant en�ironmental effects of the <br /> Project. The benefits of the Project are as foilows: <br /> ATTY/RE50.2898/PC RE50 RECOMMEIVaING STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION <br /> REV�08-15-13 Vi� <br /> Page 54 of 5fi <br />