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· The social, economic and other benefits of the project, as indicated in Section 5, Statement of Overriding Considerations hereinafter, also would apply equally to or to a larger extent to this alternative. · To the extent that any impacts of this alternative are not mitigated to a level of insignificance, the City Council finds that the social, economic and other considerations of the alternative, as referenced herein before, outweigh these unavoidable adverse impacts. The City further finds that the Site Redesign Alternative can be combined with the Reduced Density Alternative resulting in a development which meets the aforementioned findings but yet does so with a single-family detached product. Additional discussion is provided below. Reduced Density Alternative The purpose of this alternative would be to substantially reduce most site-related impacts by eliminating development in most areas of environmental constraints. This alternative would also feature more emphasis on custom homes in appropriate parts of the site. Specific features of this plan include the following: · Number of residences: approximately 22 lots versus 96 as currently proposed · Gross density: 1.18 du/acre (compared with the proposed project density of 5.32 du/acre) · Custom homes proposed on 5 lots. In comparison with the project, as currently proposed, impacts would be moderately to substantially reduced in the following categories: land use and planning, traffic, visual, vegetation and wildlife, public services and facilities, geotechnical and noise. Finding: Feasible The City finds that the Reduced Density Alternative would be environmentally superior to the project but finds this alternative would impede the basic objectives sought by the applicant. However, the City further finds that by increasing the number of single-family detached lots, the project would become feasible. Optional Site Alternative The San Francisco Water Department property in south Pleasanton was evaluated in the EIR because unavoidable but insignificant environmental impacts are an inescapable consequence of developing the proposed project site. These are identified on page 10-1 of 29