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and drainage impacts. Finding: The City finds that the Reduced Development Alternative is feasible and would be environmentally superior to the project and accepts this alternative for the following reasons: 1. Mitigation measures recommended for the project also can be equally and feasibly incorporated into this alternative for development or the project site. In addition, conditions 6f approval which otherwise would be imposed on the project can be equally imposed on this alternative for development of the project site. Said mitigation measures and conditions of approval have substantially mitigated or will substantially mitigate all of the environmental effects of the alternative to a level of insignificance. 2. The social, economic and other benefits of the project, as indicated in Section V, Statement-of Overriding Considerations hereinafter, also would apply equally to, or to a larger extent, to this alternative. 3. 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 consideration of the alternative, as referenced above, outweigh these unavoidable adverse impacts. C. Optional Site Alternative The San Francisco Water Department property in south Pleasanton was evaluated in the Final E1R because unavoidable but insignificant environmental impacts are an inescapable consequence of developing the proposed project site (Final EIR, page 10-1). Facts: In comparison to implementation of the project at the proposed project site, the Optional Site Alternative would result in a need for a General Plan amendment (the - 27 -