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by .conducting town meetings and employing subcommittees to address a wide range of topms. A report containing the Committee's final recommendations was consolidated in December 2000, and staff completed the Draft Specific Plan in July 2001. Alternative 2: Transportation Alternative Description The alternative is similar to the Proposed Specific Plan. but includes a roundabout at Bemai Avenue and Main Street, Finding: Infeasible This transportation alternative was not pursued because subsequent analysis within the transportation section of the EIR revealed there was no practical difference between operation of a roundabout and five-legged intersection, and both options do not operate as well as the existing geometry fi.om a traffic circulation standpoint. Thus, the transportation alternative was not pursued because transportation impacts would not be addressed by implementation of a roundabout or a five-legged intersection. Alternative 3: Railroad Extension Alternative Description This alternative is similar to the Proposed Specific Plan. but adds the Niles Canyon Railway extension along the Alameda County Transportation Corridor within and adjacent to the Specific Plan Area. Finding: Infeasible The railroad alternative was not pursued because implementation would produce significant unavoidable traffic congestion and parking impacts and possibly safety and noise impacts that cannot be mitigated at this time. Alternative 4: Higher Densi~ Alternative Description This alternative is similar to the Proposed Specific Plan. but includes the combination of the denser land use Options. The Options represent alternative scenarios for 18 different areas (multiple parcels) within the Specific Plan Area. Finding: Infeasible A higher density alternative was not pursued because.analysis revealed that it represented the "worst-case" scenario with regard to environmental impacts. Also, as a mitigated Downtown Specific Plan EIR Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 4 of 9