PC-2010-11, ALAMEDA COUNTY SURPLUS PROPERTY AUTHORITY

efforts of the City's regional partners to support funding and construction timing of regional improvements that benefit City, and community concerns. SEIR Two -Lane Constrained Extension Alternative The Two -Lane Constrained Extension Alternative is similar to the preferred project in that it would temporarily stripe Stoneridge Drive traffic lanes so that only one traffic lane would cross each bridge in each direction. It is different, however, than the preferred project because it would allow the traffic lanes over each bridge to be restriped to allow two lanes of traffic in each direction only when certain regional traffic improvements had been completed. Finding: Infeasible The Two -Lane Constrained Extension Alternative would initially have the same impacts as the preferred project due to the Stoneridge Drive bridges being striped with one lane in each direction. Because, however, the bridges would remain striped for one traffic lane is each direction until certain regional traffic improvements are completed, the Two - Lane Constrained Extension Alternative, would have fewer impacts (such as traffic and noise) than the preferred project if the City Council, in its discretion under the preferred project, decides to restripe the bridges before those regional improvements are completed. The cumulative impacts of the Two -Lane Constrained Extension Alternative (which does contemplate the eventual restriping of the Stoneridge Drive bridges for two lanes of traffic in each direction), however, would be the same as the preferred project. The City finds the Two -Lane Constrained Extension Alternative infeasible because it fails to provide the City the flexibility it desires in managing its roadways. Concerns have been expressed by some members of the community about the impacts that will exist in other parts of the community if the full, four lane extension of Stoneridge Drive is not implemented. The Two -Lane Constrained Extension Alternative would tie the City Council's hands by events out of its control and would prevent the City from exercising its discretion as to when Stoneridge Drive should have two traffic lanes in each direction after consideration of changing traffic conditions, the efforts of the City's regional partners to support funding and construction timing of regional improvements that benefit Pleasanton, and community concerns. Alternative Project Site An alternative location was not assessed because such an analysis is not warranted for a specific plan project, and, as stated in the EIR, the Project Sponsor does not own other, comparable property within the City of Pleasanton's sphere of influence. Environmentally Superior Alternative Section 15126(e)(2) of the State CEQA Guidelines requires identification of the environmentally superior alternative. 16 Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations