PC-2010-11, ALAMEDA COUNTY SURPLUS PROPERTY AUTHORITY

Code require a lead agency to adopt findings for each significant environmental impact disclosed in an EIR. These requirements are set forth on page 1 of this document. Below are the findings for the significant impacts identified in the EIR as supplemented by the SEIR-for the preferred project. The SEIR identified several differences in the environmental effects of the Four -Lane Concurrent Extension Alternative and the Two - Lane Constrained Extension Alternative compared to the proposed project. However, as described above, these differences do not provide a sufficient basis to conclude that either the Four -Lane Concurrent Extension Alternative or the Two -Lane Constrained Extension Alternative presents significantly greater environmental impacts than the proposed project. Because the City adopts all of the mitigation measures recommended in the EIR and SEIR for each significant environmental impact and because the EIR and SEIR conclude that these mitigation measures will avoid or substantially lessen each of the identified significant impacts, with the exception of aesthetic and visual resources, air quality, noise, climate change and traffic impacts (the significant and unavoidable impacts of which are also discussed in the EIR and SEIR, thorough descriptions of each impact and each associated mitigation measure are not repeated below but can be obtained from the EIR and SEIR. Aesthetic and Visual Resources Findings Regarding Significant Impacts 1. Effect on scenic resources and visual character of the site 2. Finding. Development of the proposed land uses within the Project Area would have a significant and unavoidable impact on the existing visual character by changing the site from rural open space to urban development. There are no measures available to mitigate the loss of the rural character of the Project Area, short of leaving large portions of the area undeveloped, which would be incompatible with the project objectives. A statement of overriding considerations for this impact is made in the following section. Draft SEIR, p. 59; DEIR, p. 3.9-99 Light and/or glare effects Finding. The City finds that the following mitigation measures are feasible and have been incorporated into the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP), thereby mitigating the impact to a less - than -significant level: Refer a conceptual lighting plan to the Alameda County ALUC for its review prior to consideration of all PUD development plans, per MM VQ -3.1. is Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations