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Accounting for compliance with State and federal standards,policies within the Plan that can be quantified, and Mitigation Measure GHG-1,the resulting 2040 per capita emissions exceed the efficiency metric of 1.7 MTCO2e per service population that would constitute"sufficient progress"towards the goals established by AB 32 and EO S-03-05. While emissions of MTCO2e per service population would decrease in 2040 under the proposed Plan,development under the proposed Plan in 2040 would not be consistent with the statewide GHG emissions reduction trajectory for 2030 and 2050 under SB 32.Thus,the proposed Plan's emissions would not be consistent with the goals in SB 32 and EO S-3-05 despite implementation of mitigation and therefore would not be consistent with the 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan,creating an impact that would be significant and unavoidable. (b) Effects of Plan Policies and Remaining Impacts:Effects of the Plan policies,including those aimed at reducing mobile emissions by promoting multi-modal transportation infrastructure,were factored into the above analysis to the extent that the reduction of GHGs from proposed policies could be quantified. Even accounting for these reductions,emissions levels under implementation of the Plan would exceed the significance threshold. (c) Rationale and Conclusion:Implementation of Mitigation Measure GHG-1 would help to reduce conflict with the GHG emissions reduction trajectory for 2050 articulated under EO S-3-05 to the extent practicable and feasible;however, further action is necessary at the State and federal levels to achieve the deep cuts to emissions sources outside the City's jurisdictional control needed to meet the GHG emissions reductions targets laid out by the State. Given that, at this time, there are no post-2030 State or federal measures that would assist the City in achieving the efficiency target in 2040,even with implementation of Mitigation Measure GHG-1, the potential exists for the proposed Plan to conflict with applicable plans, policies,or regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of GHGs.The impact is found to be significant and unavoidable under 14 CCR sections 15091(a)(2) and 15091(a)(3). This potential unavoidable significant impact is acceptable and overridden as set forth below in the Statement of Overriding Considerations.(Draft EIR,pp.3.5-43 to 3.5-54.) L. Alternatives An EIR is required to identify a"range of potential alternatives to the project [which] shall include those that could feasibly accomplish most of the basic purposes of the project and could avoid or substantially lessen one or more of the significant effects"(14 CCR Section 15126.6 [c]). Because the proposed Plan would cause one or more unavoidable significant environmental impacts,the City must make findings with respect to the alternatives to the Plan considered in the Final EIR,evaluating whether these alternatives could feasibly avoid or substantially lessen the proposed Plan's unavoidable significant environmental impacts while achieving most of its objectives. The City, having reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final EIR and the Record of Proceedings, and pursuant to PRC Section 21081(a)(3) and 14 CCR Section 15091(a)(3), makes the following finding with respect to the alternatives identified in the EIR: Specific economic,legal,social, technological, or other considerations,including considerations of the provision of employment opportunities for highly trained workers, make infeasible the mitigation measures or alternatives identified in the EIR as described below. "Feasible"is defined in Section 15364 of the CEQA Guidelines to mean"capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time,taking into account economic,environmental,legal, 19 8 easures to reduce risk may include but are not limited to: - Air intakes located away from high volume roadways and/or truck loading zones. - Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems of the buildings provided with appropriately sized maximum efficiency rating value(MERV)filters. 13