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b. The September 1998 Specific Plan Preservation and Environmental Mitigation Element, Visual Resoun:es Objective calls for retention of the site's key visual resoun:es and providing for views of and across the site from Bernal Avenue and 1-680. Visual Resources Policy 2, Guideline 2.2 calls for the V alley Avenue crossing of the UPRR railroad to be an undercrossing to avoid impairing views from 1-680 and to avoid construction of a dominating bridge structure in a residential environment. c. PUD Exhibit 10 shows the required underpass configuration. 2. Imoact N3. Development structures and fencing would reduce visibility into and beyond the site and diminish the availability of distant views from Bernal Avenue. (Cooperative Plan, Preferred Plan, and Alternative 2) MitilZation Measures: Measure N3a. Configure land use on the site so as to provide substantial open space frontage along Bernal Avenue. Measure N3b. Site buildings along the Bernal Avenue right-of-way in a manner that allows views into and beyond the site. Measure N3c. Where security fencing is needed along Bernal Avenue (primarily along the golf course, to control access, and along active recreational areas, for public safety), utilize a type of fencing that allows for views into and through the site. FindinlZ: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect identified in the Final EIR to a less than significant level. Facts in Suooort of FindinlZ: The impact will be avoided or reduced based on the following: a. Mitigation Measures N3a and N3b have been incorporated into the Project through site planning and project design. Along Bemal A venue, the September 1998 Specific Plan devotes the majority of the frontage to open space uses. Golf holes parallel much of the street so that the central residential area of the Central Parcel is set back well into the interior of the site. Golf course frontage along Bernal will be deep, from north to south, which provides the feeling of substantial open space. Under the September 1998 Specific Plan, an arm of the golf course also divides this residential area into two parts. These arrangements, in conjunction with the civic use on Parcel 12, both emphasize open space use along Bernal and enhance views toward the south. b. Both the September 1998 Specific Plan and Master PUD contain policies and conditions which govern the project's land use configuration so as to maximize open space frontage along Bernal Avenue while also providing views both into and out of the site. Mitigation Measure N3c has been incorporated into the September 1998 Specific SF:FMP\AGR\WEX\61131664.2 062499 A-43 WEX-66013