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<br />EXHffiIT 2 <br /> <br />FINDINGS CONCERNING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS <br />(May 13, 1996) <br /> <br />A. Land Use <br /> <br />Impact AI: Loss of prime a;ricu1tura1land (project impact and cumulative impact) <br /> <br />Mitil:ation Measure AI: Implement applicable Gecera1 Plan Update: policies and programs. <br /> <br />Fmdinl:: The Gcaeral Plan must incorporare the fbl10wiDg policies and progr.uns: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />m...rient Polity . Prol:flllD ' <br />:...-----...-.-----.....-.-.---...........-..-.-...-..--................ <br />:""" ConservatialandOpcnSpa= . 8 :. 8.1 . <br />:--8..2----< <br />r------' <br />'...................................._...........................................0........................."......._.~.,~........, <br /> <br />The imp~.... of Policy 8 and Programs 8.1, 8.2, and 8.4 will reduce, but <br />not to a less~ levd, the "'v'- on prime agricultmalland. Only <br />the "no project" aItcmative (Option 1) would reduce this impact to a Icss-tban. <br />significant levd, but l't'1'IrlI"Oftre, social, and other considcraIioos make that <br />altemative ;nf;."..'hle. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />Rationale (or F mdini:: <br /> <br />AI10wing the po5S1bi1ity of development on prime agricultwalland in the P1easan- <br />too Gcaeral Plan lIRa aa:epts a loss of 1hat agricultwal resource: as an altcmaIive <br />to other c:nviroomealal impacls (c.g~ lcagcr commute trips belween heme and <br />worlt, with CXllIlXlmiIant iocrcases in traffic volumes, em:rgy COIISUIllptioa and <br />auto-based air polltniOll) that would be required if that land were not available for <br />dcvelopmcm. See 1hc "~IloIb..blt of overriding CXlIISiderations" for the specific <br />bcDctits of the project. <br /> <br />B. Transportation <br /> <br />Impact BI: <br /> <br />Unacceptable LOS (E or F) at two MaiD Street intersections in Down- <br />town PleasantoD. <br /> <br />Mitii:ation Measure BI: <br /> <br />Implement the intersection mitigations listed in Table 4, the roadway <br />improvements listed in Table 5, and Geaeral Plan policies and prognuns <br />providing alternatives to automobile use. <br /> <br />FlDdinl:: <br /> <br />The following intcrscclioo and roadway improvemccts must be axnplcted during <br />the time period cow:red by the Gc=al Plaa:: <br /> <br />Iatersection No. and Location Improvement <br />................................................................................,................................................................. ......................... <br />. 302 Foothill Rd./Dublin Canyon . Add 2nd WB right <br />. Triple EB left <br /> <br />................................................................................:...~..~!I:..~.~~.~.~......................_..............' <br />h.!.??...~.~.~:~80.~_......_.....L Restripe EB triple right with ooe shared <br /> <br />I <br />