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<br />· The social, economic and other benefits of the project, <br />as indicated in section 5, Statement of Overriding <br />Considerations hereinafter, also would apply equally to <br />or to a larger extent to this alternative. <br /> <br />· To the extent that any impacts of this alternative are <br />not mitigated to a level of insignificance, the City <br />Council finds that the social, economic and other <br />considerations of the alternative, as referenced herein <br />before, outweigh these unavoidable adverse impacts. <br /> <br />The City further finds that the site Redesign Alternative can be <br />combined with the Reduced Density Alternative resulting in a <br />development which meets the aforementioned findings but yet does so <br />with a single-family detached product. Additional discussion is <br />provided below. <br /> <br />Reduced Density Alternative <br /> <br />The purpose of this alternative would be to substantially reduce <br />most site-related impacts by eliminating development in most areas <br />of environmental constraints. This alternative would also feature <br />more emphasis on custom homes in appropriate parts of the site. <br />Specific features of this plan include the following: <br /> <br />· Number of residences: approximately 22 lots versus 96 as <br />currently proposed <br /> <br />· Gross density: 1.18 du/acre (compared with the proposed <br />project density of 5.32 du/acre) <br /> <br />· Custom homes proposed on 5 lots. <br /> <br />In comparison with the project, as currently proposed, impacts <br />would be moderately to substantially reduced in the following <br />categories: land use and planning, traffic, visual, vegetation and <br />wildlife,. public services and facilities, geotechnical and noise. <br /> <br />Finding: Infeasible <br /> <br />The city finds that the Reduced Density Alternative would be <br />environmentally superior to the project but finds this alternative <br />infeasible because it would impede the basic objectives sought by <br />the applicant. However, the city further finds that by increasing <br />the number of single-family detached lots, the project would become <br />feasible. <br /> <br />optional site Alternative <br /> <br />The San Francisco Water Department property in south Pleasanton was <br />evaluated in the EIR because unavoidable but insignificant <br />environmental impacts are an inescapable consequence of developing <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />- <br />