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~ Exhibit A EIP will evaluate the extent to which the project would be visible from these vantage points, taking into consideration the distance to the visual receptor, the extent of change to the overall viewshed, the duration of visibility, and the contrast from the existing visual landscape. To supplement this discussion, EIP will partner with the Dahlin Group, planners and designers, who are expert in creating "before and after" photomontages using computer-generated images. Based on the visual reconnaissance, EIP and the Dahlin Group will recommend up to four viewpoints from which to illustrate the proposed development. The viewpoints will be chosen to show how the new development would appear juxtaposed existing development, to show how views of scenic resources (the surrounding foothills) might be obstructed, and to show how the new development would visually contrast with adjacent undeveloped lands (to the west in Livermore and to the south on lands owned by Kaiser Sand & Gravel). We will seek concurrence from the City on these vantage points, pnor to creating the photomontage. Based on our site visit, possible vantage points include: Westbound 1-580, looking toward the project site; Eastbound 1-580, looking toward the project site; From the residential areas south of the project site; and . From the confluence of EI Charro Road and Arroyo Mocho. . . . In the absence of architectural elevations and dimensioned drawings, the Dahlin Group will prepare the photomontages to show the height and mass of future development, along with the type of landscaping that might be proposed. Finally, both the community park and the auto mall are expected to have nighttime lighting that can significantly increase ambient lighting levels, impose spillover light effects onto neighboring residential areas, and increase skyglow. These changes in lighting levels can result in significant light and glare impacts. Existing nighttime illumination would be similar to the conditions measured in the 1996 Supplemental EIR for the residential project: average of 0.45 to 0.80 footcandles. (For comparison, parking lots are typically 1 to 3 footcandles; sports fields with nighttime soccer or baseball range from 20 to 50 footcandles; automobile dealerships range from 30 to 75 footcandles.) EIP has previously worked with Musco Sports Lighting at a baseball field proposed for nighttime lighting and shown that with appropriate fixtures and controls; both spillover light and glare can be effectively controlled. EIP will suggest opportumues to improve the project design, if necessary to mitigate significant aesthetic impacts. Suggestions could include recommendations for building massing to minimize view obstruction, for building locations to avoid impacts to scenic resources or to reduce scale and height incompatibilities with adjacent development, for buffers and landscaping to further screen and mask potential visual disparities, and for lighting levels, performance guidelines on light pole heights, angles, and light fixtures, and hours of operation to reduce potentially significant light and glare impacts. Population and Housing. Demographic trends and projections, using the General EIP Associates 2-10