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Chapter 3 The Environmental Review Process 3. Incorporation of Mitigation Measures This Specific Plan was formulated in an interactive process with the preparation of the EIR, so that potential impacts identified during the environmental evaluation process could be "pre-mitigated" by the inclusion of appropriate requirements in the Specific Plan, These incorporated mitigation measures are identified in the topical sections of Chapter 4 under the heading, 3a, Key Project Characteristics, Alternatives considered in this EIR relate to (1) the array of land use choices available consistent with the Phase II Specific Plan and, in addition, (2) the types of alternatives typically considered under CEQA. 1. Site Plan Alternatives under the Phase II Specific Plan The CEQA project proposed, the Draft Phase II Specific Plan, is defined in terms of (1) a set of potential uses (see Table 1, p, 9), (2) a set of proposed locations for those uses (see Figure 4, p. 12), and (3) an illustrative site plan that establishes the open space/park-like framework within which potential uses are to be integrated (see Figure 5, p, 13), The Phase II Specific Plan assumes that all of the Specific Plan sub-areas will eventually be used, but it does not specifically assign uses to locations, The four figures that follow (Figures 6, 7, 8, and 9) represent the site plan for the project (Figure 6, p, 24) and the site plans for three alternatives described below, Alternatives 1 and 2 reflect different assignments of some key uses to locations. The possibility of such options derives from the flexibility remaining in the Phase II Specific Plan: alternatives can be formulated by varying the sets of uses included or omitted, by varying the sub-areas in which the included uses are located, and by making modest adjustments if needed in the shape and acreage of the sub-areas to accommodate these arrangements, Alternatives 1 and 2 were chosen by the Pleasanton City Council on August 16, 2005, for evaluation in the Phase II Specific Plan EIR,4 a. Alternative 1 Figure 7 (p, 25) shows Alternative 1, In this arrangement, the cultural arts center would be located in the northeast corner of the site and the ACE Train Station offsite across Bernal Avenue, These two uses would share parking to be provided on Bernal Property, with enhanced pedestrian access provided between these uses, 4 The selection of alternatives for CEQA review was based on considerations that included the City's basic project objectives, the feasibility of development of particular uses at particular sites, and the potential environmental impacts of various uses at various sites. 23