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for some other uses and the absence of the park-and-ride facility proposed for the Project and Alternative 1. Findine: Feasible The EIR identified several differences in the environmental effects of Alternative 2 as compared with the Project: Aesthetic: The siting of the cultural arts center closer to the center of the Central Area would change its visibility from the vantage points illustrated in the EIR (and from other locations). This changed pattern of visibility was not, however, found to result in adverse environmental impacts. Noise: The noise environment of the cultural arts center and the amphitheater would be more affected by I-680 noise in the Alternative 2 location than in the Project location, but the Project location would also be affected by traffic noise from I-680 and, additionally, from Bernal Avenue. In both cases the noise impacts were found mitigatable. The noise environment of the Bernal Property is affected by ACE train operations. Under Alternative 2, the train operations at the station would generate noise as the trains decelerate on arrival, idle, and then accelerate on departure. The noise would be in addition to the noise generated by train passbys which is an element of the existing ambient noise condition and all future conditions. Selection of Alternative 2 would require further investigation of train idling noise and determination of whether noise mitigations provided for in the Specific Plan should be implemented in conjunction with the train station as well as (potentially) in the areas identified in the Specific Plan (Figure 7-1). Traffic: Overall peak hour trips would be about the same as the project, would have the same general impacts, and would require the same mitigation measures. The relocation of the cultural arts center and the ACE Train Station would change local circulation patterns. Under the cumulative plus project condition, the intersections of Bernal Avenue/ Valley Avenue, Bernal Avenue/Pleasanton Avenue, Valley Avenue/Case Avenue/ Junipero Street, and Junipero Street/Sunol Boulevard would require mitigation measures, and those mitigations might be more extensive than under the Project. The elimination of the park-and-ride facility would reduce the traffic volumes at the intersection of Bernal Avenue/West Lagoon Road. The EIR did not find that the environmental impacts of Alternative 2 would be signifi- cantly different from those of the Project. No adverse impacts were found for Alternative 2 that were not also found for the project, and Alternative 2 would not provide mitigation of impacts significantly superior to the mitigation provided by the Project. Bernal Property Phase II Specific Plan and Bernal Community Park Master Plan Environmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 7 of 2A