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extended along the eastern margin of the property, providing access to five estate lots. <br />One lot would also be added off Court 3 and two locations (Balance Fill Areas) would be <br />established for the placement of excess soils generated from grading the roads and <br />lots. <br />This alternative is similar to the Original Project in situating 98 homes on the 562-acre <br />site. It differs from the Original Project in the following ways: <br />• Twenty-eight homesites proposed by the Original Project toward the south of the <br />property would be replaced by seven four-plex structures to be located on the <br />Original Project Court 1. Five estate lots would be proposed near the east <br />property line so as to retain a total of 98 units. <br />• The fill of ephemeral streams is estimated to be reduced, from 2,708 lineal feet <br />for the Original Project to 145 feet for Alternative 1. Disturbance of seeps would <br />also be reduced, from about 2,000 square feet for the Project to less than <br />1,200 square feet for Alternative 1. <br />• The total land area to be disturbed by grading under Alternative 1 is 89.5 acres, <br />while in the Original Project this disturbance totals 87 acres. <br />• One Emergency Vehicle Access (EVA) route, in addition to Hearst Drive access, <br />is proposed versus two under the Original Project. The remaining EVA would be <br />to the north to Grey Eagle Court. <br />• Neither the proposed 6.5-acre neighborhood park nor the regional trail staging <br />area would be included in Alternative 1. <br />• Alternative 1 would use two onsite Balance Fill Areas for deposit of excess soils <br />generated from grading the roads and lots. <br />Finding: Feasible <br />The DEIR identified several differences in the environmental effects of Alternative 1 as <br />compared with the Original Project, but the EIR did not find that the environmental <br />impacts of Alternative 1 would be significantly different from those of the Original <br />Project. No adverse impacts were found for Alternative 1 that were not also found for <br />the Original Project. <br />Alternative 2 -Site Plan Alternative #2 <br />Description <br />Alternative 2 reduces the portion of the site that would be developed as homesites and <br />reduces the total number of homes from 98 to 80. The four-plexes proposed in <br />Alternative 1 would not be developed under Alternative 2, but in all other respects the <br />Page 5 of 45 <br />