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EXHI81~ ~ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FINDINGS - For Case GP-80-8 1. Significant Effect: Inconsistency between land use pattern and other land use and General Plan policies, population goal and percent multiple dwelling units particularly. Finding: A reevaluation of General Plan goals and policies or further adjustments in land use acreages will mitigate this impact. Facts: In light of these land use changes and the reduced size of City households, the reevaluation of goals and policies relating to population, density, residential mix policies or adjustment of land use acreages elsewhere in the planning area will reduce the inconsistency in policies. 2. Significant Effect: Increase in traffic within existing developed City area. Finding: Adoption of revisions to the Circulation Element of the General Plan to reflect changing needs will reduce the impacts of increased traffic in specific areas. Facts: The incorporation into the Circulation Element of the General Plan of recommendations resulting from the analysis of traffic in the north Pleasanton area will reflect the needs of these areas. 3. Significant Effect: Potential loss of site for BART station near Stoneridge Shopping Center. Finding: Alternate BART station locations are being studied prior to any specific actions on implementation policies. Fact: The proposed amendment to the General Plan relating to the BART route realignment is considered premature and should await the necessary studies to be completed prior to any further actions. 4. Significant Effect: Location of park (Area 2) is located in an unacceptable naise level area. Finding: Adequate buffering measures incorporated at time of development will mitigate noise impacts. Facts: The adoption of the proposal contained within GP-81-2 will provide for commercial and office uses to be located between the park location and the Interstate 680 noise source. 5. Significant Effect: Placement of residential uses adjacent to potentially noisy commercial and/or residential areas. Finding: The adoption of measures to reduce such noise and land use conflicts will mitigate this impact. Facts: Development standards to be used during the design review process for these critical areas shall include measures to buffer and/or to provide compatibility between residential and adjacent commercial land uses. 6. Significant Effect: Circulation system changes would likely place industrial traffic on streets adjoining residences- (Santa Rita Road and. West Las Positas Boulevard) and create unacceptable noise levels.