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f FINDINGS FOR ALTERNATIVES EVALUATED IN THE EIR During the preparation of the EIR for the proposed Project, the City evaluated several alternatives. A description and a finding for each alternative are presented below. No Project Alternative (No Build) Description The existing Project Area would remain as it currently exists. None of the project components (i.e., auto mall, senior continuing care community, commercial center, community park, and neighborhood park/detention basin) would be constructed. With the No Project Alternative, the existing Project Area would remain undeveloped, thereby failing to satisfy the project objective to develop the site with economically beneficial land uses. It is unlikely that the Project Area would remain undeveloped far into the future, since development of the area has already been approved as part of the 1989 Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan; however, in the short term for the purposes of this alternative, the area would remain unbuilt. Finding: Infeasible By preventing development of the Project Area, the No Project Alternative would avoid or substantially reduce the significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed project to aesthetics and visual quality, air quality, and traffic. This alternative is infeasible, however, because it is inconsistent with the City's planning goals. A no development alternative would fail to make responsible use of a site that has previously been planned by the City for urban uses for almost 20 years. It would not comply with the direction of Pleasanton's General Plan for urban uses of the project site and would fail to implement a Specific Ptan that has already been approved by the City. The No Project Alternative is also infeasible because it is inconsistent with the objectives of the proposed project, which include, among others, guiding the development of the Staples Ranch site with a mix of economically beneficial uses, retaining existing auto sales businesses within the City, providing senior continuing care amenities, and providing community recreational facilities. Existing Specific Plan Alternative Description Under the Existing Specific Plan Alternative, the land uses that were approved as part of the 1989 Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan (1989 Specific Plan) for the Project Area would be developed. Of the 124 acres that comprise the Staples Ranch site, 1.5 acres that lie within the City of Pleasanton would remain zoned as PUD-Medium Density Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project Environmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 4 of 30