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(~ (~~_ existing residential neighborhoods to the west and the planned auto mall to the east. 3. Provide a convenient, flexible, and efficient location for additional commercial development that can take advantage of excellent freeway access and the developing EI Charro Road commercial corridor. 4. Provide a 17-acre community park site to the City that may be used for a variety of active and/or passive recreational uses, may offer multiple potential access points, and takes advantage of the adjacent Arroyo Mocho, which offers opportunities for regional trail connections and passive nature-based recreation. 5. Provide a 5-acre neighborhood park that offers both recreational opportunities and on-site stormwater detention to meet State and local hydro-modification requirements. 6. Develop a circulation system that provides convenient vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian access to and through the Staples Ranch site, in substantial conformance with the General Plan, without adversely affecting existing residential neighborhoods in the City. 7. Design landscaping to create an attractive eastern entrance to the City, enhance the pedestrian environment, provide buffers between potentially incompatible land uses, and provide on-site stormwater treatment to reduce environmental impacts. 8. A City sales tax revenue increase when visitors come from out of town to ice center special events and do business at local hotels, stores, and restaurants. 9. Retail sales tax dollars would be generated by the ice center restaurant and retail shop. 10. The ice center developer has offered to contribute to and construct a substantial share of the remainder of the 17 acre Community Park. 11.Social benefits resulting from the Ice Center Alternative would include the introduction of many activities to the community relating to heath, education, recreation, family life, and special needs provided by a variety of ice skating activities, including: ^ Public skating sessions ^ Public school physical education classes and possible future competitive team practices and games ^ City Park and Recreation Department programs ^ Private class skating lessons ^ Youth and adult hockey practices and games for men, women, boys, and girls ^ Figure skating ^ Speed skating S[oneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project Environmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 29 of 30