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in stormwater runoff. Changing pollutant loads and increased runoff would result in a higher mean annual pollutant load for the Ice Center Alternative compared to the proposed project. The Ice Center Alternative would have a potentially substantial increase in pollutants loads compared to the proposed project. Even slight increases (more than 5 percent) are considered potentially substantial because the proposed project already increases pollutant loads substantially compared to existing conditions. Implementation of Mitigation Measures HY-1.1 and HY-1.2 recommended for the proposed project would reduce potential impacts of the Ice Center Alternative to essentially the same level as for the proposed project. The Ice Center Alternative is feasible because it is consistent with the proposed project objectives of providing economically beneficial uses to the City and of providing for a community park site that offers a variety of active and/or passive recreational uses. The Ice Center Alternative is feasible because it is consistent with the planning goals and policies of the City represented in the conceptual Staples Ranch Park Master Plan for the Community Park adopted by the City Council on June 10, 2008, which contemplates the development of an ice center. The Ice Center Alternative is also feasible because, while it does not present significantly greater environmental impacts than the proposed project, it does provide significantly greater social and economical benefits to the City through the provision of an ice skating facility. The additional economic and social benefits of the Ice Center Alternative include: 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. Retail sales tax dollars would be generated by the ice center restaurant and retail shop. The ice center developer has offered to contribute to and construct a substantial share of the remainder of the 17 acre Community Park. 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 Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project Environmental Impact Repoli Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 10 of 47