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other site plan, development program, access, and open space/amenity features, the Open Space Alternative would mirror that of the proposed project. Finding: Infeasible As identified in the EIR, the Open Space Alternative would have slightly fewer water supply, water quality, visual, noise, air quality and traffic impacts, and would likely create more opportunities for wildlife habitat than the proposed project. The majority of the proposed project's impacts in these categories, however, will be avoided or substantially lessened by mitigation measures. Moreover, as indicated in the EIR, the Open Space Alternative would not avoid or substantially lessen the proposed project's significant and unavoidable impacts to aesthetics and visual quality, air quality, and traffic. These impacts would remain significant and unavoidable if the Open Space Alternative were adopted by the City. The Open Space Alternative is infeasible because it is inconsistent with the City's goals and policies regarding the Community Park. On June 10, 2008, the City Council approved a conceptual Staples Ranch Park Master plan for the Community Park. The master plan represented the results of an extensive community planning process begun in October 2006. On September 2, 2008, the City adopted core objectives concerning the proposed uses of the Community Park. The master plan and the core objectives contemplate active recreational uses of the Community Park, including sports fields, tennis courts, and an ice skating facility. The Open Space Alternative is infeasible because it conflicts with the active recreation goals and policies of the City by limiting the Community Park to passive uses that do not include sports fields, tennis courts or an ice skating facility. Alternative Project Site An alternative location was not assessed because such an analysis is not warranted for a specific plan project, and, as stated in the EIR, the Project Sponsor does not own other properties within the City of Pleasanton's sphere of influence. Environmentally Superior Alternative Section 15126(e)(2) of the State CEQA Guidelines requires identification of the environmentally superior alternative. Impacts identified for the Ice Center Alternative are generally similar to those of the proposed project. Although some impacts may be slightly greater than those of the proposed project before mitigation, the Ice Center Alternative does not result in new significant and unavoidable impacts. Because the Existing Specific Plan Alternative would not include development of residential uses on the Staples Ranch site, the Existing Specific Plan Alternative would reduce, as compared to the proposed project, potential impacts for residential uses, such as exposure to sensitive receptors to TACs, and exposure of persons to, or generation of, noise levels in excess of standards. However, the Existing Specific Plan Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project Environmental Impact Report findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 12 of 47