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those City intersections separately analyzed in the EIR. The City shall nonetheless require signalization of such intersections. (iii) Concurrent Extension Impact Number 3 The Final EIR indicates that the existing unacceptable level of service of Intersection No. 34 (Santa Rita Road at Valley Avenue) would continue to operate at an unacceptable level of service under the Concurrent Extension. Final EIR, page 3-20. Under the Deferred extension, this intersection would have an unacceptable level of service of LOS E. The Final EIR indicates that this intersection would have an unacceptable level of service of LOS F under the Concurrent Extension at the project level. The Staples Ranch Traffic Report draws the same conclusion for both the proposed project and the Ice Center Alternative under Concurrent Extension conditions. This impact does not constitute a new significant impact because the Draft EIR already identifies and requires mitigation for project-level (Mitigation Measure TR-1.4) and cumulative-level (Mitigation Measure TR-5C) significant impacts at Intersection No. 34 under the Deferred Extension. In addition, the Draft EIR assessed the increased LOS F impact to Intersection No. 34 caused by Concurrent Extension when it analyzed the Existing Specific Plan Alternative (which assumes Concurrent Extension), concluding that the impact would be mitigated to a less than significant LOS D through implementation of Mitigation Measure TR-1.4 (Draft EIR page 5-20). During AM and PM peak hours, the Existing Specific Plan Alternative generates 1.5 times more traffic than the proposed project and 1.3 times more traffic than the Ice Center Alternative. Application of Mitigation Measure TR-1.4 to the proposed project or Ice Center Alternative under Concurrent Extension conditions therefore would also reduce impacts to less than significant levels because the proposed project and Ice Center Alternative generate significantly less traffic than the Existing Specific Plan Alternative. The Staples Ranch Traffic Report confirms this conclusion by determining that the improvements required by Mitigation Measures TR-1.4 and TR-5C will reduce the Intersection 34 impacts of the proposed project and the Ice Center Alternative under Concurrent Extension conditions to LOS D under both project-level and cumulative conditions (Staples Ranch Traffic Report, Tables 35, 37, 47 and 49). Moreover, the Final EIR indicates that the timing optimization component of Mitigation Measure TR-5C would, on its own, reduce the LOS F impact of Concurrent Extension to the existing LOS E condition (Final EIR, Table 3.1-2), resulting in no significant impact to existing conditions. Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project Environmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 36 of 47