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The cumulative impacts analyses of the EIR assume full extension of Stoneridge Drive and are unaffected by requiring the Concurrent Extension to be approved as part of the project. STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS The City has determined to approve the Ice Center Alternative because it provides greater social and economic benefits than the Proposed Project without creating significantly greater environmental impacts. This statement of overriding considerations presents the City's determination that the Ice Center Alternative's broader public and environmental objectives outweigh the anticipated significant and unavoidable environmental impacts of the alternative, as identified in the previous section and the EIR. Significant and Unavoidable Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Project The previous section and the EIR identify the following significant and unavoidable impacts of the Ice Center Alternative, which are substantially the same as those of the Proposed Project: • Aesthetics and Visual Quality - as a result of conversion of the Staples Ranch site from undeveloped to developed land and the loss of the rural character of the Project Area. • Air Quality - as a result of emissions of ozone precursors (reactive organic gases and oxides of nitrogen) and particulate matter from mobile and stationary sources, above thresholds used by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). • Traffic - as a result of increased project trips at two study area intersections outside the jurisdiction of Pleasanton under project conditions, and two intersections outside the jurisdiction of Pleasanton under cumulative conditions, if other jurisdictions decide not to implement the proposed mitigation measures. Under cumulative conditions, mitigation is infeasible at one intersection outside the jurisdiction of Pleasanton: Dublin Boulevard at Dougherty Road (#D1). Required Statement of Overriding Considerations The City will mitigate the impacts described above to the extent feasible (see previous section). However, these measures will not reduce the above impacts to less-than- significant levels. The City has examined reasonable project alternatives, including the proposed project. The City has found that the Existing Specific Plan Alternative, the No Project Alternative and the Open Space Alternative would not achieve the core project objectives and/or would not significantly reduce the significant and unavoidable impacts identified for the Project and/or be consistent with City planning policies and goals. Each alternative is discussed briefly above. The proposed project and the Ice Center Alternative are Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project Environmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 45 of 47