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Noise: The Existing Specific Plan Alternative would result in almost double the number of daily trips as the proposed project. The Existing Specific Plan Alternative would increase noise levels above existing noise levels by a maximum of 8 dBA along EI Charro Road, and would result in significant noise level increases. The Existing Specific Plan Alternative's contribution to this increase would be 3.6 dBA over future noise levels without the project. This would be a new significant impact of this alternative. Traffic: Overall trip generation would increase substantially with the Existing Specific Plan Alternative. Under the Existing plus Approved Conditions plus the Existing Specific Plan Alternative, one additional intersection- Santa Rita Road at Stoneridge Drive-would degrade to an unacceptable level of service compared to conditions with the proposed project without the extension of Stoneridge Drive. Similarly, during the future cumulative conditions, this alternative would adversely affect one additional intersection compared to cumulative conditions with the proposed project; namely, the intersection of Johnson Drive at Stoneridge Drive would need additional mitigations beyond that identified for the proposed project. The impacts at both of these intersections, however, can be mitigated to a less-than-significant level. On the other hand, because this alternative would not include a residential component, impacts identified in the EIR related to residents (e.g., exposure to sensitive receptors to TACs, and exposure of persons to, or generation of, noise levels in excess of standards) would not occur. Moreover, as indicated in the EIR, the Existing Specific Plan 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 Existing Specific Plan Alternative were adopted by the City. The Existing Specific Plan Alternative is infeasible because it is inconsistent with the objectives of the proposed project to provide a site for a senior continuing care community that will help meet the City's and the surrounding community's expanding need for elderly assisted living opportunities, retain existing auto sales within the City by providing for an auto mall site, and provide for a joint neighborhood park/storm water detention facility. The Existing Specific Plan Alternative is also inconsistent with the objective of the proposed project to acknowledge substantial changes in land use conditions and the introduction of new infrastructure improvements and agreements that were unknown at the time the 1989 Specific Plan was adopted. Specifically, this alternative would not: Reflect changes in surrounding land uses not contemplated in 1989, including cessation of the Kaiser/Hanson quarry operations, establishment of the Livermore Airport Protection Area, and adoption/implementation of Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amcndmen[ and Staples Ranch Project Environmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 6 of d7