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regionally accessible uses in the area of the Project. Although it would include a club retail use suited to the location of the area of the Project near both the I- 680 and the I-580, the Partial Buildout Alternative would include a much lower total area of general retail use, and a lower area of total new gross building space; therefore,the mix and amount of uses that would be provided under the Partial Buildout Alternative would, like the Reduced Retail Alternative, not serve to "maximize"the unique benefits of the location of the area of the Project as stated in City Objective 2, especially in comparison to the Project. 3. City Objective 3: Encourage the development of a diverse mix of uses in the City that would promote long-term economic growth by generating substantial new revenues for the City. A comparison of the fiscal benefits of a development program largely similar to the Project with an alternate development program with the same characteristics as the Partial Buildout Alternative was prepared for the area of the Project in 2015 (see Appendix C of the Draft SEIR, Johnson Drive EDZ Land Use Study and Fiscal Impact Analysis, for this comparison, and note that further fiscal analyses have refined the results of this study). This analysis indicated that a scenario identical to the Partial Buildout Alternative would yield only about 74 percent of the total annual general fund revenues that is currently estimated would be generated under the Project, as well as only 69 percent of the annual revenue that would be provided under the Project to the Pleasanton Unified School District. (The City's most recent economic and fiscal analyses indicate that the mix of uses proposed within the Project would yield a substantial level of fiscal and economic benefits, including up to $2.3 million in new City General Fund revenues annually [on full buildout], as well as approximately $277,440 in annual revenue to the Pleasanton Unified School District). This general comparison indicates that,because it includes a lower volume of uses, the Partial Buildout Alternative would be less likely to promote long-term economic growth to the same extent as the Project, and would not generate substantial new revenues in comparison to the Project, making the full achievement of City Objective 3 less likely. Environmentally Superior Alternative CEQA Guidelines §15126.6(e)(2) indicates that an EIR must identify the Environmentally Superior Alternative from the range of alternatives evaluated in the EIR. If the No Project Alternative is identified as the Environmentally Superior Alternative,then the EIR shall also identify an Environmentally Superior Alternative among the other alternatives. The Environmentally Superior Alternative is the alternative that would result in the fewest and/or least severe environmental impacts. Alternative 2, Reduced Retail, would be the environmentally superior alternative because it generates a lower number of traffic trips than the Partial Buildout Alternative (a difference of 53