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RBSOLUTION NO. 79-137 (3) The accessibility to the civic Center, the site makes it a likely prospect for develop- ment by the State or County governments, which development, if it occurred, would be exempt from the height limitation and fro~ local municipal regulation in general. 10. Extension of the Professional/Administrative Designation and Height District II Westward to Baker Street. (EIR S 5.3) This alternative would increase significant environmental effects beyond those of the proposed project. 11. Rezor]ing to High Density Residential (EIR S 5.4) The subject site, due to its immediate proximity to the Civic Center, is far more appropriate for administrative or professional office use than for apartments or condominiums. There is no evidence of any significant market demand for high density housing developments on the north side of Civic Center Drive west of Flower. Thus this alternative runs the substantial risk of resulting in no redevelopment or improvement of that area whatsoever. On the other hand, to the extent such market demand may arise, the proposed project would not constrain such residential development west of the subject site. 12. Redesign to One-Half Height and Space., (EIR S 5.5) The proposed project, as modified by the developer, is a compromise between this alternative and the project as originally proposed. Any degree of reduction in height and size will correspondingly mitigate the adverse effects incident to those factors and this alternative is only illustrative of th~ ~ea of a smaller building. The reductions made b~the developer during the course of environmental and planning review bring the proposed project down to the threshhold of financial viability to the EXHIBIT