2002-077 - Certifying the Environmental Impact Report for the Armstrong Ranch Development Project

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air quality and land use impacts as the proposed project, but would not meet the objectives established for the project. Implementation of Alternative 4 would also result in unavoidable adverse air quality and land use impacts. However, because Alternative 4 would involve more construction activity, construction-related air quality emissions would be slightly greater. Therefore, because none of the alternatives would reduce the significance of any unavoidable impacts while meeting the objectives of the project, the proposed project is considered to be the environmentally superior alternative. 7.0 STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS The City has balanced the benefits of the project against its unavoidable environmental risks in determining that the specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits outweigh the unavoidable significant adverse environmental effects related to land use. Section 15093(b) of the State CEQA Guidelines provides that when the decision of the public agency results in the occurrence of significant impacts that are identified in the Final EIR but are not substantially mitigated, the agency must state in writing the reasons to support its actions based on the Final EIR and/or other information in the record. The reasons set forth below are based on the Final EIR and all other information in the record. Based upon the substantial evidence in the record as a whole, including but not limited to the Final EIR, the City finds that the benefits of the project outweigh its unavoidable adverse environmental effects and, .furthermore, finds that such adverse environmental effects are acceptable. Each of the separate benefits of the proposed project, as stated below, is determined to be, unto itself and independent of the other project benefits, a basis for overriding all unavoidable adverse environmental impacts identified in these Findings. Each of these specifxc economic, legal, social, technological, or other benefits of the proposed project, as stated below, outweigh the unavoidable adverse environmental effects, such that the adverse environmental effects are deemed by the City to be "acceptable," The reasons for the approval of the project despite the occurrence of significant unavoidable adverse air quality and land use impacts include the following: 1. The project would enable the City to achieve the objectives while avoiding significant environmental effects to the extent possible. The project would allow the City to: · To develop an urban infill residential development consisting of executive and move-up housing products 52