2004-020 - Statement Overriding Considerations for the Property Located at One Broadway Plaza

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One Broadway Plaza Environmental Impact Report Therefore, the No Project Alternative is the Environmentally Superior Alternative although it would not meet project objectives as discussed earlier in the analysis of project alternative. Section 15126.6(e)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines requires the identification of an additional feasible environmentally superior alternative when the No Project Alternative is selected as the Environmentally Superior Alternative. Findings and Facts in Support of Findings TABLE 8.4-1 COMPARISON OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT ALTERNATIVES FOR THE ONE BROADWAY PLAZA PROJECT Proposed No Project Mid-Range Low-Range Environmental Effect Project Alternative Project Alternative Project Alternative Land Use I 1 1 1 Topography, Geology and Soils 2 2 2 2 Hydrology and Water Quality 2 2 2 2 Air Quality 3 2 3 3 Transportation 3 3 3 3 Hazards and Hazardous Materials 2 2 2 2 Noise 2 1 2 2 Population and Housing 1 1 1 1 Public Services 2 2 2 2 Utilities and Service Systems 3 2 2 2 Aesthetics 3 2 2 2 Cultural Resources 3 2 3 3 Legend 1. No impact or below a level of significance without mitigation. 2. Impact that can be mitigated to below a level of significance. 3. Impact that cannot be mitigated to below a level of significance. Source: P&D Consultants, Inc. (2002). Many of the environmental impacts of the proposed project are directly related to the size or intensity of the development and in general, projects with higher density will generally result in more adverse impacts compared to alternatives with a lower density. However, for most of the environmental categories, mitigation is anticipated to reduce the impacts of the Mid-Range Project and Low-Range Project Alternatives to below a level of significance although the Mid- Range Project and Low-Range Project Alternatives also do not meet all of the project objectives. The Mid-Range Project and Low-Range Project Alternatives will result in similar impacts compared to the proposed project after mitigation related to topography, geology and soils; hydrology and water quality; hazards and hazardous materials; public services; utilities and service systems and aesthetics. The Mid-Range Project and Low-Range Project Alternatives are anticipated to result in greater impacts related to air quality, circulation, noise, population and housing and cultural resources and aesthetics compared to the No Project Alternative. 7.0 STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS The City has balanced the benefits of the One Broadway Plaza project against its unavoidable adverse environmental impacts in determining that the specific economic, legal, social, technological and/or other benefits outweigh the unavoidable significant adverse environmental Resolution No. 2004-020 Page 70 of 73