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Attachment 1: Reasons for Denying Transit Zoning Code <br />Briggs Lars Corporation -June 5, 2010 <br />Page 4 of S <br />• All new commercial or industrial development or major rehabilitation can <br />incorporate renewable energy generation on -site to the maximum extent <br />feasible from an engineering standpoint. <br />• All new or substantially rehabilitated residential project over a 100 units must <br />generate electricity on site to the maximum extent feasible from an <br />engineering standpoint. See Exs. 3k -3n. <br />• Any new or replaced parking lots should be required to use "cool pavement." <br />See Ex. 3o. <br />• There are a number of opportunities relating to providing solar panels and <br />solar water heaters for residential use, including opportunities targeted to <br />affordable housing. See Exs. 3p -3x. <br />3.07 The EIR does not include any alternatives that significantly reduce the impacts <br />associated with greenhouse -gas emissions. <br />3.08 Additional evidence supporting the conclusion that the project may have a significant <br />environmental impact due to greenhouse gas emissions can be found in the GHG <br />folder. <br />IV. Water Supply <br />4.01 The WSA for the proposed project acknowledges that the final WSA mst be adopted <br />by the City Council, and its conclusion adopted into other environmental documents <br />as necessary. The WSA is dated January 2010, but there is no evidence that the WSA <br />was adopted by the City Council as required under Water Code Section 10910(g). See <br />Minutes and Agenda Folder. <br />4.02 The EIR and WSA fail to account for the uncertainty and impediments to water <br />supply as a result of climate change. See Exs. 4a -4f. <br />4.03 Even if firture water supplies are available for the project, the EIR fails to provide <br />enough information about the environmental consequences of supplying that water. <br />The informational purposes of an EIR are not satisfied unless decision - makers and the <br />public are provided with enough information to evaluate the pros and cons of <br />supplying the amount of water that the project will need. The critical issue to be <br />considered, especially with respect to groundwater, is not simply whether an adequate <br />supply is available, but whether there is an adequate discussion of the project's <br />foreseeable impacts. While the EIR includes a discussion about water supply, it does <br />not provide information about the impacts of supplying water such as the effect that <br />the project's water use will have on water infrastructure or the availability of water <br />for other purposes. <br />4 <br />