55B - RESO - EIR SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT

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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project Alternatives removal of traffic control measures while still allowing for construction activities to occur. According to the Project's engineer, such time restrictions would limit construction activities to about 1-2 hours per day before construction activities would need to cease in order to ensure that traffic control is removed by 2:30 p.m. Such time restrictions are considered infeasible from a practical perspective because they would dramatically elongate the construction schedule for construction activities within the intersection from up to 10 days (2 weeks Monday - Friday) to approximately 40-80 days (based on an assumption of one to two working hours per day with traffic control, and approximately 80 working hours needed to complete construction within the intersection). The time restrictions also would elongate the construction schedule for work within South Bristol Street, which would increase from approximately 15 days (3 weeks Monday - Friday) to 60-120 days (based on an assumption of one to two working hours per day with traffic control, and approximately 120 working hours needed to complete the portion of construction within South Bristol Street requiring access to two northbound travel lanes). With an elongated construction schedule of up to 175 days (35 weeks, or nearly 9 months), construction costs would be increased and construction equipment and associated activities would be a nuisance to adjacent land uses for a longer period of time. On balance, the City finds that the reduction in impacts to transportation/traffic that would occur under this alternative do not justify the significant and unavoidable impacts to noise that would result from the nighttime construction activities required for this alternative. 3.4.3 Findings on Alternatives that were Considered but Eliminated from Detailed Analysis in the Draft EIR In addition to the two alternatives evaluated in the Draft EIR, the Lead Agency considered alternative site locations and two other alternatives. With exception of the No Takings Alternative, all of these additional site locations and alternatives were eliminated from detailed analysis in the EIR either because they did not meet the Project's basic objectives or would fail to reduce or avoid the significant impacts of the Project as proposed. These alternatives are discussed below. 3.4.3.1 Alternative Site Locations Under this alternative, a replacement lift station facility would be constructed at another location within the Project vicinity. Section 5.3.1 of the Final EIR contains a discussion of alternative site locations considered but rejected from detailed analysis in the EIR. In addition, in response to public comments received on the Draft EIR, an analysis of an additional 21 site locations also is provided in the Final EIR (refer to Responses E-111 through E-127 in Section F.3.3 of the Final EIR). The City hereby finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological or other considerations make the adoption of an alternative site location infeasible. Specifically, and as described in detail in Section 5.3.1 and in Responses E-111 through E-127, adoption of an alternative site location would fail to reduce or avoid the Project's significant and unavoidable impact to the South Bristol Street/West Segerstrom Avenue intersection during construction. A summary of the analysis and conclusions presented in the Final EIR is provided below. Alternative site locations to the east or west of the proposed San Lorenzo Sewer Lift Station site would require the implementation of Construction Configuration C.2 for a period of up to five weeks during construction, and would result in the same significant and unavoidable impact to the intersection of South Bristol Street/West Segerstrom Avenue that would occur under the Proposed San Lorenzo Lift Station EIR (Project No. 06-3510) 3-5 Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations 55B-30