55B - RESO - EIR SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT

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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project Alternatives Project. As detailed in the analysis contained in the Final EIR, many of the site locations to the east and west also would result in increased environmental impacts due to an increase in the distance from the existing lift station facility and the need to construct longer lengths of sewer infrastructure as necessary to provide connections between the existing and replacement lift station facilities. Alternative site locations to the south of the South Bristol Street/West Segerstrom Avenue intersection also would require work within the intersection, and would therefore require the implementation of Construction Configuration C.2. In addition, under such an alternative, construction activities would be required to extend across the entire intersection and to the south to the relocated replacement facility, necessitating additional traffic controls affecting both the intersection and the capacity of the roadway segment southerly of the intersection. Based on these considerations, the City finds that an alternative site location to the south would result in increased impacts to transportation/traffic as compared to the Proposed Project. Alternative site locations to the north of the South Bristol Street/West Segerstrom Avenue intersection would avoid the need for construction within the intersection. However, under such an alternative site location, extensive improvements would be required within the right-of-way of South Bristol Street north of the intersection. In order to accommodate appropriate lane transitions during times when construction work is occurring within the right-of-way, Construction Configuration C.2 still would be required to be implemented along with additional lengths of lane closures affecting the capacity of this roadway segment north of the intersection. Accordingly, the City finds that implementation of such an alternative site location would not reduce or avoid the Project's significant and unavoidable impact to the intersection, and would result in an overall increase in the Project's near-term impacts to transportation/traffic. Therefore, the City hereby finds that development of the Proposed Project on alternative site locations would not reduce or avoid the Project's significant and unavoidable impacts to transportation/traffic and could result in increased environmental impacts. For these reasons, alternative site locations are rejected as infeasible. 3.4.3.2 Retrofitted Segerstrom Lift Station Alternative Under this alternative, the City would retrofit and upgrade the existing Segerstrom Lift Station facility rather than constructing a replacement facility in another location. The City hereby finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make the adoption of this alternative infeasible. This alternative would fail to meet several of the Project's basic objectives. Specifically, retrofitting of the existing Segerstrom Lift Station would not allow the City to house electrical equipment above-ground. In addition, retrofitting the existing lift station would require upgrades to existing electrical equipment and installation of additional equipment (e.g., a third stand-by pump) as necessary to provide redundancies in the system; the addition of new equipment would further restrict workable space within the facility, and therefore would not meet the Project's objective to "Provide a lift station facility that provides sufficient access space for maintenance of the lift station facility." Moreover, such an alternative would fail to meet the Project's objective to construct a replacement lift station facility located outside of the public rights-of-way so as to minimize potential safety conflicts between motorists and maintenance personnel. Finally, such an alternative would not achieve the Project's objective to construct a new lift station facility, as this alternative would not involve the construction of a new lift station but rather would involve upgrades to the existing facility. San Lorenzo Lift Station EIR (Project No. 06-3510) 3-6 Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerati