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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project Alternatives <br /> <br />¦ <br />Provide additional public open space and facilitate joint use arrangement with SAUSD for a new <br />community center <br /> <br />¦ <br />Provide an economically viable redevelopment scenario for the Agency-owned properties <br />3.3SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />The Draft EIR and Recirculated Draft EIR evaluated six (6) alternatives, including the No Project/No <br />Development alternative, in Chapter 5.0. This evaluation compared the environmental advantages and <br />disadvantages of each alternative to the Proposed Project. Alternative 1, 2, and 3 are primarily designed <br />to address alternatives to the Transit Zoning Code as a whole. Alternatives 4, 5, and 6 present <br />alternatives to the proposed Developer Project, and under each of these Alternatives, the proposed <br />Transit Zoning Code would remain the unchanged. <br />The range of feasible alternatives was selected and discussed in a manner to foster meaningful public <br />participation and informed decision-making. Among the factors that were taken into account when <br />considering the feasibility of alternatives (as described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.6[f][1]) were <br />environmental impacts, economic viability, availability of infrastructure, regulatory limitations, <br />jurisdictional boundaries, and attainment of project objectives. As stated in Section 15126.6(a) of the <br />CEQA Guidelines, an EIR need not consider an alternative whose effects could not be reasonably <br />identified, whose implementation is remote or speculative, or one that would not achieve the basic <br />project objectives. The analysis includes sufficient information about each alternative to provide <br />meaningful evaluation, analysis, and comparison with the Proposed Project. <br />It should be noted that the Alternatives section of the DEIR was re-circulated due to the addition of <br />three new alternatives (Alternatives 4, 5 and 6) which would lessen the impacts related to historic <br />structures located within the proposed Developer Project area. The re-circulation of the Alternatives <br />section concurrently extended the public comment period on the DEIR. <br />3.4PROJECT ALTERNATIVE FINDINGS <br /> <br />3.4.1Findings on Alternatives to the Proposed Transit Zoning Code <br /> <br />Analyzed in the Draft EIR <br />Alternative 1, 2, and 3 are primarily designed to address alternatives to the Transit Zoning Code as a <br />whole. The Lead Agency’s findings on each alternative and the rationale behind each finding are set forth <br />below. <br />Alternative 1: No Project/No Development Alternative <br /> <br />? <br />This alternative assumes a continuation of the City’s existing General Plan and zoning designations to <br />guide future growth and development within the Transit Zoning Code project area. The impacts of this <br />alternative were analyzed under a maximum buildout scenario within the Transit Zoning Code area with <br />the current allowed land uses and development standards designated in the existing General Plan and <br />zoning designations. In addition, this alternative assumes that the proposed Developer Project would not <br />go forward on the Agency-owned properties. Maintaining the existing General Plan and zoning <br />Revised Station District Project and FOL Settlement Agreement Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding <br />3-2 <br />Considerations <br /> <br />