2012-001 - Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program

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Chapter 3 Findings Regarding Project ANemathes Attachment "A" is Development of a lift station at Alternative Site No. 18 would require the City to acquire private property to accommodate the proposed lift station. In addition, this alternative would require the City to acquire a temporary construction easement to facilitate construction of the proposed lift station. 3.4.20.2 Summary Comparison of Environmental Effects The environmental effects of constructing the proposed lift station at Alternative Site No. 18 in comparison to the proposed Project site are shown in Final EIR Table 5-1 and described in detail in RDEIR Section 5.4.20. This alternative would reduce the Project's significant and unavoidable impact associated with Construction Configuration C.2 by two (2) weeks; however, this alternative would result in a significant unavoidable impact to the capacity of the South Bristol Street roadway for a total of 94 days (or 69 days longer than the proposed Project's significant unavoidable impact). In addition, this alternative would result in significant unavoidable impacts to the intersection of South Bristol Street/Alton Avenue for the five (5) days in which construction activities would occur within the intersection, which represents a more severe impact to transportation/traffic than would occur under the proposed Project. Furthermore, construction of a lift station at Alternative Site No. 18 would exacerbate an existing parking deficiency at this existing commercial retail building both during construction and long-term operation, which would result in a total parking deficiency of 69 spaces and 58 spaces under near- and long-term conditions, respectively. Near- and long-term impacts to parking at Alternative Site No. 18 would be a significant and immitigable impact. As such, impacts to transportation/traffic would be greater at Alternative Site No. 18 as compared to the proposed Project site. • Total construction air quality/greenhouse gas emissions would be increased under this alternative due to a longer construction period, although average daily construction emissions would be similar to the proposed Project and would be less than significant. In addition, construction-related impacts to water quality and hydrology would be increased under this alternative due to a larger area of impact, but would remain below a level of significance. Impacts due to nighttime dewatering during construction would be slightly decreased under this alternative and, as with the proposed Project, would be reduced to less than significant levels with incorporation of Mitigation Measure 3.3-2. All other impacts associated with noise would be similar to the proposed Project and would be less than significant. Impacts related to utilities and service systems and water quality and hydrology (long- term) would be similar to the proposed Project and would be less than significant. Impacts associated with operational odors under accident conditions also would be slightly reduced under this alternative; however, with implementation of Mitigation Measure MM 3.1-1, odor impacts would be less than significant for this alternative and the proposed Project. All other long-term impacts to air quality/greenhouse gas emissions would be similar to the proposed Project and would be less than significant. 3.4.20.3 Finding and Rationale for Alternative Site No 18 The City hereby finds that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make Alternative Site No. 18 infeasible. Alternative Site No. 18 would result in an overall increase in impacts to transportation/traffic as compared to the proposed Project. Although this alternative would reduce the Project's significant and unavoidable impact associated with Construction Configuration C.2 by two (2) weeks, this alternative would result in a significant unavoidable impact to the capacity of the South Bristol Street San Lorenzo Lift Station EIR (Project No. 06-3510) 3-40 CEQA Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations