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Executive Summ 1.6.1 ALTERNATIVE 1A - NO PROJECT/NO DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE This alternative assumes the site would continue to remain in its current state without demolition or active uses on-site. The undeveloped portion of the site would stay undeveloped, and the abandoned and dilapidated structures would remain vacant. This alternative would avoid potentially significant Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions, Land Use and Planning (interim), Population and Housing, Recreation (short-term), and Transportation/Traffic impacts. However, given the existing condition of the site, without any improvements the site would have a significant Aesthetics and Hydrology and Water Quality impacts. This alternative would not meet any of the Project objectives. This alternative is more fully discussed in Section 5.4.1. 1.6.2 ALTERNATIVE 1B - NO PROJECT/ INSTITUTIONAL ENTITLEMENTS ALTERNATIVE Alternative 1b, which is a variation of the No Project Alternative, would provide development for institutional uses on the site, with buildings not exceeding the 436,000 square feet of institutional uses provided for in the City of Irvine General Plan (Irvine 2015a, 2015b). This level of development would be consistent with the assumptions in the original 2003 Orange County Great Park Final Program EIR1. Institutional uses proposed under this alternative include government office, law enforcement, emergency shelter, maintenance and storage, recreational vehicle (RV)/boat/vehicle storage, and warehouse uses for homeless providers. This Alternative would maximize the use of existing structures. This Alternative is discussed in greater detail in Section 5.4.2. Compared to the Project, this Alternative would have fewer impacts, and would avoid significant impacts to Air Quality, Land Use and Planning (interim), Population and Housing, and Recreation (short-term). The significant and unavoidable impacts for Transportation/Traffic would not be avoided, but would be less when compared to those under the proposed Project. For GHG Emissions, Alternative 1b would also have significant and unavoidable impacts and those impacts would be greater than the Project's as Alternative 1b has higher estimated emissions on a service population basis. This Alternative would meet three of the Project Objectives outlined above (Objectives 3, 7, and 9). This Alternative has been deemed environmentally sustainable due to its linkage to transportation and transit networks (i.e., development in proximity to the Irvine Station). Additionally, it proposes to adaptively reusing and upgrading most of the existing structures on- site. This Alternative was able to partially meet the objectives associated with enhancing the degraded physical condition of the Project site and the objective associated with provide employment -generating uses with amenities and services that will support the work force. This Alternative would not meet the remaining seven objectives. Therefore, this Alternative was not i In May 2003, the City of Irvine certified the Final Program EIR for the Orange County Great Park (OCGP), SCH No. 2002101020, which analyzed the environmental impacts of the development of 3,625 residential units and 6,585,594 million square feet of non-residential development, including Great Park and other non -Great Park Neighborhood uses, on a portion of the former MCAS El Toro site. Refer to Section 2.4.4 for more detail. EL TORO, 100 -ACRE PARCEL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1-5 PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT