80A - TRANSIT CODE AND STATION DISTRICT - EXHIBIT A

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C~apt~r ~ F~r~d~n~s ~e~ara~~r~ Project Atternat~ves In light of these canside~~a~ions, the ~genc~~ rejects tl~is alterna~i~~e as infeasible. Fl~d~n ~ ~I~~~~~IV~ VII~~ ~~l~~~~ ~Ill'~''l~rld f~~r~ D~~~~o~ Air i~ the ~r~f~ E In addidon to the sip altc~i€~ad~Tes eS~aluat~d in the 1~~•aft ~rR, the dead ~ge~c~~ considered t~vo othe~~ alte~~a~~7es, both o~ ~vhich it eli~~.inated ~ro~ detailed anal~Tsis the either because it did not meet most o~ the basic project objecti~Tcs, ~~~auld not reduce ox~ a~~aid significant impacts of tl~e project as p~:aposed, and~or is z~ot feasible. These alteinad~res 21i'~ discussed beio~~~~ ~~rnativ Sits T`~~is alternat%~e ~~?o~~ld use a~a 2~ltei~~tati~~e site from tl~at prioposed for the T`ians~t ~a#~ng Cade and De~~eloper projects. ~f~1C~l~S The ~genc~~ he~ieb~z f~i~ds that specific econo~~~ic, legal, social, technological ar~ other consideratio~~s xx~ake tl~e adaptton of an ~ltertaa~vc Sate alternati4re infeasible. Tl~e Transit ~o~in Code is designed to guide de~teiopeut ~aear e:~isting and plan~~ed t~ia~~sit and i therefore dcper~da#~t an the location dcc~iibed for the p~•oposcd p~aject. ~n altc~•~~ad.~Te site for the T~ar~sit ~onii~g Cade project ~~Tbuld #~ot locate de~TeloptTlCtlt of pro~~Ide the ~'ra~r~c~~ro~ik for de~~elopi~~ent ~xca~• existing or planned tra~~sit i~~f`~~astructure~ Tl~e~•efore, ~t ~~rould not be able to fulfill the basic p~~oject objecti~Tes of pro~r~d~r~g a trans~t~supp~iti~re, pedestriar~-o~{ie#~ted de~~elap~nent fra~~~c~~Tor~k to s~rppart the additio~7 of ne~v transit infrastructure, rao~ ~~rauld it encourage alter~~ati~~e modes of tianspo~~tatiotl, or increase access to the rail s}Fsten~ tl~at , co~~ects Sari Diego to dos ~ngelcs~ Failure to meet these 1~c3~ pra~ect objecti~res rende~~s a#~ alternatl~Te site infeasible. ~t ~~rould also he infeasible to de~relop the proposed I~e~reloper r~roject in an alter~~ati~~e location. C~zrrentl~f the .edc~~elop~nent ~ger~c~~ o~~Tns a cluster of parcels t~~e proposed project a~•ea at~d is considering the accluisitio~~ o~ other properties in tl~c ~~ici~i~~ of these ~geu.c~r-o~~ned parcels T'he proposed Dc~reloper l'rolect ~s designed and proposed to redc~relop~nent these specific pxoper~ties. Yt «rould not be practical o~• feasible to abandon plazas fo~• these parcels and begl#~ #~e~~r f~tuie acuisitio~~s else~~here, and doing so ~~auld fail to meet most o~ tl~e basic project objecd.~Tes of the De~reiope~~ ~'~~oject~ Spec€f~eall~~, a#~ alternati~re loca~o~~ ~~~ould not result in redc~relapir~e#~t of the t~e~~c~r-o4~~ned properties, ~vould riot enlace the streetscape arrd u~~ba~~ form of the area, particula~~l~f along Santa tuna Boule~raid, ~~~it~~ the canstr~~ction of ne~~~ buildings that rrieet the sta~xdards contained in the T~.•a~~sit ~oi~ing Code and that support future transit planting, and ~~Tauld not pro~~ide an econornicall~~ ~~iable rede~TelopY~.e#~t scei~ar~o for t~ger~c~r-o~~T~cd p~•operties. Further, co~r~pa~•able parcels 4vithin the et~ti~•e Transit honing Cade are li~~ited b3~ proposed. f~~ture uses a~~d i~~ca~npatil~le e.~isting u~•~~ou#~ding uses The~•e~a~~e, tl~e proposed site o the De~reloper Pz•oject is tl~e onl~~ feasible locatiot~ far this iede~relop~~.c~~t project. 3~1~ Tran~~ caning fade 84~ EAR F~nd~ngs of Fac~lt~tem~n~ of ~verr~~ing cnsiderations i