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The following significant cumulative impacts would not be mitigated to a less than significant level, even with the implementation of the identified mitigation measures that are set forth below. In addition to the specific findings noted below, the City of San Leandro has determined that specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other considerations make infeasible the project alternatives identified in the Final EIR. A discussion of project alternatives is provided in Section IV of this document. The City of San Leandro has determined the impact identified below is acceptable because of overriding economic, social or other considerations, as described in the Statement of Overriding Considerations. As required by CEQA, the Statement of Overriding Considerations is presented in Section V of these Findings. Cumulative Reeional Air Qualitv Impacts A project's contribution to cumulative impacts is considered significant when that contribution would create a cumulatively considerable addition to the overall impacts from past, current and probable future projects. Development pursuant to the TOD Strategy, in combination with reasonably foreseeable projects, could cause increased congestion on local streets, at intersections, and on the regional freeway system, creating potential local and regional air quality impacts. These increases could impede the attainment of air quality standards and is considered a significant cumulative impact of the proposed strategy. San Leandro is part of a region-wide non-attainment area, in which ambient levels exceed the respective State or federal air quality standard for ground-level ozone, PM2.5 and PMIO. While the project includes mitigation to reduce its own impacts to a level that is below the threshold of sigJlificance identified for nitrogen oxides emissions by the BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines, the impacts on regional air quality from this proposed project considered in combination with the air quality impacts of reasonably foreseeable projects would exceed that threshold in the near term. This would be a significant cumulative impact on regional air quality. Implementation of the TOO Strategy, in combination with other projects occurring in the City of San Leandro, could result in a significant, cumulative air quality impact. The City of San Leandro finds that, as to the significant and unavoidable impact identified above: The project includes mitigation measures which would lessen the project's contribution to significant cumulative environmental effects, as identified in the Final EIR, but such effects would continue to be significant. Mitieation for Cumulative Reeional Air Qualitv Impacts The TOD Strategy, in combination with other projects occurring in the City of San Leandro could impede the attainment of applicable, regional air quality standards. The CEQA Guidelines advise that an EIR needs to examine "reasonable, feasible options for mitigating or avoiding the project's contribution" to any significant cumulative effects [S 15130(b )(3)]. The Guidelines also state that the only feasible mitigation for cumulative impacts "may involve the adoption of ordinances or regulations rather than the imposition of conditions on a project-by-project basis" [S15130(c)]. Based on the discussion in the Final EIR, 27