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Attachment 4 STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS General. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15093, the City Council of the City of San Leandro makes the following Statement of Overriding Considerations for those significant unavoidable impacts identified in the General Plan EIR. The City Council has carefully considered each impact in reaching its decision to adopt the Project. Although the City Council believes that the unavoidable environmental effects identified in the EIR will be substantially lessened by mitigation measures incorporated into the Project, and future development plans as well as future mitigation measures implemented with future approvals, it recognizes that the implementation of the Project carries with it unavoidable adverse environmental effects. The City Council specifically finds that to the extent that the identified adverse or potentially adverse impacts have not been mitigated to acceptable levels, there are specific economic, social, environmental, land use, and other considerations that support approval of the Project. Unavoidable Significant Adverse Impacts. The following unavoidable significant environmental impacts are associated with the proposed Project as identified in the EIR. The impacts cannot be fully mitigated by changes or alterations to the Project. Impact C1: Increased Traffic Congestion. Development consistent with the General Plan could generate as many as 93,000 additional daily auto trips by the horizon year of 2015. These trips would contribute to congestion on Interstates 880 and 580, both of which are projected to experience peak hour LOS F by the horizon year of 2015. In addition, traffic conditions on local roadways in San Leandro would deteriorate, with at least one intersection (Davis at San Leandro Boulevard} operating at LOS E. At least 12 other intersections would deteriorate from LOS B or C to LOS D. Although LOS D is deemed acceptable by the General Plan, the added congestion would result in travel delays substantially greater that than experienced today. Thus, transportation impacts are considered significant and unavoidable (see Attachment 2). Impact K2: Increased Air Emissions. Development consistent with the General Plan could result in employment that exceeds the projections used in the Clean Air Plan. The addition of 9,275 jobs in the City (over a 15-year period) would lead to additional commuting into San Leandro from other cities in the region, with accompanying air emissions. This could contribute to delays in the attainment of state and federal air quality standards in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin. Moreovex, the additional traffic delays (described above} would increase emissions around congested intersections. Although the Plan includes numerous measures to