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(2) Project -generated traffic would adversely affect the Marina Boulevard/Merced Street intersection during all study peak periods, resulting in substandard levels of service. The intersection of Marina Boulevard and Merced Street would deteriorate from LOS D to LOS F during the AM and PM peak hours and from LOS C to LOS F during the Saturday midday peak hour. Therefore, the project impacts are significant. Mitigation Measure TR -13.2 requires increasing roadway capacity by adding a third left -turn lane on the westbound approach to Marina Boulevard/Merced Street intersection. The mitigation measure requires the project sponsors to contribute fair -share funds towards this improvement. Widening at this location may not be possible due to right-of-way constraints and it is uncertain if an encroachment permit can be acquired from Caltrans. The City cannot guarantee the outcome of any necessary condemnation proceedings for right-of-way acquisition and the issuance of an encroachment permit is the exclusive responsibility and jurisdiction of Caltrans. No other feasible mitigation exists. As such, this impact is considered significant and unavoidable for purposes of the CEQA analysis. This potentially unavoidable significant impact is overridden as set forth below in the Statement of Overriding Considerations. (3) The Marina Boulevard/Wayne Avenue intersection would degrade from LOS D to LOS E with the addition of project traffic during the PM peak hour. Thus the project impacts are significant. Mitigation Measure TR -13.2 requires conversion of the eastbound right -turn lane to a shared through -right lane. The mitigation measure requires the project sponsors to contribute fair -share funds towards this improvement. Implementation of this mitigation measure would require the acquisition of new right-of-way on the east leg of the intersection, and the City cannot guarantee issuance of the Caltrans encroachment permit. The City cannot guarantee the outcome of any necessary condemnation proceedings for right-of-way acquisition and the issuance of an encroachment permit is the exclusive responsibility and jurisdiction of Caltrans. No other feasible mitigation exists. As such, this impact is considered significant and unavoidable for purposes of the CEQA analysis. This potentially unavoidable significant impact is overridden as set forth below in the Statement of Overriding Considerations. f. Climate Change. The proposed project would emit levels of greenhouse gases during operation that would exceed the Draft BAAQMD thresholds. As such, the proposed project would have a significant impact on the environment. Mitigation Measures CC -1.5 through CC -1.10 would apply to both Phase 1 and Build -Out of the Kaiser Medical Center and the Mixed -Use Retail Development. Mitigation Measures CC - 1.11 through CC -1.13 apply only to the Mixed -Use Retail Development. Application of these mitigation measures would reduce the climate change related impacts of all components of the proposed project by minimizing mobile, area source, indirect electricity, and solid waste emissions. However, the nature of the proposed project is such that these mitigation measures do not reduce the GHG emissions that would be associated with the proposed project to a level that would not exceed the Draft BAAQMD thresholds. In addition, the proposed project with -16-