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will be identified. Recommendations will be made for any improvements that would be needed in order to maintain acceptable intersection operation according to the criteria established in the Transportation Element. o. Utilities and Service Systems The Utilities analysis will utilize the findings of the data collection and analysis work in Task 4 to describe and assess potential impacts of the General Plan Update on utility services. This will include a description of existing utility and service systems within the city, including current operations, capacity, and facility locations. Based on the utility and service systems significance criteria, The Planning Center I DC&E will assess potential impacts. If necessary, new or modified General Plan policies will be recommended to reduce impacts to a less -than - significant level. 8.5 Alternatives Analysis The Planning Center I DC&E and Kittelson will evaluate up to three alternatives to the proposed project, one of which will be the CEQA-required No Project Alternative. The alternatives will be based in part on the various land use scenarios the City considers as part of the General Plan Update process. According to the CEQA Guidelines, alternatives can be evaluated in less detail than the project; thus, we propose that the alternatives analysis in the EIR be undertaken at a qualitative level. Alternatives can be a key issue of community concern. Therefore, the discussion will be of sufficient detail to evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of each alternative, and to provide some qualitative conclusions regarding the alternatives. The discussion will include a comparison of potential trip generation for each alternative compared to the preferred Project . It is expected that the two alternatives will primarily be land use variations, but may include some circulation variations. No level of service analysis will be conducted for the two alternative scenarios. Based on this analysis, the Environmentally Superior Alternative will be identified (as required by CEQA). 8.6 Document CEQA-Required Assessment Conclusions The Planning Center I DC&E will prepare the appropriate conclusions to fulfill CEQA requirements by providing an assessment of unavoidable significant environmental impacts; significant irreversible environmental changes; relationship between local short-term uses of the environment and long-term productivity; and effects found not to be significant.