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f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I II ... ~ .. II ~ .. ~ II . . , II '$/'1 existing land uses. Over the years, the City has consistently sought development that would meet the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. In addition, Moody's Investor Services, the financial entity that establishes the City's bond rating, has advised the City to diversify its tax base by adding commercial and industrial development. The project site is the largest remaining site in the community to accomplish this goal. The City's development objectives for the project site implement the Comprehensive Plan goal and objectives for this policy area. They include: . Create an integrated mixed-use community (housing, jobs, services) . Expand housing styles and selection in the community . Provide additional job opportunities and diversify tax base . Link land uses to the region utilizing transit and trails . Enhance and protect project site environmental features. From the City's perspective, the primary project purpose is to implement the policies, goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. There is no other available site in the community on which a development consistent with the Comprehensive Plan could be located. Therefore, alternative sites are not included in the environmental impact statement because they would not meet underlying project purposes. Alternative Technolol!ies The environmental impact statement does not address environmental impacts of alternative technologies because they would not have significant environmental benefit compared to the proposed project. The proposed project is a mixed-use development consisting of business park, office, commercial and residential uses. Technology, as distinct from modified project design, is generally not a factor in assessing environmental impacts of these types of land uses on the issues included in the scope of the EIS (e.g., traffic, surface water runoff, wetlands and wildlife habitat). Therefore, this alternative is not included in the EIS. However, the comparative environmental effects of alternative methods for constructing Rice Creek Parkway are discussed in Section 4.1.2 of the EIS. Modified Desil!ns or Lavouts The proposed project has evolved and changed since it was originally proposed over a year ago, These changes have been made to address market forces, environmental conditions, concerns of the City and engineering design refinements. The evolution of the site design has included the following changes and modifications: . Incorporation of stormwater ponds to control the quality and quantity of stormwater runoff. WISP ARK Rice Creek Corporate Park Draft EIS December 10, 1998 Page3 I