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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 1-1
2. Project Description
2.1 Project Location ..................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Environmental Setting ............................................................................................................ 2-3
2.3 Zoning and Land Use Designations ....................................................................................... 2-8
2.4 Surrounding Land Uses ....................................................................................................... 2-11
2.5 Project Characteristics .......................................................................................................... 2-14
2.6 Project Objectives ................................................................................................................. 2-28
2.7 Discretionary Approvals ....................................................................................................... 2-28
3. Overview of Environmental Setting
3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 Environmental Setting ............................................................................................................ 3-1
3.3 Cumulative Projects ............................................................................................................. 3-10
4. Environmental Impact Analysis
4.1 Aesthetics ............................................................................................................................ 4.1-1
4.2 Air Quality ........................................................................................................................... 4.2-1
4.3 Biological Resources ........................................................................................................... 4.3-1
4.4 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................................. 4.4-1
4.5 Geology/Soils ..................................................................................................................... 4.5-1
4.6 Hydrology / Water Quality .................................................................................................. 4.6-1
4.7 Land Use and Planning ........................................................................................................ 4.7-1
4.8 Noise .................................................................................................................................... 4.8-1
4.9 Transportation and Traffic ................................................................................................... 4.9-1
5. General Impact Categories
5.1 Impacts Determined to be Less Than Significant ................................................................ 5.1-1
5.2 Significant Unavoidable Impacts ........................................................................................ 5.2-1
5.3 Significant Irreversible Environmental Changes ................................................................ 5.3-1
5.4 Growth Inducing Impacts .................................................................................................... 5.4-1
6. Project Alternatives
6.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 6.1-1
6.2 No Project Alternative ......................................................................................................... 6.2-1
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6.3 Alternative 1 (Proposed Alignment With the 13 Street Rail Crossing) ............................ 6.3-1
6.4 Alternative 2 (Proposed Alignment to Arch Street Without Lyons At Grade Crossing) .... 6.4-1
6.5 Environmentally Superior Alternative ................................................................................ 6.5-1
7. Preparers and Persons Consulted ......................................................................................................... 7-1
8. References and Acronyms ................................................................................................................... 8-1

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