Environmental Assessment

2.0 ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT ........................................... 2-12.1 WHAT ALTERNATIVES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AND HOWDID WE GET TO THE ALTERNATIVES SELECTED FOREVALUATION IN THIS EA? .................................................................... 2-12.2 WHAT ALTERNATIVES ARE EVALUATED IN THIS EA? ..................... 2-52.2.1 No-Build Alternative ................................................................... 2-52.2.2 Build Alternative ......................................................................... 2-92.3 BUILD ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT NETWORK ...................................... 2-223.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS—WHAT IMPACTS ARE LIKELY TOOCCUR AND HOW WILL MAJOR ADVERSE IMPACTS BE AVOIDEDOR MINIMIZED? ............................................................................................... 3-13.1 LAND ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION ............................................. 3-23.1.1 Environmental Setting ................................................................ 3-23.1.2 No-Build Alternative ................................................................... 3-23.1.3 Build Alternative ......................................................................... 3-23.1.4 Mitigation.................................................................................... 3-53.2 EXISTING LAND USE ............................................................................ 3-63.2.1 Environmental Setting ................................................................ 3-63.2.2 No-Build Alternative ................................................................... 3-63.2.3 Build Alternative ......................................................................... 3-73.2.4 Mitigation.................................................................................... 3-73.3 CONSISTENCY WITH LOCAL PLANS .................................................. 3-83.3.1 Environmental Setting ................................................................ 3-83.3.2 No-Build Alternative ................................................................... 3-93.3.3 Build Alternative ......................................................................... 3-93.3.4 Mitigation.................................................................................... 3-93.4 ECONOMIC EFFECTS ........................................................................... 3-93.4.1 Environmental Setting ................................................................ 3-93.4.2 No-Build Alternative ................................................................. 3-103.4.3 Build Alternative ....................................................................... 3-103.4.4 Mitigation.................................................................................. 3-123.5 GROWTH AND GROWTH-INDUCED IMPACTS ................................. 3-123.5.1 Environmental Setting .............................................................. 3-123.5.2 No-Build Alternative ................................................................. 3-14Environmental Assessment Page ii July 2015Tempe Streetcar