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1 a f t e r t h e FPEIR was r e 1 e a s e d , b u t b e f o r e t h e A u t h o r i

2 c e r t i f i e d t h e FPEIR and made t h e r e1 a t e d f in d i n g s

3 d e c i s i o n s , Union P a c i f i c s u b m i t t e d a 1 0 n g e r 1 e t t e r

4 r e i t e r a t i n g i t s u n w i l l i n g n e s s t o s h a r e i t s t r a c k s

B005292, B005298, B005300) and i s s an dw i ch ed b et we en

t h e r ig h t - o f -w a y w i t h t h e Union P a c i f i c l i n e ( e . g . ,

Union P a c i f i c r i g h t - o f - w a y a nd M on te re y Road/Highway

B005300, G001425-G001437). I f Union P a c if i c w i l l

(AR E000003-E0000004. )

However, t h e FPEIR a p p e a r s t o show t h a t t h e p o

t h e A u t h o r i t y t o use i t s r i g h t - o f - w a y, i t a p p e a r s

Speed R a i l v e h i c l e s .

t h e chosen Pacheco a l i g n m e n t between San J o s e and

f o l l o w s t h e Union P a c i f i c r i g h t - o f - w a y (AR B0 03 94 4,

B003961, B 00 51 05 -5 10 9, B 00 62 93 .) In many p l a c e s i t

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wa y o u t s i d e o f t h i s a r e a , r e q u i r i n g t h e t a k i n g o f p

n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e A u t h o r l t y t o o b t a i n a d d i t i o n a l r i

and d i s p l a c e m e n t o f r e s i d e n t s and b u s i n e s s e s . How

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18 Responden t a rg u e s t h a t a progra rnmat i c EI R does

19 t o c o n t a i n a h ig h de gre e o f d e t a i l , and t h a t d e t a l l e

20 i n f o r m a t i o n can be d e f e r r e d t o a 1 a t e r s i t e - s p e c i f i c

21 EIR. (CEQA G u i d e l i n e s , s e c t i o n s 15146, 15152; In

22 Del t a Programmat ic Env l ronmen ta l Impact R e p o r t Case

23 43 C a l 4 th 1143, 1 16 9-1 17 2.) Respondent c o n t e n d s

1 FPEIR does no t assume use o f t h e Union P a c i f i c r i g h

2 between San J o s e and G il ro y , b u t r a t h e r t h a t i t d e p

3 HST t r a c k s a d J a c e n t t o Union P a c i f i c ' s r i g h t - o f - w a y ;

4 e . g . , F i g u r e PP-6 a t 8005292. Respondent con tends

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f i g u r e a l so shows t h e r e i s room f o r t h e HST t r a c k s

t h e Union P a c i f i c r i g h t - o f - w a y and Monterey Highway

(8005292) .

P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h a t Figure PP-6 (AR 80052

i d e n t i f i e s " E x i s t i n g RW" f e r "Monterey Road" b u t

e x p l i c i t l y i d e n t i f y t h e e x i s t i n g r i g h t - o f - w a y f o r

t r a c k s . P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h a t F i g u r e s PP- l2 lAR

and PP- l4 (AR 8005298) , by c o n t r a s t , c l e a r l y show

r i g h t - o f - w a y a s l y i n g w i t h i n t h a t e x i s t i n g r i g h t - o f - w

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and t h e Monterey Highway ( e . g . AR GOOl432-GOOl435.)

Respenden t , i n o r a l a rgument s , a rgued a d i f f e r e n t

i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f F i g u r e PP- l4 .

Th e C o u r t conc ludes t h a t t h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h

a l ignment o f t h e HSR t r a c k s between San Jose and G

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s p e c i f i c i t y i n t u r n r e s u l t s i n an i n a d e q u a t e d i s c u s s

t h e impac t s o f t h e Pacheco a l ignment a l t e r n a t i v e o

s u r r o u n d i n g b u s i n e s s e s and r e s i d e n c e s which ma y be

d i s p l a c e d , c o n s t r u c t i o n impac t s on t h e Monterey Hig

1 Pass a l i g n m e n t a l t e r n a t i v e by s i g n i f i c a n t l y u n d e r s t a

2 a c qu is it io n c o s ts f o r permanent r i g h t - o f - w a y and t e

3 c o n s t r u c t i o n - p e r i o d r i g h t - o f - w a y. They a l s o con ten

C i t i z e n s o f Gole t a Va l l e y v . Board o f S u p e r v l s o r s

b r i d g e .

s u p p o r t a l e a d a g e n c y ' s CEQA f i n d i n g s when i t r e j e c

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Th e a u t h o r l t i e s c i t e d by p e t i t i o n e r s do n o t r e

H e r i t a g e v . Town o f Woodslde (2007) 14 7 C a l . A p p . 4 t h

p r o j e c t c o s t i n f o r m a t i o n t o be i n an EIR; c a s e a u t h

a l t e r n a t i v e s a s e co no mi ca lly i n f e a s i b l e .

does , however, ho ld t h a t c o s t i n f o r m a t i o n i s r e q u i r e

c o n s i d e r e d o n l y t h e c o s t o f a new h igh o r lo w b r i d g

th e c o s t a n a l y s e s f o r Altamont Pass a l i g n m e n t a l t e r n

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c o s t i n f o r m a t i o n i s s u p p o r t e d by s u b s t a n t i a l e v i d e n

r e j e c t a l l o f t h e Altamont a l t e r n a t i v e s a s e co no m ic

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20 and Appendix O ( B0 04 63 7; B 00 46 46 ; B006243) .

21 3. P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h a t t h e FPEIR f a i l e d

22 a c c u r a t e l y and i m p a r t i a l l y d e s c r i b e t h e o p e r a t i n g

23 c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f th e p r o j e c t a l t e r n a t i v e s They

1 i n t h e f i e l d o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n mode l ing and were s u

2 t h r e e i n d e p e n d e n t p e e r r ev iew p a n e l s . (See C001886

3 C001879-964, C001954-60 , E004118-148; E004149-187;

4 97 . ) S u b s t a n t i a l ev idence s u p p o r t s r e s p o n d e n t ' s ap

5 no t u s i n g t r a i n - s p l i t t i n g on main t r u n k s e r v i c e .

i n t h e r e co rd , in cl u di n g ev idence s u b m i t t e d by p e t i

P e t i t i o n e r s a l s o con tend t h a t t h e FPEIR f a i l e d

a l ignment would n o t draw s i g n l f l c a n t a d d i ti o n a l r e c r e a

and Pac hec o a l t e r n a t i v e s . They c o n t e n d t h e Pacheco

a d e q u a t e l y and f a i r l y d e s c r i b e t h e r i d e r s h i p o f t h e

B004716, B006694, B008032, B 00 80 35 -3 6, B 0 08 03 7. )

t r a i n - s p l i t t i n g and c o u p l i n g , t h e use i s v e r y l i m i t e

d i s r u p t i v e , and t h a t w h i l e some HST s y s t e m s worldwid

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would make i t l e s s a t t r a c t i v e t h a n t h e a l r e a d y - e x i s t i n

r i d e r s h i p because t h e l i m i t e d number o f s t o p s on t h

t h e Pacheco a l t e r n a t i v e a s hav ing h i g h e r ~ r e c r e

C a l t r a i n ~ b a b yb u l l e t " r o u t e , and any a d d i t ~ o n r i

would be a t t h e expense o f C a l t r a i n r i d e r sh ip r a th e r

t a k in g c ar s o f f t h e road .

Th e Cour t f l n d s t h a t t h e r i d e r s h i p m o d e l i n g a

f o r e c a s t s per fo rmed by t h e A u th or l ty and t h e MTC a

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2 r e l i a b l e . (B006696.)

3 B. WHETHER THE FPEIR ANO THE AUTHORITY'S FINOING

E x h a u s t i o n o f a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r e m e d i e.

P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h e A u th or i t y u n d e r s t a t e d

p r o j e c t ' s p o t e n t i a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t i m p a c t s and o v e r s

d e g r e e t o which t h o s e impac t s would be a d e q u a t e l y

im pa cts c on ce rn b i o l o g i c a l im p ac ts , g ro w th -in du cin g imand l o c a l i m p a c t s a l o n g t h e San F r a n c i s c o P e n i n s u l a

v i b r a t i o n , v i s u a l , t a k i n g o f p r o p e r t y and s e v e r a n c e

and i m p a c t s on m a t u r e and h e r i t a g e t r e e s ) .

m i t i g a t e d . P e t i t i o n e r s ' pr imary c o n t e n t i o n s r e g a r d

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t h e e x h a u s t io n o f a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r emed ies d o c t r i n e

Respondent c o n t e n d s t h a t p e t i ti o n e r s f a i le d t o e x h

i n P u b l i c R e s o u r c e s Code s e c t i o n 21177 b a r s p e t i t i o n

c1aim t h a t r e s p o n d e n t ' s CEQA f i n d i n g s on i m p a c t s a

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r emed ies a s t o any d e f e c t l n t h e r e sp

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22 Community v . C l t y o f Oceanside (2004) 119 C a l . A p p . 4

23 do n o t s u p p o r t r e s p o n d e n t ' s c o n t e n t i o n t h a t i t was

1 E c o l o g i c a l Area ("GEA") a long t h e Pacheco a l i g n m e n t

2 t h e Don Edwards N a t i o n a l Wi l d l i f e Refuge ("Refuge")

3 t h e Al tamont a l i g n m e n t were no t a d e q u a t e , were n e i t

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no t f o r t h e Refuge, and t h a t r e s p o n d e n t d i d n ot a de

c o n s i d e r comments t h a t r e p l a c i n g an e x i s t i n g b r i d g e

embankment w i t h an e l e v a t e d s t r u c t u r e on p i l e s wou

a c t u a l l y enhance c o nd it i o ns i n t h e Refuge .

Th e C o u r t f i n d s t h a t s u b s t a n t i a l e v i d e n c e s u p pr e s p o n d e n t ' s t r e a tm e n t o f b i o l o g i c a l impac t s t o t h e

t h e Refuge. The impac t s a n a l y s i s and m i ti g a ti o n s ec t i

t h e EI R ( see g e n e r a l l y AR B004462-4538) , r e a d t o g e t

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adequa te and i m p a r t i a l a n a l y s i s o f t h e b i o l o g i c a l

t h e two a r e a s . The same methodology was used t h r o u

a r e a . Th e l e v e l o f d e t a i l wa s a d e q u a t e f o r a progr

EIR. The FPEIR ' s i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f a more d e t a i l e d

19 m i t i g a t i o n s t r a t e g y f o r t h e GEA (AR B004537) b u t n o

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d e t a i l e d m i ti g a ti o n s tr a t e g y f o r t h e GEA and n o t t h

1 a d e q u a t e . They con tend t h a t t h e r e wa s n o t a s u f f i c i

2 a n a l y s i s o f t h e impac t s i n t h r e e r u r a l c o u n t i e s - S a n

3 San ta Cruz, a nd M on te re y C o u n t i e s . P e t i t i o n e r s con

4 t h e HSR w i l l e x t e n d t h e a r e a i n which e x i s t i n g empl

5 l i v e and cornmute t o a Job i n a d i s t a n t u r b a n c e n t e r ,

6 t h a t such growth i s n ot a na lyz ed i n t h e FPEIR. I n s

i n c l u d e d i n " t h e r e s t o f C a l i f o r n i a . "

GUlde l ines o r i n t h e c a s e s r e q u i r e s more t h a n a g e n

(Pub. Resources Code, seco 21100, subd . (b )

Th e Cour t f l n d s t h a t t h eFPEIR c o n t a i n s

an a n ag r o w t h - i n d u c i n g impac t s which i s s u f f i c i e n t t o s a t i

CEQA.

G ui d e lin es , s ec . 15126 ( d ) , 15126 .2 (d) . ) Noth ing i n

t h e r e was a n a l y s i s a s t o e l e v e n o th e r c ou n t i e s and

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mode l ing programs , t h e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n and Economic

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Government V . Napa County Bd . o f S u p e r v ~ s o r s(2001)

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21 o f t h e growth i n c r e a s e w i l l o c c u r i n a l r e a d y u r b a n i

22 a r e a s . P e t i t i o n e r s ' c la im t h a t t h e HSR w i l l r e s u l t

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th e l o c a l i z e d a c c e s s i b i l i t y b e n e f i t s p r o v i d e d by t h

l i m i t e d s t a t i o n s , t h e l a c k , o f l o c a l t r a n s i t o p t i o n s

o u t l y i n g a r e a s , t h e h i g h e r c o s t o f HST u se f o r s h o r

compared t o a u t o u s e , and t ime c o n s i d e r a t i o n s . (B

B006712-13. ) The C o u r t f i n d s th e a na ly si s t o be

s u f f i c i e n t .

4 . L o c a l impac t s a l o n g t h e San F r a n c i s c o

P e t i t i o n e r s c o n t e n d t h a t t h e P r o j e c t w i l l r e s u

s i g n i f i c a n t n o i s e , v i b r a t i o n , and v i s u a l i m p a c t s ;

w i l l r e s u l t i n s i g n i f i c a n t l a n d u se i m p a c t s , i n c l u d i

s p e c i f i c a l l y t a k i n g o f p ro pe r t y and s e v e r a n c e i m p a c

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a d d r e s s i n g t h e p r o ] e c t ' s n o i s e and v i b r a t l o n a l i m p

f a i l e d t o i d e n t i f y s p e c i f i c q u a n t i f i a b l e s t a n d a r d s

c r i t e r i a u s e d t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r t h e i m p a c t s wou

s i g n i f i c a n t , and t h a t i t i d e n t i f i e d q u a l i t a t i v e c r i

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i n f o r m a t i o n t o show t h a t n o i s e impac t s w i l l be r edu

a l e v e l o f s i g n i f i c a n c e . Th e FPEIR a l s o i d e n t i f i e s

f o r e x t e ns iv e soundwal l s o f up t o 16 f e e t i n h e i g h t ,

p e t i t i o n e r c on te nd s r es po nd en t does n o t a d d r e s s t h e

p o t e n t i a l v i s u a l impac t o f t h e s e b a r r i e r s and i m p r o

p u t s o f f c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f such impac t s t o t h e p ro je

e nv ir on m en ta l r ev ie w.

The Cour t f i n d s t h a t t h e FPEIR c o n t a i n s an adl e v e l o f d e t a i l r e g a r d i n g n o i s e f o r a program EIR.

a n a l y s i s used F e d e r a l R a i l r o a d A d m i n i s t r a t i o n and

T r a n s i t A d m i n i s t r a t i o n c r i t e r i a and t o o l s t o a s s e s s

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c r o s s i n g s would r e s u l t i n n o i s e b e n e f i t s , and l i s t e d

m i t i g a t i o n s t r a t e g i e s , i n c l u d i n g d e s i g n p r a c t i c e s ,

i m p a c t s . (B004120-4137.)

Th e FPEIR a l so c o n s l d e r e d a l l H5T a l t e r n a t i v e s

r e s u l t i n s i g n i f i c a n t n o i s e and v i b r a t i o n impac t s

p u r p o s e s o f t h e prograrnmat ic a n a l y s i s . (B004129.)

t h a t more d e ta i1 e d m i t ig a t i o n s t r a t e g i e s f o r n o i s e

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s t a t e s :MAlthough m i t i g a t i o n measures w i l lr educe v i b r a t i o n impac t l e v e l s , a t t h eprogrammat ic l e v e l ~ t ~ s u n c e r t a i nwhethe r t h e r educed v i b r a t i o n l e v e l sw i l l b e b e lo w a s i g n i f ~ c a n timpac to Th et y p e o f v i b r a t i o n m i t i g a t i o n ande x p e c t e d e f f e c t i v e n e s s t o r educe t h ev i b r a t i o n impac t s o f t h e HST Al ignmen tA l t e rn a t i v e s t o a l e s s - t h a n - s i g n i f i c a n tl e v e l w i l l be de te rmined as p a r t o f t h e

s e c o n d - t i e r p r o j e c t - l e v e l e n v i r o n m e n t a la n a l y s e s . " (B004l3l [ emphas i s a d d e d ] . )

N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e A u t h o r i t y, i n i t s CEQA F in d i

F a c t , found t h a t , a s t o t h e impac t o f v i b r a t i o n s ,

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Th e C o u r t f i n d s t h a t i n l i g h t o f t h i s c o n t r a d i c

be tween t h e FPEIR and t h e CEQA F ~ n d i n g s ,t h e A u t h o r

f i n d i n g t h a t t h e m i t i g a t i o n s t r a t e g i e s w i l l r e d u c e

v i b r a t i o n impac t t oa

l e s s - t h a n - s i g n i f i c a n t l e v e ls u p p o r t e d by s u b s t a n t i a l e v i d e n c e .

Vi s u a l i m p a c t s : Th e FPEIR r e c o g n i z e s t h a t sou

b a r r i e r s may be n e c e s s a r y m i t i g a t i o n measures a l o n g

p o r t i o n s o f t h e HST r o u t e t h r o u g h t h e P e n i n s u l a .

P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h a t t h e v i s u a l impac t s o f t h e s

1 d i s c u s s e d i n FPEIR s e c t i o n 3 . 9 , E s t h e t i c s and Vi s u a

2 Resources , a lo n g w ith m i t i g a t i o n s t r a t e g i e s . (B004

3 4307. ) Vi s u a l and e s t h e t i c impac t s were c o n s i d e r e d

4 s i g n i f i c a n t and u n a v o i d a b l e . (B004307.) The FPEIR

5 i d e n t i f i e d subsequen t a n a l y s i s which s h o u l d be per f

6 ( I d . ) Responden t found t h a t as p a r t o f t h e s i t e - s p e

Th e C o u r t f i n d s t h a t p e t i t i o n e r s ha ve f a i l e d

d e s i g n , many o f t h e impac t s on a e s t h e t i c s and v i s u a

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aprogram-wide b a s i s .

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(AOOOI04-109.)

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purposes o f t h i s programmat i c EIR, e s t h e t i c and v i s

impac t was c o n s i d e r e d s i g n i f i c a n t and u n a v o i d a b l e .

C o n s i d e r a t i o n s .

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v i s u a l impac t s o f th e P ro j e c t o r t h a t i t o t h e r w i s e

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21 and s e v e r a n c e i m p a c t s . A t h e r t o n c o n t e n d e d i n i t s

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23i n t h e need t o t a k e a d d i t i o n a l p r o p e r t y beyond t h e

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3 t o be a n a l y z e d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h f u r t h e r a n a l y s i s

4 impac t o f Union P a c i f i c ' s d e n i a l o f u se o f i t s r i g h

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(B006538) .

t h e r emova l o f t r e e s a l o n g t h e r ig h t - of -w a y i n A t h

c . Matu re and H e r i t a g e Tr e e s

P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h a t t h e P r o j e c t w i l l im p

The C o u r t f i n d s t h a t r e s p o n d e n t d id n o t n e e d

r e s p o n s e t o A t h e r t o n ' s cornments i n d i c a t e s , l n p a r t ,

r ev iew (B06538) and t h a t t h e HST i s n o t e x p e c t e d t o

t r e e s would be p e r f o r m e d a t a p ro je c t l e v e l e n v i r o n

more d e t a i l e d r ev iew o f t h e impac t s on m a t u r e and

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and p r o p e r l y d e f e r r e d such a n a l y s i s t o p r o j e c t - l e v e l

WHETHER THE FPEIR'S ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS.

The C o u r t f i n d s t h a t r e s p o n d e n t d id n o t n e e d

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21 P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h a t t h e A u t h o r i t y ' s f i n d i n

22 i m pr op er ly d et er m in ed t h a t a l l A l t a m o n t a l t e r n a t i v e s

23i n f e a s i b l e P e t i t i o n e r s con tend t h a t

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d i s m i s s an a l t e r n a t i v e u s i n g t h e median o f U.S. Hig

o r 1-280 t h rough t h e Pen insu1a w i t h o u t a n a l y s i s v io la

CEQA.

The C o u r t f i n d s t h a t t h e FPEIR s t u d i e d a r e a s o

r ange o f a l t e r n a t i v e s and p r e s e n t e d a f a i r and u n b i

a n a l y s i s . There were dozens o f d l f f e r e n t ways t o

HST t o c o n n e c t t h e Ba y Area and t h e C en tr a l Va l l e y.

d i v i d e d t h e s tu d y a r e a i n t o s i x s t u d y c o r r i d o r s , ex

d i f f e r e n t a l i g n m e n t a l t e r n a t i v e s and s t a t i o n l o c a t i o

o p t i o n s w i t h i n each c o r r i d o r , and f u r t h e r broke dow

a1 ignmen t a l t e r n a t i v e s i n t o segmen t s .

S u b s t a n t i a l e v i d e n c e s u p p o r t s t h e FPEIR's d i s c

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o p e r a t i o n a l and e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s s u e s r e l a t e d t o t h e

Pass a l t e r n a t i v e s . The p o t e n t i a l e n v i r o n m e n t a l im

t h e a 1 t e r n a t i v e s were d i s c u s s e d i n C h a p t e r 3 o f th e

Chap te r 7 o f t h e EI R su mm ariz es a nd compares t h e

e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n s e q u e n c e s o f 21 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e ne t

a l t e r n a t i v e s , d e f i n i n g t h e m a j o r t r a d e o f f s among t h

21 p o s s i b l e ne twork a l t e r n a t i v e s . T h i s f o s t e r e d i n fo rm

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B006742.) The EIR r e a s o n a b l y c o n c l u d e s t h a t a s h a r

C a l t r a i n / H S T Dumbarton c r o s s i n g would r e q u i r e a t l e

doub le t r a c k b r i d g e . ( B0 03 92 6- 92 7, B 006 687; G 00 08 09.)

Bay Area r e g i o n a l R a i l Plan r e a c h e d t h e same c o n c l u s

(D001484.) Fur the rmore , t h e e x i s t i n g Dumbarton R a

h as two swing b r i d g e s t h a t p i v o t t o a l low s h i p t r a f

s y s t e m i c v u l n e r a b i l i t y which i s i n c o n s i s t e n t w i t h

r e l i a b i l i t y and s a f e t y r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e HST s y s t

(B006687, B004044.)

The C o u r t a l s o f i n d s t h a t t h e FPEIR r e a s o n a b l y

conc luded t h a t t r a i n - s p l i t t i n g was n o t a r e a s o n a b l e

a l t e r n a t i v e , and t h a t a v o i d i n g a d d i t i o n a l b r a n c h s

would b e n e f l t t r a l n o p e r a t i o n s and s e r v i c e . The F

t h e CEQA F i n d i n g s t r e a t t h e branch l s s u e e q ua l l y f o r

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The C o u r t a l s o f i n d s t h a t t h e FPEIR a c c u r a t e l y

d e s c r i b e s c o n s t r u c t i o n c h al l e ng es f o r t h e Al tamont

a Bay c r o s s i n g o r u s i n g t h e I -880 median . The c h a l

f o r a Bay c r o s s i n g i n c l u d e l o s s o f w e t l a n d h a b i t a t s

Ba y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h a ne w Bay c r o ss i n g, t h e p o t e n t i a

d i f f i c u l t y o f o b t a i n i n g t h e t y p e s o f p e r m i t s and

e n v i r o n m e n t a l c l e a r a n c e s needed t o b u i l d a ne w Ba y

because o f t h e l i m i t s which f e d e r a l law imposes on

1 The C o u r t f u r t h e r c o n c l u d e s t h a t t h e r e c o r d s u2 t h e A u t h o r i t y ' s d ec i s i o n t o e x c l u d e from f u r th e r d e t a

3 s tudy an a l t e r n a t i v e u s i n g t h e median o f U.S. Highw

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c o n s t r u c t an a e r i a l guideway f o r t h e t r a i n a d j a c e n t

above t h e e x i s t i n g f reeway, w h i l e m a i n t a i n i n g f reew

and c a p a c i t y d u r i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n . Such need would

s u b s t a n t i a l l y i nc re as ed c o n st ru c ti o n c o s t s and

c o n s t r u c t a b i l i t y l s s u e s . These a l l g n m e n t s would a

s i g n i f i c a n t o r p o t e n t ia l l y s i g n i f i c a n t e n v i r o n m e n t a l

i m p a c t s , due t o h e i g h t and p r o x i m i t y t o w i l d l i f e p

The e v i d e n c e s u p p o r t s t h e e li m i n a t i o n o f t h e 101 a

a l i g n m e n t a l t e r n a t i v e s from d e t a i l e d s t u d y.

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THE DRAFT PROGRAM EIR AFTER UNION PACIFIC'S ANNOUNCE

IT S

UNWILLINGNESS TO ALLOW USE OF IT S RIGHT-OF-WAY

P e t i t i o n e r s c o n t e n d t h a t p o r t i o n s o f t h e Pache

a l ig n m en t a s a n a l y z e d by r e s p o n d e n t a r e dependen t

use o f Union P a c i f i c R a i l r o a d ' s r i g h t - o f - w a y, and

r es po nd en t i m pr op er ly r e f u s e d t o r e c i r c u l a t e t h e D

Union P a c i f i c R a i l r o a d announced i t s u n w i l l i n g n e s s

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t h e r e ma y n o t be s u f f i c i e n t space f o r t h e r i g h t - o f - w a

needed f o r t h e HST w i t h o u t e i t h e r i m p a c t i n g t h e Mo

Highway o r w i t h o u t t h e t a k in gs o f a d d i t i o n a 1 amount

r e s i d e n t i a 1 and commercia1 p r o p e r t y.

These a r e s i g n i f i c a n t i m p a c t s which were s u f f i c

t r i g g e r t h e r e c i r c u 1 a t i o n o f t h e FPEIR. However,

f a i 1 e d t o t a k e such f u r t h e r a c t i o n a f t e r i t r e c e i v e d

P a c i f i c ' s s ta te m e nt o f i t s p o s i t i o n .

IV. WHETHER THE AUTHORITY FAILED TO CONSIDER OR R

MENLO PARK'S COMMENT LETTER ON THE DPEIR

T h i s i s s u e i s moot i n 1 i g h t o f t h e C o u r t ' s r u 1

deny ing t h e mot ion t o augment t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r e

t h a t r u l i n g , t h e C o u r t d e t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e e v i d e n c e

i n s u f f i c i e n t t o e s t a b 1 i s h t h a t Men10 P a r k ' s comment

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r e q u i r e d t o c o n s i d e r o r r e spond t o a comment 1 e t t e r

n o t r e c e i v e .

V. RESPONDENT'S CONTENTION THAT PETITIONERS FAILED

EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

Responden t c o n t e n d s t h a t p e ti tl o n e r s f a i 1 e d t o

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e re m ed ie s as t o any d e f e c t i n t h e r e s

CEQA f i n d i n g s on i m p a c t s and m i t i g a t i o n , and t h a t

t h e e x h a u s t i o n o f a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r emed ies d o c t r i n e

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b r i e f e d by t h e p a r t i e s , i nc lu d in g c h al le n ge s t o t h e

second program EIR, t h e A u t h o r i t y ' s t r e a t m e n t o f l a

c o m p a t i b i l i t y , and an a l l e g e d f a i l u r e t o c o n s u l t P

For t h i s r e a s o n i t s arguments have been d i s r e g a r d e d

C o u r t .

V I I . CONCLUSION

The C o u r t f i n d s p e t i t i o n e r s ha ve met t h e i r bu

showing t h a t t h e EIR c o n t a i n s an i n a d e q u a t e d e s c r i p t

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s t r a t e g i e s w i l l r educe t h e v i b r a t i o n i m p a c t t o a l e

s i g n i f i c a n t l e v e l i s n o t s u p p o r t e d by s u b s t a n t i a l

t h a t as a r e s u l t o f t h e FEIR ' s i n a d e q u a t e d e s c r i p t i o n

p r o j e c t i t s l a n d use a n a l y s i s wa s i n a d e q u a t e , and

r es po nd e nt i m pr op er ly f a i l e d t o r e c i r c u l a t e t h e FP

r e c e i p t o f Union P a c i f i c ' s s t a t e m e n t o f i t s p o s i t i o n

22 r e g a r d i n g i t s r i g h t - o f - w a y. The p e t i t i o n f o r w r i t

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the persons and addresses shown below.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY MAILING

(C.C.P. Seco 1013a(3))

Jeff Hoffman

Stuart FlashmanAttorney at Law5626 Ocean View OriveOakland, CA 94618

the foregolng RULlNG by deposltlng true copies thereof, enclosed in

1, the Clerk of the Superior Court of California, County of Sacr

Sacramento, California, each of which envelopes was addressed respecti

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Knstlna Lawson, Arthur CoonAttorney at Law1331 N California Blvd., Flfth FloorWalut Creek, Ca 94596

Danae AltchlsonAttorney at Law1300 I Street #Suite 125

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