AgdaPkt 2014-07-28 Closed, Special and Joint SA

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8.B. - Page 34 Academy Project under CEQA, the CEQA Guidelines, and the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance. Section 3. The Planning Commission certifies that the Final EIR for the Project was presented to the Planning Commission, that the Final EIR was prepared, published, circulated, reviewed and completed in full compliance with State law, including but not limited to CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, that there was adequate public review of the Draft EIR, that it has considered all comments on the Draft EIR and responses to comments, that the Final EIR adequately discusses all significant environmental issues, and that the Final EIR reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the Planning Commission. Section 4. The Planning Commission has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final EIR prior to acting on the proposed Cambridge Academy Project. Section 5. The information added to the Final EIR does not constitute significant new information requiring recirculation, but rather that additional information clarifies or amplifies an adequate EIR. Section 6. As described in the Final EIR (Section 4.1 on p. 24 -27, Sections 4.3 to 4.13 on p. 37 -80, and Section 5.0 on p. 81 -83, of the Draft EIR), the Project would result in no or less than significant effects to the environment relating to land use and planning, transportation, hazardous materials, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, energy, utilities and service systems, visual character, geology and soils, hydrology and water quality, biological resources, cultural resources, and public facilities and services. With regard to hazards and hazardous materials impacts, as described in Section 4.4.3 on page 48 -49 of the Draft EIR, the Project's conformance with the regulatory requirements outlined in Section 4.4.3.1 would reduce the potential for the Project to result in hazardous material impacts to less -than- significant levels. Section 7. The Final EIR identified significant and unavoidable noise impacts resulting from the Project's outdoor activities, both under Project- related outdoor activities (Section 4.2.3.2 on p. 32 -35 of the Draft EIR) and under cumulative conditions (Section 6.1.4 on p. 86 -88 of the Draft EIR), which considers the cumulative noise impact from project - related noise activities in combination with noise associated with the existing Montessori preschool onsite at full enrollment. Implementation of mitigation measures MM NOI -1 (Section 4.2.4.1 on p. 35 of the Draft EIR) and MM CUM NOI -1 (Section 6.1.5.1 on p. 88 of the Draft EIR), both of which require that a 7 -foot tall noise barrier be constructed between the proposed play areas and the adjacent residences as shown in Figure 4.2 -2 of the Draft EIR (p. 36), would reduce the Project's noise impacts but not to less than significant levels. To approve the project in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15093, the Planning Commission ATTYIRESO.29301PC RESO FINAL EIR CAMBRIDGE ACADEMY REV: 01 -10 -14 JS Page 3 of 8