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8.A. - Page 94 Section 4: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts 4.13 - POPULATION AND HOUSING Would the project: Potentially Less Than Less Than No Significant Significant with Significant Impact Impact Mitigation Impact Incorporation a) Induce substantial population growth in an area, either directly (for example, by proposing new 111 ❑ ® ❑ homes and businesses) or indirectly (for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure)? b) Displace substantial numbers of existing housing, necessitating the construction of replacement ❑ ❑ ® ❑ housing elsewhere? c) Displace substantial numbers of people, necessitating the construction of replacement ❑ ❑ ® ❑ housing elsewhere? a) Less than Significant Impact. Adoption and implementation of the Housing Element will not directly result in population growth. Population growth is a complex interaction among immigration, emigration, birth, deaths, and economic factors. The existing adopted General Plan land use policy (with which the proposed Housing Element is consistent) is designed to guide and accommodate the inevitable population growth the community will face over the short and long term. The Census reported the city had a population of 75,400 in 2000 and 76,100 as of 2010, which represents an approximately one percent increase over the decade. ABAG projects an estimated population of 84,400 and 92,400 by 2020 and 2030, respectively. Construction of future new housing on the Opportunity Sites identified in the Housing Element would result in an increase of approximately 3,333 new dwelling units and approximately 9,000 new residents (3,333 dwelling units at 2.7 persons per household). Because the proposed Housing Element does not propose any changes to land uses or densities allowed by the General Plan, this increase is within the growth assumptions already analyzed in the General Plan EIR, and found to be generally consistent with ABAG estimates. The adopted General Plan anticipates and plans for this growth through policies and implementation programs, including the tracking of new development and available resources. Furthermore, the proposed Housing Element and Opportunity Sites are projected to meet the City's RHNA (2,789 units), which is correlated with the City's long- term growth projected by ABAG. Since the proposed Housing Element does not involve any change to land use designations or densities and is inherently linked to ABAG's population and housing projections, the adoption and implementation of the Housing Element will not result in any impacts that were not already analyzed and addressed in the General Plan EIR. Impacts will be less than significant. b -c) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Housing Element is designed to encourage and facilitate housing development and preserve and enhance the existing housing stock. The Housing Element provides policies that address housing need in the City; no actual development or rezoning /re- designation of land is proposed as part of the Housing Element. Therefore, its adoption would not, in itself, displace housing or people. Implementation of the programs contained in the Housing Element could result in new housing that addresses the City's RHNA allocation and the City's policies supporting affordable housing. The Housing Element is required to include an Opportunity Sites Inventory that identifies sites that could accommodate new housing, under existing /adopted land use and zoning regulations. Redwood City is urbanized and largely built out. As Redwood City Housing Element Initial Study 55