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. . . - . During the first four years after the effective date of the agreement Electronic Arts is limited to 890,000 square feet of the total of the 1,050,000 square feet project. This limit was placed to coincide with the construction of the Highway 101 auxiliary - lanes and the traffic assessment district which should be well underway in four years. Director Passanisi said the staff and the Planning Commission believe the development agreement provides benefits and safeguards to the City while providing the developer certain guarantees to build the project. Michael McClintock, Associate Vice President with P&D Aviation, 1000 Broadway, Oakland, the City's aviation consultant, presented an outline of his complete report of over 100 pages on file in the Planning Division. Mr. McClintock said "The proposed location of the 10-story office building, or any other building on the project site over 100 feet in height, would not create a hazard for aircraft when using airspace above the building to make safe approaches under both normal and inclement weather conditions (including Special VFR conditions.) This was confirmed by the FAA's recent aeronautical study and 'no hazard' determination....The proposed Electronic Arts Master Plan project would be compatible with the safe and efficient operation of San Carlos Airport within the range of allowable airport operating conditions and existing noise, safety, airspace protection, or overflight criteria. It would not subject people or property on the ground to undue or excessive risk from potential aircraft accidents or noise, nor would it pose a demonstrated risk to the safety of aircraft in flight." - Jim Daisa, Associate Engineer of Fehr & Peers Associates, Transportation consultants, Lafayette, showed overhead transparencies and said the purpose of the study was to update the 1975 Environmental Impact Report in the area of existing conditions, and cumulative conditions, and evaluated impacts due to the change in the size of the project, and the study recommended mitigations to mitigate significant impacts. Mr. Daisa emphasized a major assumption of the study: "The traffic study assumed 100% build-out of all planned development in Redwood Shores, residential, commercial, etc." Mr. Daisa showed overheads with tables demonstrating significantly more peak hour traffic generated by parcel by parcel development as compared to a single tenant. Mr. Daisa discussed the impacts of increased traffic to significant levels on: Redwood Shores Parkway at Twin Dolphin Drive and Bridge Parkway, and the interchange ramp at Highway 101 at Redwood Shores Parkway. Mr. Daisa said the study recommended certain mitigations including reconfiguration and new lanes for Redwood Shores Parkway and Bridge Parkway which would more than mitigate the impacts of the project; and recommended lane widening for Redwood Shores Parkway at Twin Dolphin and extending east which would also more than mitigate the impacts of the project. '-- -- - -- - -- --- -- -- - --- -- --- -- - -- no - -- - -- - -- - -- - --- - -- - __m_- - -- - - -- - __m- - - -- - - -- - --- - -- u -- - -- - --- -_u -- - -- - - - -- - -- - _m- -- - -- - -- -- - _m- un REGULAR MEETING JULY 1, 1996 MINUTES PAGE 14 MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 page No. 356