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7.A. - Page 51 The EIR was a "program" EIR in that it studied a plan for the future development of the Downtown area, rather than, for example, a specific development on a particular parcel for which a developer sought land use entitlements. (See DTPP program EIR, pp. 1-2, 3- 1; see also CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(a) ("A program EIR is an EIR which may be prepared on a series of actions that can be characterized as one larger project").) However, rather than provide general analysis regarding a broad policy document, the EIR provided in-depth analysis regarding, for example, potentially significant impacts, mitigation measures and alternatives related to the City's plans for future development of the Downtown area. Accordingly, the task at hand is to determine whether the project proposed for 603 Jefferson Avenue requires further environmental review, beyond that which was provided by the EIR. The following Initial Study has been prepared for this task. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15168, 15162, and 15163 (Program EIRs and Subsequent and Supplemental EIRs), it analyzes whether there are any new significant environmental effects not identified in the DTPP EIR or substantial increases in the severity of any previously identified significant effects. It also analyzes whether further environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 (Projects Consistent With a Community Plan or Zoning). 9. Surrounding Land Uses and Setting The project site is in the northeastern portion of the DTPP area, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Bradford Street, with primarily residential and office uses in the immediate vicinity. To the east and immediately adjacent is the Redwood City School District building; farther east and on the same block is a three-story apartment building with a detached, covered parking area. To the southeast, and on the same block, is Redwood City Fire Department Station 9. Directly to the south is a bank with an adjacent parking lot. Across Jefferson Avenue to the west is a three-story apartment building, and to the south of that is a vacant parcel and a single-family house (620 Jefferson Avenue) built in ca. 1890 and listed in the DTPP as a historic resource (now used for legal offices). Farther to the southwest is the proposed 601 Marshall Street development, currently occupied by commercial buildings of one and two stories. To the northwest of the project site is the 525 Middlefield project, a 10 -story, 463 -unit residential development presently under construction. To the north of the project site is a church, with an adjacent parking lot to the east, and vacant land farther east that abuts Redwood Creek before the creek enters an underground culvert. (Google Maps and Google Earth, accessed 2/1/16; Review of the Impact of the 603 Jefferson Avenue Project on Historic Resources in Downtown Redwood City, Richard Brandi, October 15, 2015) 10. Other public agencies whose approval is required (e.g., permits, financing approval, or participation agreement): None. Development will be subject to entitlements from the City of Redwood City, including a Downtown Planned Community Permit (DPC2015-009), Tentative Map and Condominium Permit (TM2015-010), and a Planned Development Permit (PD2015-003). 4