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o Require new development to pay its fair share of the cost of public facilities, services, and infrastructure, including but not limited to transportation, incremental water supply, sewer and wastewater treatment, solid waste, flood control and drainage, schools, fire and police protection, and parks and recreation. Allow for individual affordable housing projects to be exempted from the full cost of impact fees, subject to meeting specified criteria. The project is part of a downtown neighborhood, which helps to support and foster Downtown businesses and jobs. Impact fees paid to offset the project’s impacts, including affordable housing, parks, school, and transportation, also help to improve existing infrastructure and community facilities for the benefit of the general public. The annual water supply from SFPUC is sufficient to supply and service the proposed project and meets projected demand pursuant to the City’s Urban Water Management Plan and General Plan. Circulation improvements include street repaving, widened sidewalks with associated trees and lighting, safer and reduced crossings, and bicycle facilities (private and public). The project is not within a Special Flood Hazard Area. Infrastructure improvements are provided associated with the project development and to not otherwise burden existing facilities. For example, the project’s post-construction runoff into the storm drain shall not exceed pre-construction runoff levels. In addition, the project will pay applicable water, recycled water, and wastewater- related fees. The DTPP program EIR (pp. 13‐22 and 13‐23) determined that the DTPP area could be subject to flooding due to sea level rise associated with global climate change, placing people, structures, and other improvements at an increased risk of injury or loss from flooding. Mitigation 13‐1 required that the City prepare strategies to respond to the impact of flooding, but acknowledged that given the unprecedented nature and uncertainty regarding this emerging issue, it could not be concluded that Mitigation 13‐1 would reduce this potential impact to a less‐than ‐ significant level. The City Council of Redwood City concluded that the environmental, social, economic, and other benefits of the DTPP override the significant adverse impacts of flooding due to sea level rise and adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations to that effect. The Initial Study found that the proposed project is in compliance with all applicable DTPP regulations, and as a result, no additional sea level rise impacts beyond those identified and analyzed in the DTPP program EIR are anticipated. The project is within an urban context and is not within a sensitive biological resource area. The project uses are compatible with existing and proposed uses in the surrounding area and consistent with those allowed in the DTPP. The development supports the City’s vision for the area including the DTPP, El Camino corridor, and Grand Boulevard Initiatives. It provides high density residential uses within a transit oriented area near goods and services. It provides 2,900 sq. ft. of ground floor retail along El Camino Real in addition to the other active uses along the frontage. It provides streetscape improvements to provide an active pedestrian environment, including widened sidewalks, street trees, pedestrian lighting, bike facilities, bulb-outs, and increased supply of public parking. It also steps-down to three-stories along El Camino Real which creates a lower profile along the historic corridor and allows 8.A. - Page 63