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- Policy BE-24.11: Consider the impacts of global warming, such as rising sea levels and floodplain areas, when reviewing plans for new development. 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. - Program BE-2: Environmental Review. o Require environmental review of individual development applications pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The City will require that such review assess potential impacts to sensitive ecological and biological resources. The City will look for development approaches that avoid sensitive habitat and wildlife corridors. However, where avoidance is not possible, the City will require habitat enhancement or restoration, offsite mitigation, or any combination of these means. Other solutions emphasizing enhancement and restoration may result in the establishment of larger habitat areas or habitat of superior quality. In such cases, these approaches may be determined to be superior to avoidance. Use CEQA infill exemptions in precise plan and corridor areas, and as otherwise may be allowed pursuant to SB 375. o Prepare guidelines that describe the City’s process for qualifying for CEQA streamlining for residential mixed‐use projects, urban infill, and “Transportation Priority Projects” as provided under State law. o Establish internal guidelines equivalent to the BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines to evaluate the significance of air quality impacts from projects or plans, and to establish appropriate minimum submittal and mitigation requirements necessary for project or plan approval. The project environmental impacts were studied in the Initial Study, which found that the project will not result in any more severe or new impacts than what was studied in the DTPP EIR. - Program BE-8: Transit Amenities. Require incorporation of transit‐oriented design features, and attractive and appropriate transit amenities (including shaded bus stops) into public and private development projects, as appropriate, to promote and support public transit use. 8.A. - Page 65