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LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. SEPTEMBER 2016 ROCKETSHIP REDWOOD CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT INITIAL STUDY/ MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION P:\RWC1401B Rocketship School\PRODUCTS\IS-MND\Public\Rocketship Public Review 09-29-16.docx (09/29/16) PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT 94 Background Plus Project traffic volumes are shown in Figure 13. As shown in Table 9, under Background Plus Project conditions, six of the nine study intersections would continue to operate at acceptable levels of service and the intersections of Broadway and Woodside Road, Middlefield Road and Woodside Road, and Bay Road and Charter Street would continue to operate at LOS E during the AM and PM peak hours with the addition of project traffic. However, the added project trips would not have a significant impact at these intersections based on the City’s level of service standards. Therefore, the proposed project would not result in a significant impact to the operations of any of the study area intersections during the Background Plus Project conditions. Cumulative and Cumulative Plus Project Conditions. The results of the intersection level of service analysis under Cumulative Conditions are shown in Table 10. The results indicate that five of the nine study intersections would operate at acceptable levels of service during the AM and PM peak hours. However, the intersections at Broadway and Woodside Road (Intersection #2); Middlefield Road and Woodside Road (Intersection #4); which is a CMP intersection; Bay Road and Charter Street (Intersection #5); and Bay Road and Douglas Avenue (Intersection #9) would operate at an unacceptable LOS E or F during the AM and/or PM peak hours. Cumulative Plus Project traffic volumes are shown in Figure 14. As shown in Table 10, under Cumulative Plus Project conditions five of the study intersections would continue to operate at acceptable levels of service. The intersections of Broadway and Woodside Road, Middlefield Road and Woodside Road, Bay Road and Charter Street, and Bay Road and Douglas Avenue would continue to operate at an unacceptable LOS E or F during the AM and/or PM peak hours. However, the added project trips would not have a significant impact at these intersections based on the City’s level of service standards. Therefore, the proposed project would not result in a significant impact to the operations of any of the study area intersections during the Cumulative Plus Project conditions. b) Conflict with an applicable congestion management program, including, but not limited to level of service standards and travel demand measures, or other standards established by the county congestion management agency for designated roads or highways? (Less-Than-Significant Impact) The City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) administers the San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (CMP). The CMP requires new development projected to add 100 or more peak hour trips to the CMP roadway network to implement Travel Demand Management (TDM) measures that would reduce project impacts. In the vicinity of the project site, facilities that are part of the CMP network include US 101, Woodside Road (SR 84) and El Camino Real (SR 82). The Middlefield Road and Woodside Road (SR-84) intersection (Intersection #4) is the only CMP intersection within the project study area. The CMP level of service standard for this intersection is LOS E or better. As discussed above in Section XVI.a and as shown in Tables 8, 9, and 10, this intersection would continue to operate at LOS D during Existing Plus Project conditions; LOS D during the AM peak hour and LOS E during the PM peak hour under Background Plus Project conditions; and LOS E during Cumulative Plus Project conditions. Operations at this intersection would not degrade below LOS E with implementation of the proposed project. Therefore, the proposed project would not conflict with an applicable congestion management program or other standards set forth by the C/CAG. ATTY/RESO.0032/PC RESO APPROVING CEQA - 860 CHARTER ST. EXHIBIT A REV: 06-15-17 PR Page 102 of 124