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P:\RWC1401B Rocketship School\PRODUCTS\IS-MND\Public\Rocketship Public Review 09-29-16.docx (09/29/16) PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT 1 I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION This Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) evaluates the potential environmental impacts anticipated to result from construction and operation of the Rocketship Redwood City Elementary School Project (project) that is proposed by Launchpad Development Fifteen LLC/ Rocketship Education (project sponsor). It is intended that this IS/MND will be used for the appropriate discretionary decisions and approvals necessary to implement the proposed project. The City of Redwood City (City) is the Lead Agency for environmental review. This chapter includes a discussion of the project’s location and existing characteristics, followed by the details of the project itself and a summary of required approvals and entitlements. A. PROJECT SITE The following discussion describes the geographic context of the project site and provides a brief overview of the existing land uses within and in the vicinity of the site. 1. Location The approximately 1.12-acre project site is located at 860 Charter Street in Redwood City and unincorporated San Mateo County. The site is located at the northwestern corner of the County’s North Fair Oaks neighborhood. The roughly rectangular site is generally bounded by Bay Road to the north, existing light industrial and commercial uses to the east and south, and Charter Street to the west. Figure 1 depicts the site’s regional and local context. Regional vehicular access to the site is provided by US 101, which is located about 0.5 miles north of the site. Direct local access is via Bay Road, which borders the site to the north; Woodside Road, about 0.3 miles to the west; and Marsh Road, about 1.5 miles to the east of the site. Existing transit service to the study area is provided by the San Mateo County Transit District (Sam Trans) and Caltrain. 2. Site Characteristics and Current Site Conditions The generally level project site is comprised of two immediately contiguous parcels of land, one of which is located within the City of Redwood City (0.69 acres; Assessor’s Parcel Numbers [APN] 054-081-140) and the other of which is located within the County of San Mateo (0.43 acres, APN 054-081-100). The site is currently developed with an approximately 23,200-square-foot, one-story warehouse structure within the City boundaries and an associated surface parking lot and metal storage shed within the County boundaries. The site is currently occupied by a specialty auto sales company. Figure 2 depicts the existing site conditions. Figure 3 is an aerial view of the site and surrounding land uses. Figure 4 includes photos of the existing project site. ATTY/RESO.0032/PC RESO APPROVING CEQA - 860 CHARTER ST. EXHIBIT A REV: 06-15-17 PR Page 9 of 124