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Wagstaff and Associates Contract Exhibit "A" City of Redwood City Bair Island Road Development EIR October 25, 2001 Page I--3 r Marina Shores Village Proiect EIR will include special emphasis on the following key environmental issues: r 1. Land Use. The proposed two development sites constitute the major portion of the Bair island Road area. Anticipating the transformation of this area, the EIR must give special attention to the City's expressed desires to properly recognize the area's unique development opportunities, overcome existing land use incompatibilities, and ensure a future land use program which is internally unified, compatible with surrounding land uses, and consistent with current and evolving Redwood City General Plan general plan policies. r 2. Visual Factors. The location of the project site between US 101 and the Bay and its r visibility from US 101 create one of the City's key "gateway" districts. The two subject development sites constitute the major portion of the area. The future visual appearance of r these two sites will largely determine the identity of'this prominent gateway district and of Redwood City as a whole. The sensitivity of the project design to this visual opportunity and to associated Redwood City visual and urban design policies will warrant careful consideration in the EIR. r 3. Biological Resources. The biological resource implications of the project represent a principal concern of the City and the various jurisdictional agencies charged with managing and protecting the Bay's biological resources. The marina reconfiguration and dredging aspects of the project will involve potential impacts to intertidal and subtidal habitats, and will be subject to a high level of review by the public and various jurisdictional agencies. The EIR must adequately address the potential impacts of the project on such shoreline resources and -identify mitigations which incorporate the proper jurisdictional agency protocols. 4. Transportation and Circulation. The project area is currently served by one vehicular access route, Bair Island Road, which is linked to the Whipple Road and Woodside Expressway interchanges with US 101 by East Bayshore Road. The anticipated development program would contribute substantial additional peak period traffic to already considerable existing and anticipated cumulative traffic concentrations on these local and regional facilities. The residential intensity of the project in proximity to the substantial Seaport Plaza employment base may also result in substantial internalization of trips. The effects of the Bair ISland Road developments plus anticipated cumulative traffic on local roadway and transit facilities and associated mitigation responsibilities will therefore represent a key concern warranting thorough evaluation in the EIR. 5. Hydrology and Water QuailW. The project area is traversed by and contiguous to a sensitive bayside estuarine, intertidal and subtidal drainage system. The Bair Island Road area includes an existing storm drain pumping station. The anticipated development program may increase local runoff and will involve silt-producing dredging and fill operations, modifications to marina/harbor circulation patterns, and possible increases in stormwater and stormwater pollutants into the local drainage system. The EIR must give special attention to these potential drainage and water quality issues, associated infrastructure needs, and WP51~6221MISC10013-1.EXA