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~'~,~'~LeRertoPatWebb, CityofRedwoodCity Re: Addendum to the EIR on the Downtown Mixed-Use Pr~ect May 31, 2002 Page 2 In the time since the EIR was certified, the approved project - consistent with Alternative 4 - has become infeasible. The City now wishes to prepare an Addendum to the EIR. This Addendum will consider the environmental impacts of one of two potential projects: · Project 1: Block 1 would be occupied by 80,000 square feet of retail space and a multiplex cinema. The cinema complex would have 20 screens and 4,200 seats, as in the previously- approved project. In addition, Block 1 would have one level of underground parking (approximately 200 parking spaces; precise number to be determined). Block 2 would be fully occupied by surface parking (number of spaces to be determined). · Project 2: Block 1 would be occupied by the same project as in Project 1. Block 2 would be occupied by a 150-room hotel plus a parking structure (number of spaces to be deter- mined). Scope of Work To prepare the Addendum to the EIR, we would complete the following scope of work: Task 1. Finalize Proiect Definition We will confer with City staff to confirm the details of the project that is to be addressed in the Addendum: prOject 1 or Project 2. Inputs to our analysis to be provided by the City include a narrative description of the project (whether Project 1 or Project 2) including the number of parking spaces on each block, the ingress and egress locations for the parking facilities, and a site plan. We will also need to know the amount of building space on Block I and, if Project 2 is selected, the number of hotel moms on Block 2. Task 2. Prepare Technical Reports Mundie & Associates would engage the services of Fehr & Peers, Transportation Consultants, to prepare technical reports on the traffic and parking impacts of the proposed project. We would engage Don Ballanti, certified consulting meteorologist, to evaluate the air quality impacts of the proposed project. Scopes of work for these subConsultants are appended to this letter as Attachments A and B. Recent legislation makes it mandatory that analysis of the adequacy of the long-term water supply be included in the consideration of a new project, if that project meets the threshold size criteria established; therefore, the adequacy of the Redwood City water supply need not be addressed in this CEQA update. In any event, City staff indicate that sufficient supplies are available to serve the project except in drought years Water planning efforts to address citywide drought-year insufficiencies are ongoing; in partic..,ar, shortfalls are expected to be remedied through provision of additional supply (construction oi a new recycling plant is expected to be complete by the end of 2005) in combination with additional conservation efforts.* * Conversanon with Manny Rosas, Red~vood City Depar~menl of Public Works, May 22, 2002.