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City of Redwood City February 11, 2019 Page 4 AM/PM Trips Daily Trip Generation 1 7,000 Daily 1 6,047 Daily 1 5,601 Daily While the trip generation rates with basic TDM under the Project are higher, its important to point out that the TDM strategies analyzed do not take into consideration significant trip reductions regularly achieved with highly effective and innovative TDM measures not included in the methodology, such as comprehensive tenant transportation systems (eg private regional commuter buses/shuttles). Jay Paul has a reputation of attracting top tier technology tenants which regularly use private shuttle/busing services to efficiently transport their employees to and from the campus. Further, these types of tenants employ other strategies (high quality food service and other services such as onsite health and wellness programs) that reduce the number of trips to and from the campus throughout the work day. It has been our experience that these types of tenants are able to reduce daily trips by as much as 50%. Further, Jay Paul has extensive experience throughout similar projects in the region of implementing successful TDM programs which are regularly monitored by the municipalities within which they are located. These programs have consistently met prescribed trip reduction goals which typically require 25% overall and 30% peak trip reductions. While the above table would indicate the Project would exceed the estimated trips generated under both No Project alternatives, the uses studied under both alternatives would not be able effectively employ similarly effective TDM strategies because of the nature of their operations and types of tenants within those projects. We believe that under typical operating conditions, the Project's TDM coupled with the types of enhanced measures our typical tenants would employ would result in a similar number of generated trips as compared to the No Project alternatives. 4.2 Air Quality — Sensitive Receptors The On-site Public Amenities Alternative was a response to comments received during scoping of the EIR. The resulting Alternatives analysis considered including uses within the site that would potentially expose sensitive receptors to adverse environmental conditions at the site. Specifically, sports fields and day care were mentioned as possible uses at the site. While we support a public use component at the Project, identified site conditions preclude uses exposing sensitive receptors to adverse environmental conditions and therefore day care and sports facilities are inappropriate at this location. As stated in the DEIR, the California Air Quality Resources Board guidance recommends a minimum buffer of 500 feet from the edge of freeways to sensitive receptors. Further, these uses are not in compliance with the City's General Plan Policies including: • Policy PS 2.1: Consider surrounding land uses when locating sensitive receptors such as schools, hospitals, and residential uses so they are not unreasonably exposed to uses that generate pollutants considered detrimental to human health.